Analyzing a Prose
“LUTUNG KASARUNG”
By Ummy
Khoirunisya’ M
The story is from a kingdom in west
java. The story happened because Prabu Tapak Agung as the king wanted to ask his second daughter Purba Sari to
become a queen not Purba Rarang as the first daughter. Because of that, Purba
Rarang tried anything to make herself become a queen. Although she had bad ways to
fail Purba Sari to become a queen. But
there was a monkey who always helped Purba Sari. His name was Lutung kasarung. He had magical power and he also could talk with humans. At last, Purba Sari became the queen and
married to Lutung Kasarung who changed to handsome man. Because of the
good story and message of the story, this folktale has been famous in
Indonesia. Furthermore, this folktale has been
filmed in Indonesia and there are many societies from young till adult who like
this folktale by the title “Lutung Kasarung”.
A.
The Synopsis of the Story
Sinopsis of “Lutung
Kasarung”
A long time ago in west Java, there was a kingdom. The king
was Prabu Tapak Agung. He was an old king. He had two daughters, Purba Rarang and Purba Sari. Purba Rarang was his first
daughter, and Purba Sari was his second daughter. Prabu Tapa Agung planned to retire
as a king. He wanted Purbasari to replace him
as the queen. Purba Rarang was very
disappointed because she
thought that she deserved to replace her father as the ruler. Then Purbararang and
Indrajaya, her fiance
went to a witch and asked her to put a spell on Purbasari. Soon after that
Purba Sari had a strange skin disease. There were black dots on her
skin. Consequently Purba Rarang had a reason to tell people that her
sister had a great sin and she was cursed by god. She told her people
that such a person did not qualify to be a leader. After that she ordered the army to send
Purba Sari to a wood and had her exiled there. The army then built a
wooden house for Purba Sari in a wood. So Purba Sari lived in the
wood. As there were many animals in the wood, she got along with them well. In the jungle, she met a monkey that different
with the other. She
called the monkey Lutung Kasarung. Lutung was very attentive and very kind
to her. He
had magical power and
he also could talk with humans. Lutung Kasarung planned to help Purbasari. He bring Purbasari into a small lake and
asked her to take a bath there. Amazingly, her bad skin was cured. Then, she got her beautiful skin again. One day Purba Rarang went to the wood with her
soldiers. She was very surprised when she saw Purba Sari was in good
condition and looked beautiful. Then she asked her sister to measure the length
of their hair. The one who had the longest hair would win. Purba
Sari’s hair proved to be longer than Purba Rarang’s. Purba Rarang was very jealous to her
sister. She thought hard to find a way to beat Purba Sari. Then she
got another idea. She asked her sister to compare their fiances. She was sure that Purba Sari
did not have a fiance.
When Purba Rarang showed Indra Jaya, Purba Sari was confused. So, she just appointed Lutung Kasarung
as her fiance.
Suddenly, Lutung Kasarung changed into a handsome man. Finally, she had no choice to accept that her
sister was better than her. She asked for apology. Purba Sari gave
her apology. After that they went back to palace. Purba Sari became
the queen and married to Lutung Kasarung.
B. The Characters We Like
The characters in the folktale
that we like are Purba Sari and Lutung Kasarung. Purba Sari is very patient and kind person.
We can look when Purba Sari was put in the jungle, she did it without complain.
Purba Sari also wanted to receive Lutung Kasarung that was a monkey to become
her fiance before Lutung changed into a handsome man. Furthermore, she apologized Purba Rarang and
Indra Jaya who has tried to fail her position to become a queen. While Lutung Kasarung
is kind also. Lutung helped Purba Sari when she was in the jungle and also he
helped her to cure her disease so that Purbasari got her beautiful skin again.
C.
The Message from
the Story
The message that we can learn
from the foktale are:
1.
We should not envy with someone’s happiness or
achievement.
2.
We should be patient facing every case because there is
always best solution.
3.
We should apologize someone who has done bad deed for us
or hurt our heart.
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