CRITICAL BOOK REPORT

MK. English For Civic Education

PRODI S1 PEND. PANCASILA DAN

KEWARGANEGARAAN

Nilai:
CRITICAL BOOK REPORT

Novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and Draculla

Disusun untuk memenuhi Tugas English For Civic Education Pada Jurusan Pendidikan
Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Universitas Negeri Medan

Dosen Pengampu : Syuratty Astuti R Manalu, S.Pd, SH., M. H

Oleh :

Name : Helena Simangunsong (3192411005)

Class : PPKn Reguler C 2019

PENDIDIKAN PANCASILA DAN KEWARGANEGARAAN

FAKULTAS ILMU SOSIAL

UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MEDAN

2021
 FOREWORD

Praise and deserve the author to say for the wisdom and abilities as well as the
abundant blessings given by the One and Only God, so that the author can complete the
Critical Book Report properly. In addition, the authors also express my gratitude to Syuratty
Astuti R Manalu, S.Pd, SH., M.H as the supervisor of the English For Civic Education
course.

In addition, the authors also thank all parties who took part in the critical Book report
from the beginning until it can be completed properly so that the Critical Book Report can be
completed. We submit this Important Book Report to the lecturer of the English for Civil
Education course as one of the assignments of this course.

The author is fully aware that this Critical Book Report is far from perfect and that
there are still many errors that need to be corrected. The author really hopes that there are
many deficiencies in this Critical Book report. The author realizes that there is still much to
learn to be able to write this Critical Book Review even better. And hopefully this paper can
be useful for all of us.

Medan, March 2021

Author,

Helena Simangunsong

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD............................................................................................................................1
TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................................2
CHAPTER I IDENTITY.........................................................................................................3
1.1. Identity Books.............................................................................................................3
1.1.1. Main Book............................................................................................................3
1.1.2. Book of Comparison............................................................................................3
CHAPTER II SUMMARY......................................................................................................4
2.1 Main Book..................................................................................................................4
2.2. Comparison Book.......................................................................................................8
CHAPTER III DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOOKS...............................................10
CHAPTER IV CLOSING.....................................................................................................10
4.1. Conclusion.................................................................................................................12
4.2. Suggestions................................................................................................................12
BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................13
ATTACHMENT.....................................................................................................................13

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 CHAPTER I

IDENTITY

1.1. Identity Books

1.1.1. Main Book

1. Title : The Adventures of Merry Robin Hood
2. Author : Howard Pyle
3. Publisher : Planet PDF
4. Pages : 493

1.1.2. Book of Comparison

1. Title : Draculla
2. Author : Bram Stoker
3. Publisher : Planet PDF
4. Pages : 684

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 CHAPTER II

SUMMARY

2.1. Main Book

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood sometimes called The Merry Adventures of
Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire by Howard Pyle has been reviewed by
Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine.Animals in England’s forests belong
to the king or a local noble. Men called foresters police the area to keep poachers away. One
day Robin of Locksley Town walks past a group of foresters. When they learn he is on his
way to an archery competition, they ridicule him. To prove his skill, Robin shoots an arrow at
a deer some distance away and kills it. As he leaves, a forester shoots an arrow at Robin,
barely missing him. Robin angrily shoots back and kills the man. Now an outlaw, Robin
escapes into Sherwood Forest. A reward is placed on Robin’s head because he shot one of the
king’s deer.

Other men, who are oppressed, cast out or have become outlaws, join him. But a few
men come to join Robin Hood in unique ways. John Little, later named Little John, joins after
a battle of quarterstaffs with Robin on a log bridge. A stalwart Tinker, who wants to present
Robin with a warrant for his arrest, battles Robin with the quarterstaff and then joins his
band.Arthur a Bland beats Little John in a quarterstaff bout, so Robin asks him to join his
group, and Will Scarlet, who is Robin’s nephew and is fleeing his home because he killed a
man, also joins. An honest miller catches Robin, Little John and others off-guard in a fight,
and he eventually joins the band, too. Allan a Dale joins when Robin Hood comes up with a
plan to keep his true love from marrying a knight she doesn’t love. While finding a way to
marry Allan a Dale and Ellen o’ the Dale, Robin meets Friar Tuck, who also becomes one of
his merry men.

