TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS
NARRATIVE TEXT : LEGEND
NAMA : FARAH NUR HALIDAH
KELAS : X IPA 7
NOMOR : 10
CANDI PRAMBANAN LEGEND
ORIENTATION
In the old days of Java Island, in a region called Prambanan, lies two kingdom. Kingdom of
Pengging and Kraton Boko. Pengging kingdom is gifted with a fertile and get prosperous.
The kingdom is lead by a wise king named Prabu Damar Moyo and has a male son named
Raden Bandung Bondowoso while Kraton Boko is a kingdom that obey under the rules of
Pengging. The Boko king is very cruel, he is strong and tall, like a giant. The people of Boko
always afraid of the kings anger. Although the king were not handsome, he has a very
beautiful daughter called Princess Roro Jongrang.
COMPLICATION
One day, the king of Boko wants to rebels against the Pengging. Lead by the Boko prime
minister, the giant race, Gopolo, the Boko army is prepared to announce the war between
Boko and Pengging. They even raid its own people’s properties to support the campaign.
Fierce war happens in the borders of the Pengging teritorial mark. Many victims were falling
on both sides and people Pengging be suffering because of war, many people hunger and
poverty. Knowing his people suffer and have many victims soldiers who died in the borders,
then Prabu Damar Moyo sent his son Raden Bondowoso go to war against King Boko. The
young Bondowoso is able to defeat king Boko. Seeing the king died, then Prime minister
Gupolo escape. Raden Bondowoso pursue Patih Gupolo to Kraton Boko.
After reaching Kraton Boko, Patih Gupolo reported on Princess Roro Jonggrang that his
father had been lost in the battlefield, by a knight named Raden Bandung Pengging
Bondowoso. Princess Loro Jonggrang wept, saddened his heart because his father had been
killed on the battlefield. Raden at Kraton Boko Bondowoso arrived, soom he troubled to see
Puteri Raden Bondowoso Loro Jonggrang beautiful, so he wanted to marry Princess Loro
Jonggrang as his wife.
As the Boko kingdom is lost in the rebels, and to save her fathers kingdom, the Loro Puteri
Raden Jonggrang accept the princes, with some request. She did not want to marry
Bondowoso because he had killed his father. To reject the proposal Raden Bondowoso, then
Princess Loro Jonggrang have a strategy. The first request, Princess Loro Jonggrang asked
for Jalatunda wells (very deep well) while the second request, asked for him to make 1000
temples in one night.
Raden Bandung Bondowoso agreed. Raden Bondowoso Immediately make Jalatunda wells
and after so he called Princess Roro Jonggrang to see the well. She trick the prince and send
him down. She asked Boko’s prime minister to close the well with heavy rocks so that the
prince could not reach the top of the well. Raden Bondowoso is a tough man, he is also smart.
Its not a longtime before he was able to come out from the wells. He was very angry to the
princess, but soon after meet the princess, he falls again with the beauty of the princess
She asked Raden Bondowoso the second request, to make 1000 temples in 1 night.
Bondowoso then command his workers from genie tribe to help him build the 1000 temple.
The 1000 temples are building up, one by one with the help of the genie tribes. The princess
wants to sabotage the building of the temples. She asks her servants to pound the rice
pounding tools and also burns lots of paddy’s straw .
Because of it, the roosters crowed. The genie take a lookto the sky and its brighter in the east.
The leader of the genie reported to Bondowoso that they have stopped to make the temple
because the morning has arrived. Princess Roro Jonggrang told to count the temples and its
only 999 temples, not 1000.
RESOLUTION
So, Bondowoso won’t be able to marry the princess because he failed to complete the
request. Being deceived and tricked, Raden Bondowoso angry and curse Princess Roro
Jonggrang. “It’s missing one, and you that should fit the numbers”. The princess is soon
turned into a stone statue; it is exist in the heart of the Prambanan temples until now.
SOCIAL FUNCTION
The function of a legend is to present the story of human actions in such a way that they
are perceived by the audience to be true. Actions are presented as if they have taken place
within human history. To amuse, entertain and to deal with an actual or vicarious
experience in different ways.
MORAL LESSON
-Don't ever try to lie, because falseness always discovered
-Don't try to be a sly or tricky person because you will get your punishment
LANGUAGE FEATURES
-The use of spesific nouns to mention people/things (the kingdom, the people, the
genie)
-The use of adjectives to describe the characteristics of the people/things (wise king,
beautiful daughter)
-The use of time connectives to sequence events trough time (one day, after)
-The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to locate the particular events (in a region
called Prambanan)
-The use of past tense to mention actions (Princess Loro Jonggrang asked for
Jalatunda wells)
-The use of material processes (action verbs) to say or express (sent, arrived)
-The use of verbal processes (saying verbs) to say or express (asked,told)
SHORT SUMMARY
Once upon a time, there was a powerful prince named Bandung Bondowoso. In a war,
Bandung Bondowoso killed Prabu Baka. Then, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with
Prabu Baka’s daughter named Roro Jonggrang. Bondowoso wanted to marry this
beautiful princess. However, princess hated him because he had killed her father.
Roro Jonggrang was thinking of a way to refuse Bodowoso’s marriage proposal.
Finally, she decided to marry Bandung Bondowoso if he could build a thousand
temples before dawn. Being helped by genies, Bondowoso built many temples very
fast. Roro Jonggrang wanted to fail him. She asked all women in her village to hit rice
so rooster crowed signing that morning was coming. All genies left their project until
999 temples. They thought morning came afterward. Finally, Bondowoso knew that
Roro Jonggrang tricked him. He got very angry so he cursed Roro Jonggrang into a
rock statue “Arca”. Roro Jonggrang statue is inside Candi Prambanan to complete the
project of a thousand temples.
