SAKABROS MODEL (Buat NOVEL)

Riftiana, Helga. (2007). Gara-gara Irana jadi Arini. Jakarta: Vania Books.

Gara-gara Irana jadi Arini is the fiction book that told about the experience of twin girls who changed their position. Although they are twins, their personalities are different each other. Irana who was still studying at Senior High school is the boyish girl and Arini who was studying higher than her is the feminine girl. One day, Arini got the task to tell about her social life when she was at Senior High School. She was confused because she never experienced it. Arini took the extensive school when she was studying at Senior High School; and she could finish it in 2 years. Therefore, she never had a time to play with her friend as Irana did. In other case, Irana was bored with her school; she wanted to study at University as Arini did. Then, Irana suggested changing their position. At first, Arini refused it because she afraid about the risk that will be got; but then she agreed because she remember about her task. Finally, they changed their position and something happen with them. The illustration of this book is quite good though there are no pictures, because the author clarifies the series with the simple language, so the reader will understand fast about the story. The title and cover of the book can attract the reader to read it. Unfortunately, the paper that used is not too clear. The excess of the book is, it was ever become the film story at SCTV.Reading this book reminds me the film story that was double characterized by Lindsay Lohan when she was young. This film told about the twin girls who separated when they were being a baby because their parents divorced. When they were adolescent, they met each other at the camp. The boyish girl lived with her father and the feminine girl lived with her mother. Because they wanted to meet and live with their parent, they changed the position. They had the desire to unite their family again. Finally, they succeed to create it. I found the similar thing among the stories. Both of them told about the twin girls who changed their position for any reason. They want to be their twin sister, so they can experience something that never be got. Gara-gara Arini jadi Irana is an interesting book to read because many funny stories that given. However, this story is not too good to be done because it just makes