Robin Hood and his band rob from the rich and give a portion of what they steal to
those in need. One way they do this is to forcefully “invite” those with ill-gotten gain into
Sherwood Forest for a feast. Then the men must pay for their meal with large amounts of
coin.Robin Hood has many enemies, especially the Sheriff of Nottingham. The sheriff wants
the reward and to avenge his relative’s death, but he can’t find anyone to give Robin the
warrant for his arrest. The Sheriff of Nottingham visits King Henry. When he asks for help to
capture Robin Hood, King Henry tells him to capture the thief himself or lose his job. The
sheriff returns home, committed to bringing this outlaw to justice. The sheriff holds an
archery competition, which Robin wins, though he does so in disguise. When the sheriff
realizes what has happened, he grows angrier. He devises another plan to capture Robin
Hood. He sends groups of men into Sherwood Forest, but they only capture Will Stutely, one
of Robin’s men. The sheriff plans to hang Will the following day, but Robin and his men
rescue Will moments before he is hung. Their boldness scares the sheriff. He retreats to his
castle and is ashamed of his cowardly actions.

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 Robin pays back the sheriff for trying to hurt one of his men. He dresses as a butcher
and tricks the sheriff into coming to Sherwood Forest under the guise of selling him an
inexpensive herd. Robin and his men prepare an enormous feast for the sheriff. When the
meal is over, they relieve him of his money, and Robin warns the sheriff not to take
advantage of others.Little John goes to the Nottingham fair and wins the quarterstaff and
archery competitions. He accepts a position in the sheriff’s service, but after six months, he
steals the sheriff’s silver goblets and plates, and returns to Sherwood Forest with the sheriff’s
cook, who wants to be one of Robin Hood’s men. Robin returns the silver to the sheriff and
lets him know that he no longer has anything against the man. He advises the sheriff to be
more careful about whom he takes into his service.

One day Little John and Robin go along different paths to invite guests to a feast at
Sherwood Forest. Robin meets a knight who seems despondent. His castle and property have
been pawned to keep his son out of prison after an unfair jousting tournament. The Prior of
Emmet will soon own all Sir Richard of the Lea’s property.Robin takes the knight to
Sherwood Forest and sees that Little John has invited the Bishop of Hereford and three friars,
all quite rich guests. To pay for their feast, Robin takes a third of all the bishop’s belongings
one third goes back to the bishop and one third is set aside for charity. The charity gold is
given to Sir Richard, along with other gifts.

Sir Richard pays back the Prior Vincent of Emmet, which angers the man, and then
works to repay Robin for the money he was given. By the following year, he has the money.
On his way to repay Robin Hood, Sir Richard saves David of Doncaster, one of Robin’s men
and a champion wrestler, from an angry mob. Robin thanks Sir Richard for saving one of his
men, which is worth far more than silver and gold. Sir Richard pays back Robin and gives his
whole band new bows, quivers and shafts feathered with peacock plumes.

Another day, Robin and Little John have a competition to see who might live a
merrier life: Little John as a friar or Robin as a beggar. At the end of the day, Little John has
enjoyed the company of three women on their way to sell eggs, has been treated to ale and
has taken a large quantity of money from two rich Friars of Fountain Abbey, after completely
embarrassing them. Robin was able to steal a large sum of money from beggars who
pretended to be blind, deaf, dumb and lame when they turned on him. Then he tricked a
much-hated Corn Engrosser out of his shoes because the man hid his money in his shoes. No
one can decide whether Robin Hood or Little John spent a merrier day.

