Structure Bawang Merah Bawang Language features

Putih
Once upon a time, there Who is the main character
lived a widow with a in the story?
beautiful daughter and a Where did the main
Orientation beautiful stepdaughter. character live?
Her daughter’s name is With whom did the main
Who is in the story? Bawang Merah and her character live?
When is it happening? stepdaughter’s name is What was the majn
What is going on? Bawang Putih. Her character's life like?
husband, Bawang Putih’s
biological father, had
passed away a long time
ago. The three of them
live in a small village.

The widow was not a nice

lady. She treated Bawang
Putih very badly. She
Complication made Bawang Putih to do
all the chores such as
How does the writer tell doing the laundry, serving What was the incident
the first event that will the meal, cleaning the that started the
begin a chain of events? house, keeping the weter complication?
supply and many more.
A sequence of events Her daughter, Bawang How many characters are
Merah, is just like her. involved in the
How does the writer tell She is lazy, arrogant, complication?
the first event that will greedy and envious. She
begin a chain of events? treated Bawang Putih as How were the feelings of
a house maid for her. all the characters in the
How many events are Whereas Bawang Putih is story?
there that affect one or the opposite of her
more of the characters? stepsister. She is humble,
unpretentious, diligent,
How do the characters honest and kind hearted.
react to the complication? She always follow her
stepmother’s instruction
How are their feelings? without complaining.

What are they doing? One day, Bawang Putih

was doing the laundry at
What is the writers's the river bank. She was
position? too busy cleaning the
clothes that she didn’t
realize that one of her
stepmother’s favorite
clothes fell into the river
and drifted away.
By the time she had
finished the laundry, she
realized that there was a
missing clothes. She tried
to look for it anywhere,
but she couldn’t find it.
She was so worried,
because she knew that
her stepmother will be
very angry when she
found out that her favorite
clothes was missing.

Bawang Putih decided to

follow the river flow
hoping that she will find
the lost clothes. Every
time she met someone
near the river, she would
asked them about the
clothes, but no one saw it
until she met a fisherman
who claimed to have seen
it floating in front oh him a
while ago. The fisherman
told Bawang Putih to
chase it, because he
believed that the clothes
must be not far from
there. Bawang Putih
thanked the fisherman
and continue her search.

Bawang Putih kept

walking at the river bank
until she saw that there is
an intersection of the river
that flow into a cave. She
entered the cave and she
found out that there is an
old woman living in the
cave alone. Bawang Putih
asked to the old woman
about the missing clothes.
It turned out that the old
woman found it in front of
the cave and kept it.

Bawang Putih asked the

old woman to return the
clothes to her and she
explained that it was her
stepmother’s favorite
clothes and she will be
angry if Bawang Putih
didn’t bring it back.

The old woman agreed to

return the clothes but she
asked Bawang Putih to
help her to cook and to
clean the place. Bawang
Putih agreed with the old
woman request. She
started to cook and after
that she cleaned the
cave, the job was easy for
her because she did it
every day at home. The
old woman was satisfied
with the result and she
gave back the clothes to
Bawang Putih. She also
offered her two pumpkin
as a reward for her help.
Bawang Putih chose the
small one. After that,
Bawang Putih thanked
the old woman and went
back to her house.

When Bawang Putih

arrived at her house, her
stepmother and her
stepsister was mad at her
because she came home
late. Bawang Putih tried
to explain everything to
them but they became
more angry because she
only brought a small
pumpkin. Her stepmother
took the pumpkin from
her and throw it to the
floor. The pumpkin
shattered and a lot of
jewelry made of gold and
diamond came out of the
pumpkin. All of them were
surprised. The
 stepmother collected all
of the jewelry right away.
She became even more
upset after that because
Bawang Putih chose to
bring the small pumpkin
instead of the big one.

The next day, Bawang

Merah and her mother
planned to recreate the
situation experienced by
Bawang Putih yesterday.
Bawang Merah throw a
clothes on purpose into
the river and let it drifted
away. She followed it until
she reached the cave
where the old woman live.
The old woman gave her
the same request as she
gave to Bawang Putih
yesterday, but Bawang
Merah refuse it and she
insisted the old woman to
handed over to her the
big pumpkin. The old
woman gave the pumpkin
to her.

Bawang Merah rushed

back to her house when
she received the pumpkin
from the old woman.
When she arrived at
home her mother was
waiting for her in front of
the house. They couldn’t
wait any longer to open
the pumpkin and collect
Resolution the jewelry inside it. They
How does the writer solve smashed the pumpkin to What did the main
the problem the floor, but it was not character do to overcome
jewelry coming out of the the problem?
pumpkin, instead a lot of
snakes crawled out of the
pumpkin. The snake was
about to attack them
when suddenly Bawang
Putih came out from the
 house and attacked the
snake by using a broom.
The snakes fled and they
were save.

Bawang Merah and her

mother regretted their
actions and apologize to
Bawang Putih. They
realized their mistake and
promised that they will
never treat Bawang Putih
like they used to. Bawang
Putih forgave them and
they all live happily after
that.

Language features Find in the text

Past tense
Past perfect
Conjunction  Her daughter’s name is Bawang Merah and her
stepdaughter’s name is Bawang Putih.
 She treated Bawang Putih as a house maid for her.
 She tried to look for it anywhere, but she couldn’t find
it.
Direct speech ---
Indirect speech ---
Adjectives  She treated Bawang Putih very badly.
 She is lazy, arrogant, greedy and envious.
 She is humble, unpretentious, diligent, honest and
kind hearted.
Adverbs 