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Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Land Of Five Towers by A. fuadi

   Title : The Land Of Five Towers
   Writer : A. Fuadi
    Publisher : Gramedia
    Pages : 383


The first word came from my mouth after reading this novel was "inspiring". I really like how the writer told the story. Mayb because it  was based on his true lifestory
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Alif, really wanted to enroll public high school  but his mom insisted him to enter religius school. They had cold war for a while untill one day, there was a letter from Alif's uncle named Uncle Gindo. Uncle Gindo pursued Alif to enroll Madani Pesantren in East Java because most of his friends studied there and they got scholarship to abroad. Alif was interested, then he told to his mom if it had to be religius school so it would be Madani Pesantren (MP). Halfheartedly, his mom agreed eventhough she really wanted him to studied in west sumatra, their hometown.

In MP, alif met people from another town. He had 4 bestfriends, they are : Raja, Atang, Baso and Dulmajid. In the middle of their leisure time, five of them liked to hang out together under the tower inside MP which covered by bushes so that another students can't disturb them. It's like a secret place. At that secret place, they studied together and shared dreams. While lay down on earth under tower, They had different visual imagination of sky. Alif saw the cloud shaped like North American Continent and he really wanted to go there. Raja sured that the same cloud shaped like Europe while Atang believe that the cloud shaped like The Continent of Africa. Baso rather saw it like Asian context while Said and Dulmajid who really Nasionalistic said that it shaped like a united Indonesia Country. Surprisingly, what they've imagined that time, became reality. In the future, it will be the place where they belong.

MP is an Islamic religius school located in East Java, Indonesia. It is a boarding school and only boy who can entered it. It has so many rules must be obeyed, if not, there would be punishment. The worse punishment is drop out. It also has tight schedules. Students can not being lazy because they will always have schedules to do something worth excluding study at class. So many lessons I've learned from this story. Well, I'd like to share what lessons I've got from it.

page 49, it's about give something a full trial. What is full trial? for example: If you don't feel comfortable at MP after a month, try three months, and try one year. If you don't feel at home after one year, try three or for years. If you reach six years and have graduated you may come home to contribute to society.
It related to Arabic words: Man Jadda Wajada meaning He who gives his all will surely succeed.

 page 73, taught us about truth. there is a role called jasus spying friends (students) did wrongdoing. It meant to disciplnized students of being discipline and afraid of doing wrong (break the rules). It makes students feels being spied anywhere and antime. Say the truth even it's bitter. It's like self-correction to create a deterrent effect. If in reality we all doing this, I bet there will be NO corruption in this country.

page 100, another Arabic  words : Man Shabara Zhafira. He who is patient will be fortunate. Don't worry about today's suffering, maybe thre will be a great happines in the future. all we have to do is being patient and enjoy the life. The most important thing in preparing ur success is going the extra mile. If other study only an hour then we must study two hours. And, never let yurself being influenced by element outside of yourself.

Page 127, motivates me much more. " Set your strong intention, work hard and pray slowly but surely, what you strive for will come to be. This is God's Law". Subhanallah....

page 148, must be remembered by anyone. " Don't hope the world will change but we have to be the change. Allah will not change people's fate untill the people themselves make the change. If you want something and want to be something dont' just dream and pray but make it, change it and do it here now!"

page 163, taught us about looking for chances. If we never try, we will never know then. Just give it a try, knocked the door there will a big possibility that someone may answer.

page 178, this is what makes me sooo enthusiasm. taught me about the importance of seeking knowledge. Because knowledge is nur (light) so our hearts and minds must be clean that the knowledge will be absorbed easily, study sincerely. as sincere as sincere could be. sincerely trusting decisions made by Him so there is no stress in life.

page 249, inspires me to keep reading dictionary. Alif ever read a book about Malcolm X. Malcolm X gaot prison but in prison he had many thoughts to write. Unfortunately, he couldn't write properly so he read dictionary page bay page. Finally he could write stron, deep and satisfying.

This book much more taught me about the essence of life which is the combination between sincere intention, hardwork, prayer and surrender to God.

I almost have no critics for this book. This is a recommended book. But, I think the title a lil bit confusing me. What makes it become a title, I think it's not quite relevant. When I saw the title for the first time, I imagined about the places which has towers...





  


7 comments:

  1. jangan lupa baca buku keduanya Ranah Tiga Warna...film Negeri 5 Menara rilis 1 Maret...btw tahun lalu aku pernah ngobrol sama A Fuadi ini. Orangnya sangat inspiratif, smart dan ramah! Nice review :)

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    1. Woww mudah2an film-nya sebagus bukunya ya... Mau dong mei ketemu beliau heheheh

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  2. Hei we have the same blog tittle though :D
    Nice movie huhh :p

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  3. oh, ada versi bahasa inggrisnya ya? ah..andai salah satu tokoh ada yang perempuan..

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  4. Wah, akhirnya ente baca buku tentang almamater tempat ane mondok dulu...seru kan na?

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  5. dimana sy bisa mendapatkan nevel englishnya? kalo ada yang punya tolong dicoment ya, soalnya buth sekali.

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  6. saya juga membutuhkan novel versi englishnya.. ada yg bisa membantu dimana saya bisa mendapatkannya?

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