Example of Synopsis – Sinaumed’s must have understood the definition of a synopsis which has become mandatory material for Indonesian language subjects taught in schools from junior high to high school.
Yep, this material is about definitions, how to make, and examples of this synopsis. It’s even included in several questions from the School Examination to the State Examination. Apart from teaching and learning activities, the general public still uses the synopsis to find out how the content of a written work, be it scientific writing, literary works, to film works.
Unfortunately, some people still find it difficult to distinguish between a synopsis and a review. The main point of difference between the two is the overall content. In the synopsis, it tends to contain how to describe the contents of a work, be it a book or film.
While the review contains more reviews of the work, starting from its advantages to disadvantages. So, how about an example of a synopsis of a novel work? So that Sinaumed’s isn’t confused, let’s look at the following review!
3 Examples of Synopsis of Novel Literary Works
Synopsis Novel “FBI vs CIA” by Shandi Tan
This teenlit novel tells the story of friendship as well as competition between the FBI gang consisting of Feni, Bertha and Isabel and the CIA gang consisting of Carol, Ivana and Angel at Bina Negeri High School. These two gangs have a striking difference, namely the FBI, whose members have physically affluent bodies synonymous with food, while the CIA gang is the opposite, namely the physical bodies of its members are identical to their appearance.
This difference makes the two gangs feel competitive with each other. One day, a member of the FBI gang, Isabel, complained that her school skirt felt too tight to fit around her waist.
Mama Isabel suggested Isabel to do aerobics and diet to lose weight, but Isabel hesitated to do this because there were still many temptations of delicious food around her, especially the foods that Bertha often brought with her.
Isabel actually wants to lose weight because sometimes she is jealous of girls her age who are free and beautiful when they wear anything. This made Isabel doubt her decision to go on a diet.
Isabel’s determination became stronger after hearing the material presented by Mrs. Emily in Biology. In this material, Mrs. Emily explained that teenagers their age may go on a diet with a note that it must be balanced with their respective activities because if you lack calories, it will be fatal.
Isabel felt interested in the explanation given by Mrs. Emily until she finally met Her at the office to ask for proper diet tips. Isabel was even more determined to go on a diet.
One day, their physics teacher, Mr. Ramses gave the group an assignment to compile a report on an experiment regarding the position of objects in a liquid. Unfortunately, the division of the group was determined by Mr. Ramses so that the FBI gang was separated. Unfortunately, Isabel is on the group list with the CIA gang.
Isabel was clearly grumbling inside because she knew that it would be her who would work. Even though at first Isabel often sneered at the habits of the CIA gang, namely doing yoga, filing her nails, eating low-fat biscuits, slowly Isabel found it helpful to stick with her diet.
This made Isabel slowly avoid Feni and Bertha because she felt they had never supported her on a diet. Isabel often gives several reasons to Feni and Bertha, even to invite them to eat during recess. For now, Isabel is using the reasons for the needs of the physics group, but for the future, Isabel is confused about what reasons to use.
When eating with Carol, Ivana and Angel, Isabel gained a lot of knowledge to streamline her diet activities such as having to fill her stomach by drinking water before eating so that her hunger will decrease and her stomach will feel full quickly. Isabel thinks that the friends they sit with while eating can affect their portion sizes.
Every day, Isabel is disciplined in following the diet tips given by Mrs. Emily so that she can lose weight slowly. Isabel admits that since she lost weight and joined the CIA, she is often greeted by friendly guys. This was a rare thing because previously the boys only mocked Isabel and her friends because of their size. Ivana also often compliments Isabel that she has beautiful cheekbones, it’s a shame if you don’t show them. Carol and Angel also often show concern for Isabel.
Isabel did not know that she had actually been used by the CIA gang for the benefit of their tasks so that in the end she had to sacrifice her feelings for her friends, Feni and Bertha. While with the CIA gang, Isabel feels nostalgic for her habits when in the FBI gang, such as sharing unique information from around the world which she thinks can add to her knowledge. Together with the CIA gang, he was only asked to think about how to look beautiful.
One day, Jonathan, one of the richest boys at the school, had a birthday and invited the whole school to come to his birthday party. However, there are only invitation cards intended for the CIA alias they are important guests. Carol invites Isabel to join them at the birthday party on the condition that Isabel must wear the clothes Carol has chosen. Isabel agreed and she was determined to lose weight so that she could wear the clothes someday.
