Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There
was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word.
The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of
the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he
could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to
teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but
then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why
can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily.
Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got
so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to
make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it.
He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old
chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with
them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut
the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid
parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house.
He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at
the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment,
the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say
Catano or I’ll kill you”.
Analysis the Generic Structure
Orientation: It sets the scene and introduces the
participants/characters. In that parrot story, the first paragraph is the
orientation where reader finds time and place set up and also the participant
as the background of the story. A man and his parrot took place once time.
Complication: It explores the conflict in the story. It will show the
crisis, rising crisis and climax of the story. In the parrot story, paragraph
2, 3, 4 are describing the complication. Readers will find that the man face a
problem of why the parrot can not say Catano. To fix this problem, the man
attempted to teach the bird. How hard he tried to teach the bird is the
excitement element of the complication.
Resolution: It shows the situation which the problems have been
resolved. It must be our note that “resolved” means accomplished whether
succeed or fail. In the last paragraph of the smartest parrot story, readers
see the problem is finished. The parrot could talk the word which the man
wanted. The parrot said the word with higher degree than the man taught the
word to it. That was the smartest parrot.