NARRATIVE TEKS, ISSUMBOSHI
Iqnaussalma Baroroh (10 mipa 3)

Assignments from chapter 10 about Narrative text, Issumboshi

Narrative Text, Issumboshi (page 163 on my book)

Orientation:

Once upon a time there was an old couple who didn’t have a child. They lived in a small house near the village forest. “Please give us a child,” they asked God everyday.

One day, from the household Shinto altar, they heard a cute cry, “Waa! Waa!”

They looked and saw a crying baby who looked just like a little finger. “This child must be a gift from God. Thanks to God!”

“We will call this child ‘Issumboshi’,” they said.

They raised Issumboshi with much care, but Issumboshi never grew bigger.

“Hey, Issumboshi, do you want to be eaten by a frog?” Issumboshi was always being bullied by the children of the village and often went home feeling unhappy.

Grandmother would make some big rice balls and encourage him. “Eat a lot, and grow up quickly,” Grandmother said.

Complication:

One day, Issumboshi said, “I will go to the capital to study and become a respectable person. Then I will come back.” Grandfather and Grandmother were worried about him, but Issumboshi’s mind would not be changed. At once they began to prepare for his trip.

Issumboshi sheathed a needle sword in a straw case, put on a cup for a sedge hat, and started out with a chopstick staff, in high spirits.

“I’m going now,” Issumboshi said.

“Is he safe? With such a small body?” Grandfather and Grandmother asked as they saw him off. Issumboshi went on the trip with a big wish in a small body.… … …

At last Issumboshi reached the capital city and anchored under the bridge. Then he climbed up to the railing and viewed the town.

Resolution:

Issumboshi jumped at the demon and stabbed his eyes. The remaining demons were frightened. They ran away in great haste, but one demon, who was left behind, trembled while holding the magic hammer

Re-orientation:

The Princess and Issumboshi then got married, and they invited Grandfather and Grandmother to live with them in the palace. They lived happily ever after.

SYNOPSIS SHORT MOVIE: 

    A figure who misses someone who does not reciprocate his feelings, and he realizes that all his wishes to be with someone he loves is just a dream that will happen.
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My response to the material in this chapter is that it can make it easier to understand the narrative text of issumboshi, and understand the structure of the text, and be able to address the existing problems