Kancil : Good or Bad?
A few years ago, when I was nine or ten years-old, I was familiar with nursery rhymes and bedtime stories. Every night, before going to bed, I used to have a bedtime story from my father. I listened to him seriously, until I felt asleep.
My father is my most favorite comedian, and he told a story before we went to bed. At nine o’clock, he would sit down in front of us and told the same story about a family which consist of four people: They are the old man (aki-aki), old woman (nini-nini), and their two daughters whose names were Si Keletek and Si Kulutuk.
I was so bored, when I heard his story. Yet one day, after my little sister was born, the story changed, and they had one more daughter whose name was Si Kilitik. At that time, I could not get what …show more content…
My father tried to tell us about our family by symbolizing it in his story. He tried to make us enjoy the story and to learn love each other. In the case of my family, the old man family became very famous as the bedtime story. Therefore, how about the case of our country Indonesia? Is there any bedtime story, who the character is well known, does it symbolize anything?
Kancil or mouse-deer is defined as an animal with long legs that eats grass, leaves, and can run fast. This animal can be found in Indonesia easily long time ago, and became one of famous character in Indonesia. This character was described as smart, arrogant, and cunning. Kancil’s story came in many plots, and almost his entire stories became happy ending to the Kancil, and sad ending to his enemy.
When I heard the Kancil story, I still felt little bit confuse with the plot. Sometimes, Kancil looked so kind, then immoral in the other story. So confused, when you heard bedtime stories about something same but changed the character every time according to the context. It feels like you meet Santa Clause in 25th December as someone who gives children gift, on the other day, you see him as a
A few years ago, when I was nine or ten years-old, I was familiar with nursery rhymes and bedtime stories. Every night, before going to bed, I used to have a bedtime story from my father. I listened to him seriously, until I felt asleep.
My father is my most favorite comedian, and he told a story before we went to bed. At nine o’clock, he would sit down in front of us and told the same story about a family which consist of four people: They are the old man (aki-aki), old woman (nini-nini), and their two daughters whose names were Si Keletek and Si Kulutuk.
I was so bored, when I heard his story. Yet one day, after my little sister was born, the story changed, and they had one more daughter whose name was Si Kilitik. At that time, I could not get what …show more content…
My father tried to tell us about our family by symbolizing it in his story. He tried to make us enjoy the story and to learn love each other. In the case of my family, the old man family became very famous as the bedtime story. Therefore, how about the case of our country Indonesia? Is there any bedtime story, who the character is well known, does it symbolize anything?
Kancil or mouse-deer is defined as an animal with long legs that eats grass, leaves, and can run fast. This animal can be found in Indonesia easily long time ago, and became one of famous character in Indonesia. This character was described as smart, arrogant, and cunning. Kancil’s story came in many plots, and almost his entire stories became happy ending to the Kancil, and sad ending to his enemy.
When I heard the Kancil story, I still felt little bit confuse with the plot. Sometimes, Kancil looked so kind, then immoral in the other story. So confused, when you heard bedtime stories about something same but changed the character every time according to the context. It feels like you meet Santa Clause in 25th December as someone who gives children gift, on the other day, you see him as a