Book Review Aidit: “Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara”
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Book Review Aidit: “Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara” Zsazsa Bhaskara Pramudhita and Prihantoro, S.S., M.A. English Department, Faculty of Humanity, Diponegoro University, Semarang 50275 Abstract DN Aidit is the most controversial figure in Indonesia’s history. DN Aidit’s name become some kind of taboo to be discussed or talked. After the “New Order” era, DN Aidit’s name begin to be discussed on media again. Many books discussed DN Aidit, one of them is Aidit: Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara. This book discussed two sides of DN Aidit, DN Aidit’s good side and bad side. This book offers a more complete version of DN Aidit. This final project will discuss and analize about this book. Keyword: DN Aidit, Indonesia’s history, two sides of DN Aidit, G30S/PKI. Abstrak DN Aidit merupakan tokoh paling kontroversial dalam sejarah bangsa Indonesia. Nama DN Aidit menjadi hal tabu untuk dibicarakan atau didiskusikan. Setelah masa orde baru berakhir nama DN Aidit kembali banyak didiskusikan melalui beragam media baik lisan maupun cetak. Banyak buku yang membahas DN Aidit , salah satunya adalah Aidit: Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara. Buku ini berisi dua sisi dari DN Aidit yaitu sisi baik dan sisi buruk. Dan buku ini menyajikan versi yang lebih komplet dari tokoh yang kontroversial ini. Final project ini akan mencoba untuk menganalisisnya. Kata kunci: DN Aidit, sejarah Indonesia, dua sisi DN Aidit, G30S/PKI. CHAPTER I he is and what he has done but there are INTRODUCTION still many things about DN Aidit that 1.1. Background of Writing still remain undiscovered and untold. History is a series of events that Most of Indonesians would think that happened in the past that affects the DN Aidit is the brain of 1965 coup. In future. Everything within the world has September 1965, many Indonesians its own history. History itself has believed, DN Aidit and his communist recorded uncountable series of events party caused a flame in most Indonesia that happened in very long time. region at that time. It is said that Indonesia as a country also has a very thousands or maybe millions of long history. Many people have human’s life is wasted. 30 years have involved in Indonesia’s history. Among passed and DN Aidit is still believed as many names that involved in an evil man who caused that tragedy. Indonesia’s history Dipa Nusantara There are many ideas that support that Aidit is the most controversial one. DN idea. Aidit has both clear and mysterious In this paper the writer would like to history. Most Indonesians known who review a book entitled Aidit: Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara. The writer reader a ‘blueprint’ of this paper, about would review the book and share the the pieces that the writer would make facts and ideas about DN Aidit within into one unity called a paper. The next the book. The review is mainly about chapter will provide the writer a brief the title of the book itself, Aidit: Dua yet important biography of a man called Wajah Dipa Nusantara. The review will DN Aidit. As the third chapter that focus on Aidit’s life from his childhood would be the most important part of the until his final days, about his political paper, the writer would fill it with two views, about how he built his party. different views and ideas. The common There are always two sides of a coin, view and idea in Indonesia that consider means that everything in this world is DN Aidit was a communist rebel. On relative and has both good and bad side. the other hand the writer would provide DN Aidit also has bad and good side, the reader about another side of DN DN Aidit is believed to be the man Aidit, about where he comes from, behind a series of tragedy in October about his family and many more. The 1965. For almost 40 years the name writer would also add his personal Aidit was like ‘Judas’ in Christianity. comments and opinion about this book. Indonesian think or forced to think that The last chapter would be the DN Aidit is the evil guy. No one ever conclusion where the writer would close consider that DN Aidit was also this paper with a value or lesson that we involved in youth movement during the could find and get from the book and early days of Indonesia’s independence. the paper itself. This paper will reveal the unknown side 1.2. Purposes of Writing of DN Aidit so that the reader could see The writer’s purposes of the writing are: a more complete version of DN Aidit 1. To summarize “Aidit: Dua and see DN Aidit from different side. Wajah Dipa Nusantara.” The purpose of this review itself is to 2. To review “Aidit: Dua Wajah give the reader clearer ideas about DN Dipa Nusantara.” Aidit. Besides using the book entitled 3. To give the reader a different Aidit: Dua Wajah Dipa Nusantara, the view about DN Aidit by presenting writer would use other books to support more facts and details about DN Aidit the fact and details about DN Aidit. 