Book Review

 

                                                                                                                                                      

 

Narrator : Agus Diman Syaputra

Class : XII Science 3

Supervising Teacher : Suci Mildayuni, S.Pd

 

Orientation

            I have read a book, the tittle is “The Secret Garden”. Kind of this book is fiction book. This book is written over fifty years ago. The book is written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, retold in simple language by Joyce Faraday with illustration by Joy Shufflebotham and was published by Ladybird Book Loughborough. The setting of this book is in the garden and home.

            The actors of this book, Mary Lennox as a daughter that is not resfectful and has bad tempered. Mary’s Father, he is always busy with his work and not respectful to his child. Mary’s Mother, she is just care with herself. Mrs. Medlock, she have good character and like help Mary. Martha, she have good character and friendly with Mary. Mr. Craven, he is people which difficult forget something happen in his life. Colin, he is Mr. Craven’s son which his born won’t Mr. Craven. Dickon, he have good character and friendly with Mary and other supporting actors.

            The secret garden is wonderful book about friendship, determination, and perseverance. And also has a story whose freshness and charm continues to appeal to generation after generation of children.

Interpretative Recount

            Mary Lennox is a daughter is not respectful and have bad tempered. She is not well and always with sour face. Nobody like her. She was born in India, where her father is always busy with his work and her mother just care with herself. They are not respectful to their child. So, it is not surprise if Mary grew into bad tempered.

            One day, when Mary nine years old, she strange feeling. She stay at home, she heard shout, crying, hurry feet, but nobody come to her. Because nobody come to her, she then singing in the bedroom and then she asleep. When she wake up, still nobody come to her. Suddenly the door opened and come two Englishman to her. Then Mary heard that her father and mother has dead. They killed by the disease sweeping the country. Mary live alone, nobody live in there after that incident. So, Mary sent to England to live with her uncle, Mr. Craven.

            In London, Mary meet Mrs. Medlock, her uncle’s house keeper. At first Mary disliked with Mrs. Medlock, but as long as she liked Mrs. Medlock. This is where you will live, just see you here and don’t go round of house, Mrs. Medlock told to Mary.

            The next morning, Mary wake up to find a housemaid lighting, she was called Martha. She smiled and chatted as she worked and her family. At first Mary disliked with Martha, but as long as Mary liked Martha.

            One day, Martha told to Mary about garden. The grounds of the garden were huge. The garden divided by high walls so in there were many gardens. But one garden has been closed for ten years since Mrs. Craven died, Mr. Craven locked the door and buried key. He hates that garden.

            One day Mary go to garden. Mary was hoping to find the door to the locked garden. She tried many door but all opened easily. Then she looked up at the robin, she spoke softly and kindly to robin, instead of in her usual hard little voice.

            One evening, Mary asked to Martha about Mr. Craven. Martha explain to Mary, the garden Mrs. Craven, she love it, one day she was sitting on the branch of a tree when it broke and she is fall, she was hurt so bad and died. That’s why he hates it.

            The next day, the rain poured down. Mary decided to explore the house, she followed corridor and down stairs. She heard sound of a child crying. She stoped to listen at the door, and suddenly come Mrs. Medlock and asked Mary to come back to her bedroom.

            The next day, she go to garden, she look robin flew over, it hopped down the soil, she saw rusty key. Perhaps it’s key to secret garden, she thought. She slipped the key into her pocket. One morning, robin was watching her from his perch. But suddenly, something happen that the key in her pocket and tried it, but it was very stiff. She love this place and she have plan to grow something it inside. Mary worked in her garden everyday.

            One day, Mary asked to Dickon about the secret garden. He ever heard it before, but he don’t know where is it. Then Mary invite Dickon to go to the secret garden, Dickon was so amazed. The next day, Mary and Dickon worked together to plant something in the secret garden.

            In the night, she wake up because heavy rain, and she heard people crying and she go away to find it. Candlestick in hand. She walked along corridor, she saw a light shining under a door. She opened the door and saw a boy crying pitifully. Suddenly, a boy stop crying. He feel frightened. Mary near the boy. Then, the boy told to Mary about him. His name is Colin. Colin told that his father hates him because his mother died when his born. They were told along time, Mary learned how miserable Colin felt. Then Mary asked to Colin about garden. Colin don’t know about it. Mary just explain that just garden Mr. Craven hate and buried key.

            On the next day, Mary visit to Colin, Mary told to him about Dickon. He can charm the animal on the moor. When he play on his pipe, they come to listen.

            Colin talked that everyone say that he will died. But Mary don’t believe it, and she talked if you could see Dickon. You want get well.

            In the morning, Mary meet Dickon in the garden with her squirrels, and she told him about Colin, and Dickon want to meet with Colin.

            When Mary told to Colin about Dickon, Colin cheer up. At breakfast, Colin announced to his nurse that a boy and some animal are coming to see him. Bring them to my bedroom. A few minute Dickon Dickon come with his animal. They so happy and told along time.

            One day, Mary and Dickon invite Colin to go to garden. Dickon pushed his chair. Colin looked round for along time. Then he said that he get well and shall live for ever and ever.

            Suddenly, Ben Weatherstaff see them at the top of the wall and he saw Colin. Then Colin struggled on his chair and try to stand. She shouted that he can to stand. Then he says that it’s the magic of the secret garden.

            One day, Mr. Craven went to Austria, for a bussines. And the night, he dream about the garden and his wife. He decided to come back to home. When he arrived at home, he went into the garden.

            In the garden, all the sad memories of his lovely wife back to him. Suddenly, the door opened, she saw a boy which handsome and tall. He unable to speak. Colin near to his father. Then Colin told to his father about the secret garden. They come back with happily.

           

Evaluation

            In this story are many actors. They are Mr. Craven, Mrs. Medlock, Martha, Dickon, Ben Weatherstaff, Colin, Mary’s father, Mary’s mother, and the main actrist is Mary Lennox.

            Mary Lennox is a daughter that is not respectful and has bad tempered. She haven’t friends. Because her parents has died, she sent to England to live with her uncle. There, she have many friends, and her tempered be good.

Evaluation

            In this story, they were played their characters with well. As a result story of this book is good and plot of this story also make story more good, so both of them make story be more interesting and good.

Evaluative Summation

“As food without taste”, same like story. No story is perfect without actor, actrist, and plot which compete that story. So, in the story have parts complete each other in the story.