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THE MEANING OF THE CLOUDS AND HOME IN THE NOVEL TITLE
"NANTI KITA CERITA TENTANG HARI INI"
Julian Eka Puspa1*, Amata Fami2, Josephine Elvira3 IPB University
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
*Email: [email protected]
Abstract
This research paper was conducted with the aim that we know the meaning of the name "Awan". Awan that must always find a way to provide a beautiful atmosphere, protect and comfort the earth and everything in it, a beautiful atmosphere that must provide rain for the earth so as not to dry out and keep the earth from heating due to the heat of the sun. This analysis is also carried out so that we know the meaning of the phrase "Jalan yang jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang" so that after a long journey in this cruel world, we always have a goal to return to the place where we grew up until we were teenagers.
Keywords: Clouds; Go Home; Novel.
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INTRODUCTIONNovels are part from which literature is divided Becomes three genres namely prose, drama, and poetry. Novels belong to in prose genre because resembling stories short or are often called short stories (Adeani, et al, 2020).
Both of them are called prose because the shape is fiction narrative. Etymologically, the word novel comes from the Italian language is
"novella" which means "news". Story short about something new (Ramteke, 2013). Novels are usually told or describe plot stories about life interacting humans as well as relate with environment one each other (Huber, et al, 2013). The writer usually does your best to guide readers so that they could find information written or implied.
Some people think that novels are meaningless bad reading and some people also think that novels are just a reading book consisting of love fiction words for the entertainment of readers (Lewis, 2012).
Whereas novelists, often write novels based on real events that they hear from the people around them or maybe just based on wishful thinking, or also based on the novelists' personal experiences. Because novels always record what happens and grow in the imagination of novelists, a story is created for the novel (Bratton, 2015). As one of the words spoken by dr. Nurhadi related to the concept of the novel, that "a novel is a form of literary work that has cultural, educational, moral, and social characteristics". Many authors also provide a definition or definition of fiction
(Hogeland, 2016). They also provide different definitions or definitions of fiction, because we know that everyone has a different opinion and the language they use is different.
A thousand novel titles are made for readers who are very interested in every page of the story or just as a means of entertainment (Hartwell, 2017). Some novels use everyday teenage language, such as "lo gue" in the story to attract readers' attention with a "Gaul" feel.
However, there are not a few novels that fit the Suite language well and correctly. However, this case does not become a barrier that attracts the reader's interest to read because some of his words touch emotions and morals in very good language and can make the delivery easier for the reader to digest. Novels are also developing very rapidly at this time, writers flocked to pour all their imagination on paper in the form of this novel, including Indonesia.
As we know that Indonesia is a country that occupies the 60th position out of 61 countries in terms of reading interest. However, that does not stop the lovers of this novel from reading the stories it contains. Even though Indonesia is in 2nd place in the final position, it turns out that several studies also show that people do not stop reading (Nugrahanto &
Zuchdi, 2019). They are interested in buying and reading books only because of discounts, recommendations from colleagues, and some people read them because they are filmed.
One of the novels that were filmed was a novel entitled "Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang
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Hari Ini". This novel is a sketch novel or flash fiction novel, written to allow readers to reflect on the personal experiences of many people (Leavy, 2020). This novel also tells the story that the reader meets a daughter who is also a mother to her daughters. Awan, Her Name.She is 27 years old and started telling stories that exactly 27 years ago, her mother told her that she was worried about the choice of name to be given to her. "Cloud, Nuvola, Nubela, Skysi, or Awan". The meaning is only the same, because her mother once said, "saat bumi sedang terlalu bising, teduh rasanya melihat ke langit. Awan, selalu punya cara untuk menjaga dan menghibur bumi serta seiisnya". This novel is written by Marchella FP, published in October 2018. This novel is published by POP Publishers, with ISBN 978- 602-424-821-5. The story in this book doesn't just stop With "Awan" and "Pulang". The book also contains a series of writings that reflect a person's personal experience which is simple but unique and interesting. The book is also informative, with short answers to a question that makes us think for a moment to reflect on it, and sentences that make us readers aware of the moderation of the lives we lead. Not long after the novel was published, there was a web series on the YouTube channel sponsored by an Indonesian automotive company, where the web series was modified from the excerpt from the book
“Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini". Then after the web series aired, Visinema Pictures
made the novel its thirteenth film, directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko (Suryanta, 2021).
Saturday, October 27, 2018, is the day when the book title “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini" first went on sale as a physical book and went in for pre-orders. The novel sold 5.000 copies and sold out in just one day. The novel “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini"
was also mentioned in various surveys until May 2019, which has sold more than 100.000 books and has become one of the best-selling books in Indonesia (Nurcahyo, 2021).
Unexpectedly, with the enthusiasm of fans reading this flash fiction novel, the novel NKCTHI became a topic of conversation among readers from various circles and became one of the trending topics on various social media platforms (AMANDA, 2020).
Therefore, the researcher is interested in emphasizing the meaningful message in the novel “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini".
