Recently, i went to library. When i waited my friend to borrow the book, i found a book which attract me a lot. The title is very attractive so i immediately took the book. The title is “Negeri Badak Sebuah Prosa Lirik”. I was very curious because i never read prose before. I want to know how the prose look like. When i read the first chapter, i immediately liked that book. It was not like the prose which i imagine. The language is very easy to understand and the most important there are many humor in that book. Eventhough the book actualy is nonfiction book but the background is about the disturbance in Mei 1998.
Like the title, the main character in this book is rhino who are lived in Ujung Kulon. The story line is told about the long journey of the 25 rhinos. They want to freedom. They want to live in the place which are wider than Ujung Kulon. So they arrange a planning to sue the independence from Indonesian goverment. But getting the independence, actually, is not as easy as they think. They have to face many obstacle.
The first, they have to face the one of conglomerat in this country. He wants to collect the rhino in his yard. He does many way to bring the rhinos to his house. Then, he injects the rhinos with a liquid which can make them such as a statue. Because rhinos is one of them animals which are protected, this news also spread to all of corner in this country. The, the goverment ask for the paranormal to search them. The paranormal says that the rhinos is in the conglomerat house but not for their soul.
Their soul begin to expedite their plan for freedom. The first, they kidnap Indonesian president to sue their freedom. Then, they also kidnap the minister. After that they discharge all of political prisioners to help them to get the freedom. Because there are not president and minister, this country become uncertainly. It is used by rhinos to get their freedom. They discharge all of animals in zoo. Because of that, all of the animals roam in the road. And finally this captical city has already controlled by the rhinos.
Actually their plan to get the freedom has already achieved but they feel that this freedom is very empty. They do not know what should they do after this freedom and they are very uncomfortable with this situation. Formerly, they think that if they can controlled all of Java island is very delightful. They can live in a place which wider than Ujung Kulon but actually it is not. Java especially Jakarta has already changed. There are not forest or swamp to wallow in mud anymore. Finally they decide to back to Ujung Kulon. Eventhough that place is very small but they are more comfortable live in there.
This book is very interesting because there are many humor. The writer can combine humor and derision for this country very well. There are many derision in this book which can make us wake up. This book gives us the message that the independence will be felt very hollow if we do not know how to fill the independence and what should we do after we get the independence. Even tough this book is very good but not everybody can read this book because there are many words that are very vulgar. But overall this book is very interesting.
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