BOOK
REVIEW
This novel was
about Arjuna Indra Alamsjah. He has stubbornness. He was upset because his
sister and his father decided to send Arjuna to Dhaka to become a volunteer. At
first Arjuna was approve it, and something was happened to him. And well,
Arjuna agreed with his sister and his father to go to Dhaka for a month as a
teacher who will teach children in one school there. After being a volunteer in
a month, his father would grant any wish of Arjuna.
And the journey
of being a volunteer was started. Juna should be scrimped. Now, he wasn't
having any more and he was forced to use the budget airlines for flights to
Dhaka. This is something new for Arjuna who had always get at least a first
class flight to his destination. He also had to use public transportation for trips
to where he lived as a volunteer. And in Dhaka, he met an a female native
Sweden named Emma, and she was advisor arjuna during his time as a volunteer in
Dhaka.
Arjuna's life in
Dhaka in the begining it was excruciating. He never imagined that Dhaka was a
city where every three hours is always held power outages and blackouts water
for energy saving. He also complained every day and missed the comfortness
of Jakarta. However, the figure of Emma
made him change. Emma show him about
gratitude, about giving and making the other to be happy.There is a feeling,
more than just a friend of Arjuna's heart to Emma.
In addition we
can dive into the life of Arjuna in Dhaka, Dy also invited us to know about
this city. I really appreciate all, because Dy took a different setting. She
introduces us through a variety of interesting places in Dhaka and Kolkata,
teaches us a little bit of how to speak Bangla and tell us some people's habits
in Bangla. One more interesthing in this novel that Arjuna always wrote a story
about his journey and his life in Dhaka through his writingblog posts.
The touching part is when there was student in which Arjuna
became a teacher, went school without shoes, and he drew shoe laces and boots
on his feet as if he were wearing a real shoes andshow it of to Arjuna. It's
very touching to me, that there is a spirit in the child to attend school
despite the limitations that he had. In my opinion, this novel not only teaches
Arjuna about the meaning of life and the process of maturation itself, but it
taught me just how lucky I am compared with other children even to buy decent
clothes to wear to school they couldn't.
I recommend this
novel especially for teenagers. This novel gives a clear value, that while
young we have to working hard and do
something for the social life.I feel motivated, thats why I give this book 5 stars out of 5.
Like that what Kak Agni said. She said "The future made by every
single tear and sweat. Future is what path you choose today!" So read this book, and
you will find a lot of quotes.
AriniRatnaari
XII MIPA 6
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