Queen Eleanor asks Robin Hood and a few of his men to the archery competition in
London. Robin brings Little John, Will Scarlet and Allan a Dale with him. After meeting
Queen Eleanor, they all go to Finsbury Fields for the archery competition. The archery
competition is for the king’s men only, but the queen wagers a bet with the king that she can
find three champions herself. Once she gets the king to promise immunity for her chosen
archers, Robin and his men compete against the king’s champions. The king’s archer beats
Will in the competition, but Robin and Little John beat the other two archers. Then warned
that they are in danger, they split up and hurry back toward Sherwood Forest.

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 Robin’s men make it back in eight days, just before King Henry’s men, along with the
Sheriff of Nottingham’s men, under the direction of the Bishop of Hereford, surround
Sherwood Forest. Robin must change clothing with a cobbler and then a friar to keep from
being caught. Sir Richard saves Robin by giving him a uniform of one in his service, and they
return to London to beg the queen’s help. She is able to get Henry to be a man of his word,
and Robin returns to Sherwood Forest unharmed. Eventually, King Henry dies.

The sheriff sends a murderous outlaw after Robin, whose name is Guy of Gisbourne.
After a difficult fight, Robin kills him. This is only the second man that Robin has killed in
his life. Meanwhile, Little John dresses as an older man to try to help three sons of a widow
who were taken to the sheriff as poachers. The oldest killed a king’s deer, and his brothers
wouldn’t give him up.The sheriff, who is waiting outside Sherwood Forest, hires Little John,
in disguise, to hang the three boys. Instead, Little John frees them, but then the sheriff’s men
capture him. Robin, disguised as Guy Gisbourne, frees Little John. Then the two take a stand
against the sheriff and all his men, and their enemy flees back to Nottingham.

Robin and his men go to Nottingham to cheer for King Richard, who is there for a
visit. King Richard wants to meet Robin Hood, so he and his seven men dress as friars with a
purse of 100 pounds. As they walk past Sherwood Forest, they’re invited to a feast. Though
Robin takes 50 pounds from them, they win it back.Sir Richard hurries to Sherwood Forest to
warn Robin that King Richard will be visiting him. Sir Richard recognizes King Richard,
who then reveals his true identity. Robin and all of his men kneel before the king. King
Richard pardons Robin Hood’s men and asks Robin, Little John, Will Scarlet and Allan a
Dale to go into his service, which they do. The newly pardoned men become foresters of
Sherwood Forest for the king.

Years later, at the death of King Richard on the battlefield, Robin visits Sherwood
Forest, though King John has only given him three days for the visit. Once Robin enters the
woods, he doesn’t want to leave. He blows his horn three times, and those who hear it come
to him. They restart their lives in Sherwood Forest.King John sends Sir William Dale and the
Sheriff of Nottingham to destroy Robin Hood. But Robin Hood is no longer a peaceful man,
having been in many wars with King Richard. He and his men fight King John’s forces in a
bloody battle. The sheriff is the first to be killed. Though victorious, Robin broods on the
death toll of this battle and comes down with a fever.

He asks Little John to take him to his cousin the Prioress of the nunnery near
Kirklees. Little John leaves Robin in his cousin’s care. Afraid the king will turn against her
for her kinship to Robin Hood, she opens a large vein in Robin’s arm and lets his life slowly
drain from him. Robin blows his horn, and Little John comes to him. Robin asks Little John
not to take out his anger on the nuns for their betrayal. Then he shoots an arrow through the
window and asks to be buried on that spot.

Robin Hood dies at Kirklees Nunnery in Yorkshire. Then Little John and his band of
men bury him.A new sheriff comes to Nottingham, and he is merciful. Robin’s band slowly
goes their own ways and many have families. The tales of Robin Hood are passed down to
their children and their children’s children.John Little is forcefully christened as Little John
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by Robin’s band. One in the band pretends to be a priest for the ceremony. The Tinker makes
a reference to priests being greedy for money. When Robin, Little John, Arthur a Bland and
Will Scarlet pretend to rob an honest miller, the miller asks for their names, and Robin
responds that they are four Christian men.