Unfortunately, Isabel had too many expectations about the change in the CIA’s attitude towards her. When Jonathan’s birthday party took place, there were only three seats near Jonathan which he invited for CIA members. Isabel was surprised because she thought that the CIA had added one new member, namely herself, but it turned out that Carol actually kicked her out by telling Isabel to find a seat with her FBI friends in front of the important invited guests present. Isabel looked around the table until she found that Feni and Bertha were enjoying their meal with their new friend, Indri.
Isabel naturally felt embarrassed, sad, and angry about how Carol, Ivana, and Angel had treated her, causing Isabel to go into a frenzy to eat a lot of the food at the party. When going to the toilet, Isabel met Angel who was crouching in front of the toilet with a panicked face. Isabel was shocked when Angel tried to vomit all of her stomach contents.
It turns out that it was Angel’s trick to keep her looking thin even though her appetite is very big. Angel admitted that he did this because he did not want to be kicked out of the CIA gang, which is synonymous with a thin appearance. Isabel also did not expect that Carol and Ivana did not care about Angel’s condition at all, which she thought was wrong, so she had to consult a psychiatrist.
After the party ended, Carol, Ivana, and Angel started pretending to be looking for Isabel by coming up with some fake excuses but Isabel was determined to leave them as it was clear they weren’t friends who could influence her well. Isabel intends to return to her friends, namely Feni and Bertha at any cost, including by increasing her weight back ten kilograms in a month.
The CIA gang also doesn’t want to lose in pulling Isabel back so they want to be friends with them because their grades always depend on the answers given by Isabel. Carol has done several ways including by pretending that Max, her older brother has a crush on Isabel. However, Isabel knew that it was just a trick Carol used to get Isabel to come back to them. Isabel sticks to her determination, which is to return to her friends, Feni and Bertha.
Until one day, the school cafeteria was crowded because there was an announcement that there would be an eating competition, the winner would become part of the FBI gang. Isabel is clearly interested in the announcement of the race because it could be the only way she can get back to her friends.
Finally, Isabel took part in the competition by making Indri, as her opponent in the eating contest, even though in the final result, Indri won. Isabel was not used to eating in large quantities. However, Feni and Bertha unexpectedly accepted Isabel back into their gang and invited Indri to join as well so that the FBI gang became four members.
Synopsis of the novel “Wrong Choose” by Nur Sutan Iskandar
This novel tells about a family in the Minangkabau area, West Sumatra, consisting of a mother named Mariati and her children Asri and Asnah. This family loves each other, even though Asnah is the daughter of an adopted child. Asnah also loves Mariati very much because her parents died when Asnah was still small. Asnah was very patient in caring for Mrs. Mariati who was sick.
Asri and Asnah are growing up like normal siblings. However, Asnah secretly harbors more than a sibling affection for Asri. Asnah was devastated when she found out that Asri would be matched and married to another girl.
Asnah knew that she couldn’t marry Asri because according to local custom, it was forbidden to marry within the same tribe. Asri made his choice on a beautiful girl from a different tribe, named Saniah. Finally, Asri and Saniah got married after undergoing several wedding rituals according to Minangkabau custom, West Sumatra.
Unexpectedly, Asri and Saniah’s marriage was far from being ‘harmonious’. There was just a fight between the two. Asnah and Saniah always have different opinions and Asnah also just found out the true character of a Saniah. Saniah turns out to be a girl who is arrogant, stubborn, and likes to differentiate others based on social class. Saniah really hates Asnah because she feels Asnah is so close to Asri, her husband. Saniah really wants to get rid of Asnah from Asri’s family so she won’t ‘disturb’ her household anymore.
Even though her marriage to Saniah is far from ‘harmonious’, Asri still maintains her household. Until one day, his mother, Mariati, fell ill. Asnah and other relatives took turns looking after Mariati and continued to pray so that Mariati would recover from her illness. But fate said differently, Mrs. Mariati met death.
Before Mrs. Mariati died, she cried and said that she felt sorry for asking Asri to marry Saniah. Apart from that, he also said that it was better for Asri to marry Asnah who was kind to everyone.
After Mariati’s mother died, Asri’s friend Hasan Basri asked Asri’s permission to marry Asnah. But Asnah refused. Saniah increasingly caught the oddity in her husband, until finally Saniah and Asri had a big fight. The quarrel made Saniah furious and chose to go to her parents’ house. Arriving at her parents’ house, Saniah’s mother was furious because Saniah’s older brother had chosen a poor wife from another ethnic group. Finally, Saniah’s mother and Saniah went to her older brother’s place to thwart her marriage. Unlucky, in the middle of the trip the car they were traveling in had an accident and fell into a ravine. The child and mother died.