1.3. Short Biography of Dipa Nusantara Another source related with DN Aidit Aidit also would be used, for example article According the book entitled Aidit: Dua and pdf file from the internet. Of course Wajah Dipa Nusantara, Aidit was born the writer would use a good and reliable from a wealthy family in Belitong, source from the internet. The writer south sumatera, D.N. Aidit is the eldest would use a movie to give more view of six children. His father, Abdullah about DN Aidit, the movie entitled Aidit is an officer in forestry Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (1982). department, a high position at that time. The paper would be divided into four D.N. Aidit’s mother, Mailan, is a chapters, on the first chapter the writer Ningrat heir. Mailan’s father was a would tell the reason behind the landlord. People in Belitong often said choosing of this book, Aidit: Dua that this family’s land is so wide. Wajah Dipa Nusantara. On this first Meanwhile, Abdullah Aidit is the son of chapter, the writer would give the Haji Ismail, a successful businessman in fishery. D.N. Aidit’s father had many Indonesia. Madiun, Magetan, Blora, sero, place to fishing in the sea, and he Cepu and cities in east Java and Central is the largest fish seller in the market. Java were conquered by the Communist As D.N. Aidit came from wealthy Party and its people. However, this family, he had many friends from revolutionary action finally failed, and different races and different Musso lost his life by a rifle’s army. It background. Because of Haji Ismail’s was a bitter experience for DN Aidit, he wealth, his children could study at HIS lost his mentor. (Hollandsc Inlandsche School). His son DN Aidit never gave up on the was very religious. After the class Aidit Communist Party. Three years after the and his brother learned to read Quran. Madiun rebellion, DN Aidit overtook After graduating from HIS, 13 years old the leadership of the Communist Party D.N. Aidit said to his father that he from the old generation. With his wanted to go to Jakarta. The reason was comrades Njoto and Lukman, they there was no higher education in became the backbone of the Communist Belitong at that time. To enter high Party. Under DN Aidit, Njoto and school or called as MULO the youth Lukman, the Communist Party grew should go to Medan or Jakarta. bigger and become the largest Unfortunately, when Aidit arrived at Communist Party in non-communist Jakarta the enrollment to MULO had country. In the 1955 elections been closed. Finally Aidit enrolled to Communist Party succeeded in getting MHS (Middestand Handel School) a over six millions votes. business and trading school in Central In 1965 there were a series of events Jakarta. After all Aidit never graduated that made Communist Party and DN from MHS. Aidit was more interested in Aidit collapsed and destroyed until politics than his study. nowadays. September 30th 1965 five Aidit began to gain interest about generals of the army were killed, DN communism after he met a guy named Aidit and the Communist Party were Wikana, an underground activist of blamed for being the mastermind of Communist Party in West Java. Books those events. After that, DN Aidit about Marxism and Communism moved to several cities in Central Java became his main reading. DN Aidit and finally on the November 22nd 1965 passion about Communism gained more DN Aidit was captured in Solo. The after he met Musso who just returned next morning aidit was executed in from Uni Soviet. DN Aidit was Boyolali, but the location of where the impressed by Musso’s ideas and body of DN Aidit was buried is still visions. In 1948 the 25 years old DN unknown. Aidit got an important position as a 1.4 Figures Mentioned on the Book coordinator of labor section in the Dipa Nusantara Aidit: The leader of Communist Party. A month after Central Committee PKI. received that position, in September MH Lukman : Second vice 18th 1948, in Madiun, East Java leader of PKI. thousands of people consist of labor and Soetanti : Wife of Dipa farmer overtook the government. Musso Nusantara Aidit and the Communist Party tried to build Moedigdo : Father of what he called as Soviet Republik Soetanti. Mailan : Mother of Dipa Indonesia, a legendary story which is Nusantara Aidit. full with myth. This section is directing Musso : Mentor of Dipa the reader about what the book’s main Nusantara Aidit, issue would be.