Robin goes to the Fountain Abbey to find a friar to marry Allan a Dale and Ellen o’
the Dale. The friar says that he is too fine of a Christian to not give someone a drink when
asked. Some call him the Curtal Friar of Fountain Dale, others call him the Abbot of Fountain
Abbey, while others call him Friar Tuck.Sir Richard’s son is in Palestine in the Crusades. He
is referred to as a good Christian soldier. The Prior of Emmet, a leader in the church, does not
show mercy to Sir Richard but focuses only on his own personal gain. The Bishop of
Hereford is a hard master to those who live on his lands. He is rich beyond what he should
be. He uses his position in the church to change King Henry’s so he will pursue Robin Hood
and wants to capture Robin Hood for revenge.

After Little John escorts three young ladies to Tuxford, they think it’s a pity that he
has taken holy orders. Robin and a couple of his men go on the crusades with King Richard.
The Prioress at the Kirklees Nunnery drains more of Robin’s blood than she should, which
kills him.The Sheriff of Nottingham is set on capturing Robin Hood because he killed one of
the king’s deer and killed a man who was related to him. He goes to King Henry to ask for
help, but the king rebukes him and tells him he’ll lose his position if he doesn’t capture the
outlaw. When Robin Hood and his men attack the sheriff to save Will Stutely, the sheriff
retreats with his men. To keep the Sherwood Forest outlaws away from an archery
competition, the sheriff offers two steers, knowing they won’t desire to win such a prize. He
takes opportunities to capture or destroy Robin Hood, such as sending Guy of Gisbourne after
him and working with King Henry’s men to capture him, but not when it requires risk or a
noble action on his part.

Robin leads a band of men. They enjoy fighting others and protecting their leader.
When the sheriff’s men capture Will Stutely, Robin leads his band to save him. To get even
with the sheriff, he finds a way to bring him to a feast in Sherwood Forest and take his
money. His men readily follow him in all he does. Before Robin was an outlaw, he taught his
nephew Will how to shoot an arrow on a bow and how to parry with a quarterstaff.

Robin is upset with Little John because Little John stole the sheriff’s silver cups and plates
after the sheriff has left those in Sherwood Forest alone. When Little John tricks the sheriff to
enter Sherwood Forest, Robin gives him back his silver and tells him that they no longer have
a quarrel with the sheriff. Later, Robin dresses like Guy of Gisbourne to pay back the
sheriff’s attack on him.Many characters say “Our Lady,” meaning Mary, the mother of Jesus
with the word by or use it alone. They also use the phrases saints of heaven, saints bless thee,
saints preserve us and saints in paradise. In the original, the landlord calls the Tinker an ass,
referring to him as a donkey. The word marry is used as an expression throughout the story.
There is a bit of name-calling, such as fat priest, man-eating bishop, poor puny stipling,
money-gorging usurer, sweet chucks, sot, porkers or kiss-my-lady-la poppenjay. Robin calls

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the rich clergy in the church bloodsuckers. A mob yells angrily at David of Doncaster for
winning a wrestling bout against their champion.

Robin’s band attacks John Little when they first meet him because he bested Robin.
Then seven of them attack him so they can forcefully christen him as Little John. Robin and
the Tinker fight each other with quarterstaffs. His band of men is ready to attack the Tinker,
but Robin calls them off.The sheriff’s men capture Will Stutely and plan to hang him. When
Robin Hood and his men save Will, many of the sheriff’s men are injured.Little John
competes with the quarterstaff and beats a braggart named Eric o’ Lincoln. He fights with
Arthur a Bland and loses to him. Will Gamwell, who becomes Will Scarlet, beats Robin
Hood in their fight with quarterstaffs. Midge, the miller’s son, throws barley flower in
Robin’s, Little John’s, Arthur a Bland’s and Will Scarlet’s faces and then beats them with his
staff. A mob forms to hurt David of Doncaster after he wins a wrestling contest. They throw a
rock at him and hit him in the head.

