Her determined choice to become a teacher would later bring Bu Mus unimaginable hardships, no one else wanted to teach at our school because
there was no payment. Being a teacher poor private school, especially in our village, was a moneyless profession, only embarked on by those,
according to village joke, who weren‟t quite right in the head p. 47. From the text above, it is obviously that Bu Mus is a determined person. It
is analyzed by using Murphy‟s methods of characterization. It is derived from the direct comment of the author.
e. Wise
Bu Mus is a wise teacher. It can be seen from the way she teaches and treats her students in the school.
Bu Mus was right, and we all agreed. Harun‟s exemplary behavior
deserved to be rewarded with an eight. An ironic thing was that on the contrary, we, who had a more normal way of thinking, never received
eights in Ethics class p. 136.
Harun is Bu Mus‟ special student. He is the same age as Bu Mus, but a bit
behind mentally. She knows she has to give Harun different treatment. Bu
Mus had made a wise decision in making Harun‟s report card. His mother was as happy as a parent at her child‟s graduation ceremony.
Harun grinned and waved his report card high in the air p. 137.
From the way Bu Mus treats her students especially her special student, Harun, it can be seen that Bu Mus is a wise teacher. It is analyzed by using
Murphy‟s methods of characterization. It is derived from the author‟s direct comment.
f. Helpful
Being a teacher in Muhammadiyah Gantong primary school is a moneyless profession. Eventhough Bu Mus can still help the school with her own
money.
Bu Mus fulfilled Mister Samadikun‟s trivial and finicky requirements:
calculator, compasses, and crayons. She was able to buy a few compasses and some crayons with money from her money from her sewing. And
because calculators were very expensive, she bought an abacus instead. The important thing, however, was that we now had two trophies that
would certainly impress Mister Samadikun p. 335.
The text above obviously shows that Bu Mus is very helpful person. It is analyzed by using Murphy‟s methods of characterization. It is derived from Bu
Mus‟ reaction.
g. Brave
Bu Mus is a brave person, especially when it deals with her school and her students. Bu Mus challenges PN that wants to knock down Muhammadiyah
Gantong primary school. “Destroy this school if you want, just destroy it. But you‟ll have to do it
over my dead body” We instantly formed a human barrier in front of Bu Mus. If PN wanted to knock down our school and Bu
Mus, they‟d have to knock us down first p. 358.
As seen from Bu Mus‟ speech, it can be concluded that Bu Mus is a very
brave woman. It is analyzed by using Murphy ‟s methods of characterization.
Bu Mus sends a letter to PN in order to meet the head of PN. No one is brave enough to do like that before.
In accordance with her letter, Bu Mus still insisted on meeting with the head of PN. This was very brave. Never before had anyone acted this way,
not even the head of the government establishment whose building had been trampled by the dredges p. 359.
With the text above, it is very obvious that Bu Mus is a brave person. She is like a fighter who has no fear to fight people who is in a stronger side. It is
analyzed by using Murphy‟s methods of characterization. It is derived from the direct comment from the author.