Asri automatically becomes a widower after Saniah’s death. Many women try to win Asri’s heart, but Asri still loves Asnah, her sister. Asnah finally dared to express her thoughts on marrying Asnah to her aunt. Her aunt approves of Asri’s choice to marry Asnah, but they have to leave their hometown because of customs that forbid them from marrying. Finally, they got married after leaving all possessions and positions to migrate to the island of Java. In Java, Asri and Asnah live in harmony.
One day, Asri received a letter from his hometown stating that Asri was asked to become the head of the local government. Without thinking twice, Asri and Asnah agreed to return to their hometown and live there. Upon arriving at their hometown, Asri and Asnah were greeted by residents who really respected Asri and Asnah. Finally, Asri and Asnah can live happily after going through many obstacles in their lives.
Synopsis of the novel “HUJAN” by Tere Liye
This novel tells about a girl named Lail who wants to erase her memories of the past. Lail is one of the hundreds of people who were victims of a natural disaster caused by a volcanic eruption in his city. The city is a very technologically advanced city with thousands of residents. Lail lost his parents because of the volcano eruption. Luckily, Lail survived the natural disaster with the help of a boy who was two years older than him, named Esok.
Lail and Tomorrow are getting closer day by day. Even when in evacuation, Lail is always with Esok. Lail helps with work in the evacuation as well as taking care of Ibu Esok who also survived the volcanic eruption. Tomorrow is known as a smart, responsive and brave child. That is what made Tomorrow known to many people in the evacuation. One day, Tomorrow tells Lail that he and his mother will move into the house of the adoptive parents who have adopted him. After that, conditions in the city are getting better. Lail and other refugees were moved to an orphanage or hostel guarded by a strict Queen Mother. At his new home, Lail meets a friend who will become his best friend, Maryam.
When they were 16 years old, Lail and Maryam became volunteers who managed to save villagers from being hit by a flood. For that, Lail and Maryam had to go to the capital to receive an award.
Lail is very happy to be able to go to the capital city because he can meet tomorrow there. Tomorrow himself is adopted by the mayor and is studying at a well-known university. Tomorrow is known as Soke Ark, a scientist who is very intelligent in creating very advanced technology.
Tomorrow has an adopted sister named Claudia, who is none other than the Mayor’s daughter. Claudia is very beautiful and so kind to everyone especially to Lail. Just to meet Tomorrow, Lail has to wait one or two months first. In contrast to Claudia who can meet Tomorrow every day.
Gradually, Lail’s feelings of jealousy for Claudia and Tomorrow arise. Lail always feels that he is not suitable to match with Tomorrow, therefore Lail is always reluctant to contact Tomorrow first.
As it turned out, the natural disaster of the volcanic eruption that had occurred had caused the climatic conditions on earth to become unconducive. This prompted state officials to hold an international conference on launching a shuttle that would later release millions of tons of anti-sulphur dioxide. However, the launch of the shuttle actually made the climate conditions worse and could lead to the extinction of humans in the future. Secretly, Esok and his colleagues who disagreed with the launch of the shuttle had made several large planes that could later accommodate selected residents to fly to outer space. Tomorrow itself has got two tickets to be able to go using the big plane. However, he has yet to determine who he will go with.
A few days later, the Mayor persuaded Lail to give the only Tomorrow ticket to his daughter, Claudia. Of course this made Lail feel an inner conflict, especially at that time, Tomorrow could not be contacted. Lail was so desperate when the mayor contacted him and thanked him because Claudia managed to get the ticket. Which likely means that Tomorrow will go with Claudia on the big ship to fly beyond Earth.
Lail finally goes to a memory erasing clinic. He wanted to erase all his memories, about Tomorrow especially. After telling all his problems, Elijah, the paramedic from the clinic, repeatedly made sure to Lail whether his memories really wanted to be erased. If the memory is erased, then he will not remember anything that has been experienced so far.
Unexpectedly, Tomorrow informed Maryam that she was not taking part in flying out of the earth using this big plane. It turned out that he handed over his ticket to Mother and Claudia, he hoped that Claudia would be able to look after her mother in their new life. Maryam of course panicked. He tells Tomorrow that Lail has gone to a memory erase clinic. Tomorrow and Maryam immediately rushed to the clinic, hoping that Lail would not act rashly.
At the memory erasing clinic, Elijah is still trying to make sure whether Lail really wants to erase his memory. Luckily, Lail canceled it and he was determined to still embrace his memory because after all it was a life story that he had experienced so far. After that incident, Lail and Esok got married and they lived happily.
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