Robin uses the intimation of force at the wedding of Alan a Dale and Ellen o’ the
Dale to keep the clergy in the church until the wedding has taken place. King Henry and the
Bishop of Hereford unsuccessfully surround Sherwood Forest to capture Robin Hood. Guy of
Gisbourne is known for his grisly murders. Robin kills Guy of Gisbourne in self-
defense.Little John saves three young sons moments before they are to be hung. Robin saves
Little John from being hung, and they shoot an arrow into the sheriff’s backside so he can’t
sit for a very long time.When King John sends soldiers to destroy Robin Hood, Robin and his
men fight, killing many soldiers. Robin has also killed many during his time in the service of
King Richard. Robin catches a fever and thinks bloodletting will help. He trusts his cousin,
who is a Prioress, but she purposely lets too much blood flow out of him and eventually kills
him by doing this.

2.2. Comparison Book

Draculla

The first record comes from a lawyer, Jonathan Harker, who was sent to help Count
Dracula with some of the affairs at his castle in Transylvania. Through his notes, cold
figures,Count Dracula's cruel, ruthless and cunning depiction. How could he almost be driven
insane by the man who owned a castle that was no less terrifying. Anyone would have felt the
same way if this man was taken hostage by a man he barely knew, without knowing his
intentions or purposes. Moreover, almost dying at the hands of three women who were as
wicked as Count Dracula. Fortunately, that was not Mr Harker's lifedestined to end up in the
hands of that blood -sucking herd. Even to escape from fear and trauma above all

One important thing from those notes is that when he was overcome with despair to
find a way out of the castle, Mr Harker had entered a room that was filled with chests. In one
of the chests he found the Count lying quietly.The story then turns to the notes of a woman
named Mina Murray, who is none other than Jonatan Harker's fiancé. Inside there is a snippet
of a newspaper article that writes news about the terrible incident that happened to the entire
crew of the Demeter Ship, a Russian ship, which docked at the port of Whitby, England.

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Neither one survived. There was only a dog that jumped ashore when the ship ran aground.
Unfortunately the dog just disappeared. He is nowhere to be found in any corner.

From the last note of the captain who was found in a bottle, a crew member saw a strange
man who was tall, thin and pale. Unfortunately there is no further information about the
foreign man. now what remains are chests filled with clay which must be delivered to an
address. Unmistakably, it was the same chest Mr Harker found in the gloomy castle. But of
course none of the porters knew about it. Their job is only to deliver all the items to their
destination. From the records, it turns out that not only crossing via ship, there are some of
the crates that were also sent by train and addressed to a different address.

Not long ago, a strange incident happened to Mina's close friend, Lucy Westerna. One
night, for the umpteenth time Mina did not find Lucy in her bed. Mina, who knows that Lucy
likes sleep, walks out of the house, after being sure that her friend is not in any room in the
house. Luckily Lucy was found still breathing even though her body condition was very
weak.Unfortunately Mina couldn't keep Lucy company. Because he himself had to
accompany Mr Harker, whose condition was no less despicable. So that more information
about Lucy's situation now turns to the personal notes belonging to Dr. John Seward, who is
none other than a relative of Arthur Holmwood who is Lucy's fiancé. Under the doctor's care
Lucy's condition turned out no better. He wasn't really sure what the disease was 13.50 .pil
KB / s LTE on Lucy's body. So Dr Seward also asked for help from Professor Van Helsing
from Amsterdam, a person who knows a lot about hidden diseases who is also a philosopher
and metaphysicist. Meanwhile Lucy was getting worse.

