Example of dynamic character from Kung Fu Panda is Master Shifu The Little Red Panda. He was the one who was asked to train Po Ping to be
the legendary Dragon Warrior by the Grand Master Oogway. In the beginning, he did not believe that Po Ping was able to be a Dragon
Warrior, but as he spent the time with Po Ping, he changed his belief. He believed that Po Ping could be the Dragon Warrior and he started to train
Po Ping. - Static character is someone who does not change over time; his or her
personality does not transform or evolve. Example of static character from Kung Fu Panda is Mantis the Furious
Five. From the beginning of the story, Mantis believed that Po Ping is the legendary Dragon Warrior and he believed that Po Ping was able to prove
that he was qualified. - Protagonist is the central person in a story, and is often referred to as the
storys main character. He or she or they is faced with a conflict that must be resolved.
Example of Protagonist from Kung Fu Panda is Master Po Ping. - Antagonist is the characters that represents the opposition against with
the protagonist. In other words, the antagonist is an obstacle that the protagonist must overcome.
Example of Antagonist from Kung Fu Panda is Master Tigress the strong tiger. He was adopted by Master Shifu and was trained by Master Shifu
until he became a smart, strong and powerful tiger. He was gone from the Jade Palace and came back again when he wanted to prove that Po Ping
was not suitable to be the Dragon Warrior, he fight with Po Ping.
d. Point of view
Point of view in the narrative text can be first- person by using “I”,
second- person by using “you”, and third-person by using “hesheit”. First-
person narrators are usually called character-narrators. Most of writers use first- person point of view because it gives the authorities to them to insert hisher
deeply feeling of actions in the story. Also, it gives the reader feeling of
immediacy and closeness to the story but not all the feelings and personality in the story belong to the writers in reality. In addition, the character-narrator may be an
observer standing on the edge of the action and watching what happens to others. The Third-person point of view is usually used as the second choice for
the writer in order to tell the reader a story about someone else. Here the writer seems to disappear, hidden completely behind his characters. We know an author
exists because a story implies a storyteller. The last point of view is Second- person rarely used by the writer of a narrative.
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In addition, other said that besides first-person and third person narration, there are some other kinds of narration, such as second-person narration, third-
person objective narration, third-person limited narration, and the last third-person omniscient narration.
In second- person narration, “you” are the agent talked in the story, for
example, you walked alone in the street. But, as it is generally awkward to narrate a story from “your” perspective, this type of narration is seldom used in narrating
a story. Next, in third-person objective narration the narrator tells a third-person ’s
story he, she, him, her, but the narrator only describes characters ’ behavior and
dialogue. The narrator does not reveal any character ’s thoughts or feelings. Then,
in third-person limited narration, the narrator is limited in describing a character’s
thoughts and feelings through the other character’s explicit narration. And the last
in third-person omniscient narration, the narrator becomes the one who knows everything about the characters
’ thoughts and feelings.
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e. Theme
Based on the literary term theme is “an author’s insight or general
observation about human nature or the human condition which is conveyed through characters, plot, and imagery.
” Locating theme is not always easy. What the readers need to do to find a theme is focus on the elements of the story while
reading. Then, examine the elements closely, and then rereading as needed.
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Thomas S. Kane, op. cit., p. 375.
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