Analyze a short story - Ami Nurul Islamiyah

Name   : Ami Nurul Islamiyah

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Analyze a short story Golden Bird by Brothers Grimm

Tells the story of a king who has a beautiful garden with three golden apple trees. However, the apple disappeared every night until the king ordered the gardener to guard it the whole night. The gardener also arranged for his children to look after the apples. Until the last child caught the perpetrator of the disappearance of the golden apple, a golden bird. The bird dropped a golden feather. The gardener's son gave it to the king but the king wanted the bird, so one by one the gardener's children started looking for the golden bird.

PLOT

From my analysis, this story belongs to a progressive plot because the author explains the story chronologically from beginning to end.

Stage Plot

1.      1. Exposition

At the beginning of the story begins with the introduction of the king who has a beautiful garden with three golden apple trees which are always guarded and counted when they began to grow ripe.

2.      2. Inciting Moment

There is a rather vague conflict here. Where the golden apples of the king always disappear every night. Until the king asked the gardener to look after the apples and the gardener assigned his children one by one until the culprit was found, a golden bird that died by a feather.

3.       3. Rising Action

This is where the conflict starts to become clearer. It started with the king who wanted the golden bird intact and the gardener's first son looked for it first on the way, he met a fox and the fox gave advice but was ignored by the first child and he did not return. Then the second child began to look for the golden bird and had the same fate as his brother. And finally, the third child looked for the golden bird and again met the fox that his brothers met, he followed the fox's advice. The next morning the fox came again and gave the advice to get the golden bird. However, the third child did not follow what the fox said this time.

4.      4. Climax

For not following the fox's orders, the third child was finally captured by the king and given a death sentence, but he could be free if he brought a golden horse to the king. The fox again gave him advice but again he disobeyed and was again arrested and sentenced to death. However, it was again agreed that he could live if he brought a beautiful princess, birds, and horses for the king. The fox still helped him but he always ignored it, namely, the fox asked that he not redeem anyone but he redeemed his two brothers. Finally, he could give the king what he wanted with his two brothers. After some time after that, the third child fell to the bottom of the river where the water was almost dry and the cliff was very steep, and the fox continued to help the third child and told him that his two brothers wanted to kill him.

5.      5. Falling Action

Finally, the third son disguised himself as a poor man and secretly came to the king to tell the deception of his two brothers until they were punished and arrested, and he also asked the king to give back the daughter to him.

6. Denouement

One day he went for a walk in the forest and again met the fox. The fox begged in tears for the third child to kill him, chopping off his head and legs. Finally, he did and in an instant, it turned out that the fox was the sister of the long-lost princess.

 

CONFLICT

In this story there are only 2 types of conflict, the first is a physical conflict between the third child and the fox. As well as social conflicts between the third child and his two brothers, as well as the king.

 

CHARACTER 

• The Young Man 

The young man is the main character in this story.

Physiological dimensions of characters: The author does not describe the physiology of the young man.

Sociological dimension of the character: The young man is third son of the gardener.

Psychological dimension: The young man in this short story is brave but easily distracted

• The Fox

Physiological dimensions of character: The fox is an old fox.

Sociological dimension of character: Sibling of the princess.

Psychological dimensions of the character: The fox character is loyal and always help the main character until the end.

• The King’s

Physiological dimensions of characters: The author does not describe the physiology of the king’s.

Sociological dimensions of the character: A royal leader.

Psychological dimensions of the character: The king’s is angry person.

• The Oldest Son

Physiological dimensions of characters: The author does not describe the physiology of the oldest son.

Sociological dimension of the character: The oldest son of the gardener and oldest brother for his little brothers.

Psychological dimension of the character: The oldest son is a character who is negligent and has evil intentions.

• The Second Son

Physiological dimensions of characters: The author does not describe the physiology of the second son.

Sociological dimension of the character: The second soon of the gardener, a middle child of three siblings.

Psychological dimension: Negligent.

• The Golden Bird

Physiological dimensions of characters: A bird with golden feathers.

The sociological dimension of the character: The culprit of the disappearance of the king’s golden apples..

The psychological dimension of the character: The author does not describe the psychological of the golden bird.

• The Gardener

Physiological dimensions of characters: The author does not describe the physiology of the gardener.

The sociological dimension of the character: Father of three child siblings, one of the king’s servants.

The psychological dimension of the character: The author does not describe the psychological of the gardener.

• The Princess

Physiological dimensions of characters: A beautiful girl.

The sociological dimension of the character: Sibling of the fox.

The psychological dimension of the character: The princess character is someone who cries easily

 

ROLE AND IMPORTANCE	Main Character: The young man / the third son Additional Characters: The Fox, The King’s, The Oldest Son, The Second Son, The Gardener, Golden Bird, Princess
FIGURE APPEARANCE FUNCTIONS	Protagonist: The Young Man, The Fox Antagonist: The King, The Oldest Son, The Second Son

 

SETTING

1.      Setting of Place

·         The Forest

The forest can be called the setting of the main place in this story because conflicts occur in the forest

·         The King’s Garden

The beginning of the story starts from the king’s beautiful garden, when the golden apples are missing.

·         The King’s Castle

The place where The Young Man was judged by The King when he tried to get the Golden Bird, the Golden Horse, and finally handed over the two things with the Princess.

 

2.      Setting of Time

The author divides this story into morning, afternoon, and evening.