In the hands of Van Helsing, Lucy's condition was not getting better either. Several
transfusions did not help either. After the transfusion, Lucy only managed to survive for a
while before finally becoming weak again. Study after study also doesn't lead to a single
answer. It all ended, when one night Lucy's room house was attacked by wolves. Lucy and
her mother were found dead.Shortly after Lucy's funeral, the town begins to stir with news of
the disappearance of young children. Of the few children who were recovered, they said the
kidnapper was a female demon dressed in black. Not only that, all the kidnapped children got
the same scar on their neck in the form of two small hole

From the results of the investigation carried out, Van Helsing arrived at a conclusion
that made everyone surprised. Lucy has become a vampire. From his meeting with Mina, new
conclusions emerged. He now knows that there are other dark creatures that are stalking the
city of London. Beings who do not hesitate to corrupt the immaculate and destroy those who
are defenseless. That comes in every nightmare and of course sucks up all the fresh blood
From meeting to meeting, VnHelsing accompanied by Dr. John Seward, Mr. Holmwood who
now holds the title Lord Godalming, QuencyMorrif, Jonathan Harker and his wife Mina
Harker, determined to hunt down and destroy Count Dracula's crimes. They know their
decision is very dangerous. Because every moment their lives can be lost. But their
determination was unanimous. These bloodsucking creatures had to be destroyed as quickly
as possible before the next victims could fall.

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 CHAPTER III

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOOKS

In a novel book The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood I think this book would be an
absolute good one to read aloud. And kids will love it.And while this book is not considered
the "first" of course, it is considered the one that got everyone all interested in Robin Hood
and sparked the retellings and fascination we see today. At least that's what some think.The
characters are wonderful, and it's a blast to meet them all and see how they are different or
the same from other versions of Robin Hood. For instance, Little John is giant big and is
proficient with a staff, but in this book, he is Robin Hood's closest friend out of all the guys in
the gang. Some other stories I've read (or watched) have Much, the miller's son as his best
friend (or Midge as he's called in this book.) But back to the language! I loved it! Such poetic
fun style! Such description of these guys who are always "merry, lusty, stout, jolly, joyful,
sweet" and etc. And verbs like "quoth, bade, jest, prate, spake" etc.

And in a novel book draculla, I had numerous issues with this novel, one of the most
prominent being the writing. Honestly, this novel was too full of long and arbitrary
monologues on topics with which had seemingly no correlation to the novel itself. Not only
did this annoy me, but it also seemed to add considerably to the length of the novel as a
whole. One of the major issues that I often have with novels is how the story seems to let
itself down in the middle, thus eradicating what would usually be a solid beginning and end.
Stoker definitely fell flat in this regard–I truly felt as though none of the novel’s middle
portion seemed to have any concrete meaning for me, which was very disappointing.

One of the other more major issues that I had with this novel was the characters.
When you use a character as the title of your novel, it is probably a good idea to focus mainly
on that character itself, rather than that character in relation to others. Throughout the novel,
the titular character is barely even properly included in the story–he has no lines after the first
few chapters, we never really get a look into his life and history, and we never learn the
origins of his vampiric affliction. Going into the novel, I assumed that Dracula would be
given more of the spotlight in this novel, but all readers were really given was Dracula being
discussed by others.

So I can conclude, these two novels are quite good and easy to read because of their
interesting stories, but if asked to choose one, I prefer The Merry Adventures if Robbin Hood
novel because the plot is interesting and suitable for all circles but the weaknesses are Its
pages are too long so it takes a very long time to read and understand it and compared to
Draculla novels, this novel is indeed very suitable for horror connoisseurs. However, just like
the previous novel, the pages of this novel are also many. Besides, the stories in this novel are
rather difficult to implement because the stories are not detailed.

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 CHPTER IV

CLOSING

4.1. Conclusion
So it can be removed from the two books that I have compared, it can be concluded
that the first novel is The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and the Draculla novel is very
suitable to be read by all people. These two books are very good and very suitable for
someone who likes or to add to a collection of novels. Even though these two books have
differences as well as advantages and disadvantages in them, in fact they have the same goal,
namely how a reader can understand and understand as well as being cool to read the
continuation story.

4.2. Suggestions
In fact, these two books are very good to be used as collections in reading and to fill
the free time by reading interesting stories and horror that makes you curious. Especially for a
novel entitled Draculla, it is very suitable for horror story lovers.

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pyle Howard. The Adventures of Merry Robin Hood. Hlm. 493. Planet PDF

Stoker Bram. Draculla. Hlm. 684. Planet PDF

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