Bu Mus’ Motivations in Teaching in Muhamadiyah Gantong Primary

21 REFERENCES Abrams, M. H. 1981. A glossary of literature terms 3 rd ed.. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Franken, R. E. 2002. Human Motivation. Belmont: Thomson Learning, Inc. Hirata, A. 2009. The rainbow troops. Yogyakarta: Bentang Pustaka. Huffman, K., Vernoy, M., Vernoy, J. 2000. Psychology in action 5 th ed.. New York: Jowhn Wiley Sons, Inc. Kennedy, X. J., Gioia, D. 1999. Literature: An introduction to fiction, poetry and drama. 7 th ed.. New York: Longman McConell, J. V. 1983. Understanding human behavior. New York: CBS College Publishing. Milligan, I. 1983. The novel in english: An introduction. London: Sutton Publishing. Murphy, M. J. 1972. Understanding unseen: An introduction to english poetry and the english novel for overseas student. London: George Allan and Unwin Ltd. Murray, E. J. 1964. Motivation and emotion. Englewood Cliff: Prentice Hall. Perrine. 1974. Literature structure, sound, and sense: An introduction to poetry. New York: Harcourt Brace and Wood, Inc. Rohrberger, M. Woods, Jr., S. H. 1971. Reading and writing about literature. New York: Random House. APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL The novel tells a story about a boy named Ikal and his nine friends who fight for their education and dignity although their family are in poverty and they often face other difficult situation. Bu Muslimah, their persistent young teacher, called them Rainbow Troops. Ikal and his nine friends studied at a school in the poverty-stricken Gantong village in Belitong, Indonesia, named Muhammadiyah primary school. The poverty of the native people in Belitong was an irony because at that time Belitong was the richest island in Indonesia, or maybe even in the world because their land contained an enormous amount of tin. At that time, a handful of tin was worth more than dozens of buckets of rice. Muhammadiyah primary school was a very poor school and only had two teachers for all subjects and grades. They were Pak Harfan and Bu Muslimah. However, Muhammadiyah primary school was the only school in the village that Ikal and his friends’ could enter, because it didn’t require any fees. Their parents could contribute whatever they could afford, whatever they could do so. They faced and passed everything that became the obstructions for them to go to school. They had to paddling their bicycle to get to the school. To get the chalk, they also had to go to the city, that farther from the school. Lintang, one of The Rainbow Troops member, even had to go to school at dawn because his house was very far from the school. But, their spirit was too high to get knowledge from school, so they happily did their duty to get the chalk. They studied diligently and make a great history for their school. However, they didn’t give up and still had big