Laily Nur Iffah Sari: NARRATIVE STORY

PART A

THE HISTORY OF PROPHET ILYAS (PBUH) OR ELIJAH

Once upon a time, on 910-850 BC there lived ahandsome man named prophet Ilyas bin Yasinor Elijah in Ba’labak, a place in Lebanon. Elijah was the child of Israel, fourth son of Prophet Harun (PBUH).His people were Fenisia people who worshiped of Ba'al statues. Allah ordered Elijah toinvite his family and Fenisia people to leave the worship of statues and only worship to Allah, or in other word, Elijah had to invite them to be moslems.

Elijah never gave up to call his people to leave paganism or the worshipers of idols, but they were very defiant and mocked him. Elijah killed the prophet of ba’al. King Ahab and his wife Izaibil were very angry with him to hear that, because they were worshipers ofba’al.Theyplanned to kill Elijah. Elijah escaped to JabalTsur (Sinai mountain), because he was afraid to be killed by them. The angles gave him bread and water. Then, Allah punished the pagansby the arrival of the long dry season for many years . There was no water at all. Crops and livestocks died lying, people felt difficult to get waterfor drinking, so they were very miserable. Most of them got many of diseases, and died.

Then the pagans remembered Elijah, so they came to him and asked, “Elijah, please pray to your God for the rain, I promised surely to repent and follow your teachings for worshiping Allah.”Elijah prayed and the heavy rain cameimmadietly. All of the agricultural landswere back to normal, Lebanon’s economy rised quickly, and the situation became peaceful again.

After they lived normally, they broke their promises and returned to worshiping idols.Consequently, the other punishment of Allahcame suddenly . They got very powerful earthquake; as a result, they died directly . Only prophet Ilyas and his followers were saved by Allah. They lived happily ever after.

ANALYSYS:

THE GENERIC STRUCTURE, SOCIAL FUNCION, SENTENCE STRUCTURES, AND THE MORAL VALUES TO BE TRANSMITTED FROM THE STORY

NARRATIVE STORY
Social Function: to amuse or entertain the readers and to deal with actual or various experience in different ways; Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds its resolution.
THE GENERIC STRUCTURES	PROPHET ILYAS (PBUH)	THE STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCES
ORIENTATION Sees the scene and introduces the participants. (can be paragraph, a picture or opening chapter) in which the narrator tells the audience about who in the story, whenthe sory is taking place and where the action is happening.	Once upon a time, on 910-850 BD^[5] there lived^[^1]a handsome man³ named prophet Ilyas bin Yasin or Elijah^[2] in Ba’labak, a place in Lebanon^[5]. Elijah was^[1] the child of Israel, fourth son of Prophet Harun (PBUH).His people were^[1]Fenisia people who worshiped^[1] of Ba'al statues. Allah ordered^[1]Elijah toinvite his familyand Fenisia people to leave the worship of statues and only worship to Allah, or in other word, Elijah had to^[1]invite them to be moslems.	1. Use of Past Tense 2. Focus on specific and usually individualized Participant e.g. Prophet Ilyas 3. The use of noun phrases 4. The use of connectives and conjunction 5. The use of adverbial phrases of time and place
COMPLICATION A crisis arises That sets off a chain of events that influence what will happen in the story	Elijah never gave up^[1] to call his people to leave paganism or the worshipers of idols, but they were^[1] very defiant and mocked¹ him. Elijah killed^[1,6] the prophet of ba’al. King Ahab and his wife Izaibilwere¹very angry^[9]with him to hear^[10] that, because they were^[1]worshipersofba’al.Theyplanned^[1,6] to kill Elijah. Elijah escaped^[1,6] to JabalTsur (Sinai mountain), because he was^[1]afraid^[9] to be killed by them. The angles gave¹ him bread and water. Then, Allah punished^[1,6]the pagansby the arrival of the long dry season^[3] for many years . There was^[1] no water at all. Crops and livestocksdied^[1] lying, people felt^[1,8]difficult to get water for drinking, so they were^[1] very miserable. Most of them got many of diseases, and died^[1].	6. The use of material process (action verbs) 7. The use of saying verbs 8. The use of thinking verbs, 9. The use of feeling verbs, 10. verbs of senses
RESOLUTION The crisis is solved, for better or for worse. In which the characters finally sort out or solve the complication	Then^[4] the pagansremembered^[1,6]Elijah , so they came^1,6to him and asked^[1,6,7], “Elijah, please pray to your God for the rain, I promised^[1,6] surely to repent and follow your teachings for worshiping Allah.”Elijah prayed^[1,6] andthe heavy rain^[3]came^[1]immadietly. All of the agricultural landswere^[1]back to normal, Lebanon’s economy rised quickly, and the situation became^[1] peaceful again.
RE-ORIENTATION (optional)	After they lived^[1] normally, they broke^[1,6] their promises and returned^[1,6] to worshiping idols.Consequently, the other punishment of Allahcame^[1] suddenly . They got^[1]very powerful earthquake^[3]; as a result, they died^[1] directly. Only prophet Ilyas and his followers were saved^[1] by Allah. They lived^[1] happily ever after.
THE VALUES TO BE TRANSMITTED (CODA) (optional) That provides a comment or moral based on what has been learned from the story	1. As moslems, we don’t permitted to worship other Allah (paganism) 2. We have to follow our prophets 3. Don’t act the bad things, because Allah will give you punishments 4. Never mock someone 5. Don’t be evil, tell lies, and break your promises 6. Don’t do the same faults after you repent 7. Be patience to face your problems 8. Let’s improve our behavior to be better again.

PART B

EXERCISES

I. Answer the questions below with the appropriate answers based on the story.

1. Where did Elijah live?