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CHAPTER III INTRINSIC ELEMENTS IN A. FUADI’S THE LAND OF FIVE
TOWERS
3.1 Its Theme
The theme of The Land of Five Tower by A. Fuadi is Education. This we can see for yourself by looking at this sheet that tells how the main characters in it
was educated in the Islamic world and the main activities performed daily by the main character is learning. This can be evidenced through the following novel
excerpts: “Bagai sebuah konspirasi besar untuk mencuci otak, metode
total immersion ini cocok dengan lingkungan yang sangat mendukung. Tidak cukup dengan itu, entah siapa yang
menyuruh, banyak diantra kami yang membawa kamus. Kalau bukan kamus cetak, kami pasti membawa buku mufradhat,
buku tulis biasa yang dipotong kecil sehingga lebih tipis dan gampang dibawah kemana-mana. Murid dengan buku
mufradhat ditangan gampang ditemukan sedang antri mandi, antri makan, berjalan, bahkan di antara kegiatan olahraga
sekalipun”. The Land of Five Towers, 2009:133-135
“Like a big conspiracy to brainwash, this language total immersion method fit in very supportive surrounding. That
wasn’t all though, we don’t know who ordered it, but most of us brought dictionaries everywhere we went. If not an actuall
dictionary, definitely a mufradat book- a notebook that was cut to be smaller so that it was thinner and easier to bring
everywhere-we could just tuck into our pants or shirt pockets. Student were often seen with mufradat books in their hand in
line for the shower, line for food, walking, even among sport activity”. The Land of Five Towers, 2009:133-135
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3.2 Plot
The term plot is meant the sequence of events of the story. This event must be involving to conflict that make the story intense. The plot in this novel is mixed
plot progressive plot and flashback plot. It is usually grouped four parts namely: beginning, middle and an end in terms of anticlimax and resolution.
3.2.1 The Beginning
At the beginning of the story in this novel opened by Alif who has lived in Washington DC, United States with his job as a reporter for VOA, and after that
he went back to remember his past when the conflict began; I smiled. My thought immediately flew far away to the past. A
very strong period etched in my heart.” The Land of Five Towers,2009:04
3.2.2 The Middle
The conflict began when his mother told Alif to not continue their education to high school but to the religious school and she refused her mothers
request when he knew it. But finally, Alif was willing to attend religious schools called Madani Pesantren located outside the island of Sumatra, although only a
half-hearted: So her mother begged you not get in high school. Not because
of the money but there are so gifted generation to enter the Islamic Senior High School.”
The Land of Five Towers,2009:08
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Alif Grade 6 at Madani Pesantren MP and become the top of the food chain or the highest grade in Madani Pesantren:
Instantly think it throws my memory back to the MP Madani Pesantren, when we were our sixth year, the highest class at MP.
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3.2.3 Anticlimax
Anticlimax in this novel begins when Alif and friends of the school will hold its final examination conducted by final year students in Madani Pesantren
MP. This is the most severe test of the most severe that children
encounter in MP. The Land of Five Towers,2009:378
3.2.4 The Resolution
In the end, once Alif complete the exam and pass the graduation in PM of PM, stories that have been turned into Alif up in London to meet with Atang and
King who is a member Sahibul Tower. The Land of Five Towers,2009:400
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3.3 The Main Character 3.3.1 Alif Fikri
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