METHOD
Therefore, the researcher used qualitative observation with the background of the problem. Qualitative studies are research that seeks to understand the phenomena experienced by the subject. For example, behavior, perception, motivation, etc. are studied and explained holistically in the form of words and language in natural and specific contexts using various scientific methods (Mohajan, 2018). Qualitative studies are based on efforts to build perspectives that are studied in detail and are composed of words and are
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complex. For this study, through the messages and contents written in the novel NKCTHI, I will provide several answers so that readers can better know or understand the contents of the novel (Willingham, 2021). Through the study, the researcher also describes several quotes that show existentialism as depicted in the novel “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini"by Marcella F.P. Description of the results based on the results of data analysis, the key information in this article is the novel entitled
“Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini" by Marchella FP. Theories about memory, failure, collapse, loss, and all human fears, in general, are based on data analysis. Connecting the results of data analysis to produce information about obstacles and struggle stories in this NKCTHI novel. This research data analysis uses the content analysis method or content analysis. The content analysis method is a method of analyzing something to document to find its content and meaning. The research phase consists of several stages (Neuendorf, 2017). The first, one of which is to collect data about new reads. The data collected is raw data in the form of a flash fiction novel entitled “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini".
Second, the researcher analyzes the data and evaluates its meaning. Qualitative methods were applied to analyze the data. Theories of memory, failure, destruction, loss, and all human fears are used to answer questions many people face who feel the same way written in this novel.
FINDINGS Results
The meaning of word choice or diction is much greater than what is reflected in the word structure (Matthews, 2014). Thus, the result of this research is an analytical step that is carried out using several meaningful sentences from one of the best flash fiction novels entitled “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini" by Marchella F.P. which is one of the best fantasy novels. The analysis of the first step carried out is an analysis of the meaning of the name "Awan" and an analysis of the meaning of the phrase "Jalan yang Jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang".
Discussion
1) Analyze story About the meaning of the name “Awan”
Starting from the story of a mother named Awan, she told her daughter, “Ibu mencoba menjadi 'awan' yang diinginkan nenek mu selama 27 tahun, tetapi itu tidak mudah.
Tugasnya berat, menyalurkan hujan agar isi bumi tidak mengalami kekeringan juga menghalangi matahari agar bumi tidak kepanasan. Padahal ibu hanya ingin seperti
‘bohlam’ yang hanya mampu menerangi ruangan kecil dan menghangatkan seisi ruang.
Karena itu Sudah lebih dari cukup”.
Sometimes the meaning of a name becomes an obstacle for the owner to name it. Parents only want the best names for their children. because they believe that a good name and a good meaningful name will make a good future too.
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“Ibu mencoba menjadi 'awan' yang diinginkan nenek mu selama 27 tahun, tetapi itu tidak mudah. Tugasnya berat, menyalurkan hujan agar isi bumi tidak mengalami kekeringan juga menghalangi matahari agar bumi tidak kepanasan. Padahal ibu hanya ingin seperti
‘bohlam’ yang hanya mampu menerangi ruangan kecil dan menghangatkan seisi ruang.
Karena itu Sudah lebih dari cukup”.
Sometimes the meaning of a name becomes an obstacle for the owner to name it. Parents only want the best names for their children. because they believe that a good name and a good meaningful name will make a good future too.
Although not a few children feel burdened by the name they get from their parents, being burdened by things that are not in line with expectations for the future is one of the biggest problems for a child. But as we know, William Shakespeare says, “What's in a name? What we call roses by other names will smell good"
(Caccioppoli, 2013). This supports the parental perception described above. Even if now is not the time, a good name will certainly be useful.
But believe me, one day the name given by parents to their children will end well Likewise, there is a hadith in Islam which reads "Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and the names of your fathers; so make a good name for yourself." (HR Abu Dawud) So be sure of the meaning of the name, which one day will lead you to a more beautiful path.
2) Analyze meaning from sentence
"Jalan yang Jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang"
The statement "Jalan yang Jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang" itself has many meanings that we can conclude. When we dare to step out of our comfort zone, get out of the house whose days accompany our spare time walking alone and travel tens, hundreds, and even thousands of miles just to feel free from everyone, learn to be happy without anyone near us and learn more productively in the future (Brown, 2017).
But in fact, every word that has just been revealed has a point where we feel lonely, lost, confused, and other emotions that get in our way, remember family far away, remember friends who are usually there when we are sad, remember a room that brings happiness and tears in the night, coming home, a word must come to mind For days, not long, just a few days. because like what we feel, the beauty of a home to go home is more comfortable to go down the road itself that is being taken. It feels heavy, but staying deep in it is better than feeling uncomfortable for us (Brown, 2018).
However, it turns out that walking alone is not as easy and beautiful as imagined. Even though they think that the atmosphere at home is not as comfortable as to where we live, some parents miss their children's visits when the door is open, hug and tell stories about their stories while away from them, as well as the results of what we have gone through while leaving the house. Worries always arise in the hearts of parents, making them fight
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against the harshness of the world and even fight for their children, even though it makes parents' hearts torn. Some prayers always come out of their mouths and they don't stop praying for the best for their children.Therefore remember home, and no matter how far you go, don't forget to come home. There is nothing more shady and comfortable than the place you grew up in than your home and the parents in it. bittersweet whatever the memories that happen in the house, but keep in
mind there is a point where you must feel happy (Philogene Heron, 2018). There are silent witnesses of aging mothers and fathers, old buildings that create memories from childhood to adulthood, and parents are trying to find what we need to succeed in time. go home, do whatever you want, return to the most comfortable home, and one day you will surely realize that all of this is a beautiful path that God has given us all.
CONCLUSION
The language used to write the meaning of the name "Awan" and the meaning of
"Pulang" is to use language that does not make it difficult for the reader to feel and think about the meaning of this message. A flash fiction novel with the theme “Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini" written by Marchella F.P. is a very extraordinary ordinary writing. Because of all the contents in it, there are many meanings, messages, also very good meanings.
The analysis of one of the meanings of the name, as well as the expressions used, shows that we must believe in a good future and believe in what God has planned and what our parents have given us is the most beautiful and best thing.
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