Laskar Pelangi : Film - Based Education

Laskar Pelangi is the first novel by Andrea Hirata books published by the Landscape in 2005. The novel tells the story of the lives of 10 children from poor families who attend school (primary and secondary) in a Muhammadiyah school in Belitung Timur are full of limitation. they go to school and learning at the same grade from grade 1 to grade 3 school, and refer to themselves as Laskar Pelangi. In the later section of the story, members of the Laskar Pelangi get a girl named Flo, a transfer student. Limitation that exist not make them desperate, but instead makes them motivated to do something better.

The story takes place in Gantung village, Belitung Timur. Began when the school threatened Muhammadiyah will be dissolved by the Departemen of Education Sumatera Selatan if new student do not achieve a number of 10 children. When the new nine children who attended the opening ceremony, but just when Pak Harfan, the principal, spoke about clossing the school, Harun and his mother came to be enrolled in small school.

That's where their story begins. Starting from the placement of the seats, their meeting with Mr. Harfan, their extraordinary introduction in which a Kiong who actually grining when asked his name by their teacher, Mr. Mus. Stupid incident by Borek, the class president election protected by Leek, the incidence of expetional talent discovered Mahar, the experience of first love curls. to gamble the lives of lattitude that riding a bike 80 miles round trip from home school.

They, Laskar Pelangi-the name given Bu Muslimah will delight them against rainbow - also had the name of the school of various ways. For example, Mahar revenge that always cornered his friend because his pleasure in the occult that led to a sweet victory on August 17 carnival, and the extraordinary genius who challenged and defeated latitude Drs. Zulfikar, school teachers are licensed PN rich and famous, and won the quiz contest. Laskar Pelangi the days of wading throuh fun, laugh and cry together.  The srory ends with a herd of ten his father's death force the latitude that the little Einstein droped out of scholl with a verry touching, and followed by events 12 years later where the curls are fighting outside the island Belitung, back to his village. This beautifull story with a hilarious and heartwarming summarized by Andrea Hirata, we can even feel the spirit of childhood is a member of ten Laskar Pelangi.