NARRATIVE TEXT (1) – MALIN KUNDANG

 Malin Kundang

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In this blog, i'll share to you a Narrative Text about Malin Kundang, the story is very well known among the Minang society. But before that, i want to tell you about Narrative Text.

Narrative text is a type of text in English to tell a story that has a chronological sequence of events that are interconnected.  The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader about a story or story.

Types of Narrative Text :

 Fairy tale

 Mystery

 Science fiction

 Romance

 Horror

 Fable

 Myth and legend

 History

 Slice of life

 Personal experience

Characteristics of Narrative Text :

Using action verbs in the form of past tenses.

Using a specific noun as a pronoun. Using the Adjective to form Noun Phrase.

Use the Conjunction to sort events.

Narrative Text Structure :

 Orientation

Orientation or so-called introduction, contains about who, when, where a story is set.

 Complication

 

Complication tells the beginning of the problem that causes the peak of the problem or what is commonly known as the climax.  This section usually involves the main character of the story.

 Resolution

This section is the end of the story or in the form of a solution to the problem that occurred.  Problems can be solved can be for better or even worse which will make the story end happily or vice versa.

Malin Kundang

ORIENTATION

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother.

Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.

COMPLICATION

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well-dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again, but in that time, she was full of both sadness and angriness.

CODA/RESOLUTION

Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.

In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.

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