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Kuningan University
Analysis of Great Moves Short Story
Great
Moves is short story which tells about friendship between two girls that loved
the same two boys. They are Brenda Presscort and Annie. Brenda is energetic
girl, nice, care, easy to fall in love, and priority to friendship. So, Annie
called her “Tiger” because of her bouncy. But, she is not beautiful like Annie.
On
the other hand, Annie is a Brenda’s pal who has beautiful face. She likes make
up her face, always wearing soft lens, very priority on her performance, has
solidarity, melancholic person, but can’t take decision quickly. Beside that,
she called “Pooh” by Brenda because she has fat body while she was still in
elementary school. But, it’s change after she entered Senior High School. She
grew higher and slim. Exactly, she looks feminine. So, it didn’t strange if
many boys who loved her. “No body is Perfect”. Annie comes from broken home
family. Her parent divorced. But, they are still care in her. It can be seen on
her father gives hand phone, and her mother gives television.
Different
with Annie and Brenda’s friendship, Jeff Brayburn and Steve Drew are two boys
who wanna go to the Valentine’s day party with Annie. Jeff is smart on English
lesson, but Steve is smart on Mathematic lesson. Both of them are compel person.
Beside as a basketball player, they also included a President and Vice
President of the freshman class, winner and runner-up for Joe Freshman, and the
guys answer to Homecoming Queen. So, it can be said that they are popular boys
in freshman class.
The
story begin when Annie share her problem, about choices between two boys who asked
her to be a couple, to Brenda in her bedroom. The bedroom was decorated pink
bedspread, a plush pink stool, white dressing table and oval mirror. It showed
that the setting of place this story is modern style. The setting of time is
about 20th century. It can be seen from there are modern tools, such
as television, hand phone, horse imitation, make up equipment, locker,
Valentine’s Dance culture, Levi Jeans, Cheerleaders, etc.
Annie
confused with whom she will go to the valentine’s dance. There are two boys who
asked her, Jeff and Steve. If she choose one of them , beside it will broke
their friendship, it also can be hurt one of them. While Annie is washing her
face in the bathroom, her phone rang. And she asks Brenda to get it. Actually,
the boy who called is Jeff. And Annie knows that Jeff was in Steve’s house.
In
the next morning, before first hour English lesson, Jeff moves his seat behind
Brenda. Jeff asked her in order that Annie wants to dance with him. Because of
often face to face, so Brenda falling in love to Jeff. After the Story exam, Brenda reported to
Annie about Jeff’s message. Brenda didn’t meet with Annie and Jeff for four
days. She felt guilty because of her feeling to Jeff.
While
Steve teach math to Brenda, he also said the same command like as Jeff, that he
want to go to the valentine’s dance with Annie. Unexpectedly, Steve touch
Brenda’s backhand. It makes Brenda falling in love in him.
As
soon as the last bell rang, Brenda opened her locker, took her bag, delivered
Steve’s message to Annie, and hurried to go home alone. After she arrived, she
looks her kid brother, Tony, and his best friend, Lou, playing with horse
imitation. She goes to her bedroom directly. While Brenda be in the bedroom,
heard her mom voice in the kitchen who said that any call from her friend. As
soon as Brenda goes out and receives the call. Actually he is Steve Drew, and
suddenly any other voice who said that he must end the call. So, Brenda puts
the phone. Her mom knows what happened in the daughter. She doesn’t want her
daughter become a belle of the ball. Her prayer, “Take my daughter, somebody,
anybody. Don’t let her be a willflower. Please”. Brenda thinks that she laid
her characters, her brother, her own best friend, for just one Jeff Brayburn or
one Steve Drew. She wants to make a great move of her own. And then, she
returns to her bedroom again
After
that, Brenda always goes to school early to avoid Annie. She feels sad because of
in Valentine’s day she had not couple for dating and she falling in love to
Jeff and Steve. But, suddenly Jeff and Steve were beside her while she opened
the locker. They were invited Brenda to go to Valentine’s Dance. Brenda feels
confuse, she guess that they want to take Annie. So, Jeff explained that Annie
won’t choose one of them. So, they asked her to be a couple. Jeff wanted her as
same as Steve.
Suddenly,
Annie stepped up beside Brenda. She was hurt because Jeff and Steve want Brenda
to be a partner. And then, Brenda apologizes to Annie who was crying. She
endeavors to calm and tells that they are not guilty. One of the guys
interrupted them, reminds that the party is that night. He forced them to join in
the Valentine’s Dance. Exactly, Jeff and Steve try to believe girls in order
that they will great move their mind to choose one of them. But finally, Both
of Brenda and Annie didn’t choose one of Jeff or one of Steve. Because they
realized that both of them just playing in them. Beside that, Annie and Brenda
don’t want to break her friendship or their friendship. They also don’t want to
be hurt one of them. They are more priority friendship than love. Finally, Jeff
and Steve were angry to them.
The
writer has a role as a main character in this story. It can be seen on first
person narrative or pronoun “I” in the whole of story. She is Brenda Presscort.
And the protagonist character are Jeff and Steve, it’s caused that there are
changes in first story who loved Annie but in the end they loved Brenda. While
the antagonist characters are Brenda and Annie maybe, because they often doing
oppose to their character or other figure. It still makes us confused because
Brenda and Annie also can be the protagonist. It caused that they are main
characters who have dominant in the whole story.
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