PROSE

THE SHORT STORY “THE FARMER AND HIS SONS”

Group 1 :
1. Ahmada Septian
2. Alya Rachmalia
3. As’ad
4. Cattleya

UNIVERSITAS PAMULANG TAHUN AJARAN 2019/2020

 The Farmer and His Sons
By Aesop

A rich old farmer, who felt that he had not many more days to live, called his sons to his
bedside.

"My sons," he said, "heed what I have to say to you. Do not on any account part with the
estate that has belonged to our family for so many generations. Somewhere on it is hidden a rich
treasure. I do not know the exact spot, but it is there, and you will surely find it. Spare no energy
and leave no spot unturned in your search."

The father died, and no sooner was he in his grave than the sons set to work digging with
all their might, turning up every foot of ground with their spades, and going over the whole farm
two or three times.

No hidden gold did they find; but at harvest time when they had settled their accounts and
had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any of their neighbors, they understood that the
treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their
industry had they found the treasure.

Industry is itself a treasure.

Introduction
A dying father told his sons of the treasure in the field if they simply dug it up. They did. A good
result is actually their treasure

 Character

- The farmer : He was a good person and He very love his sons. When on the day of his
death he turned out to have the wealth that He gave to his sons.
- His sons : All of his sons loved his father until the day his father died.
  Plot :

- Introduction : There are a rich old farmer, He had three sons. He felt that He had not
many more days to live.
- Rising action : When the farmer told to his sons that there is a family treasure for
generation. The treasure is somewhere hidden.
- Conflict : When the father died. and no sooner was he in grave than the sons set to work
digging with all their might, turning up every foot of ground with their spades, and going
over the whole farm two or three times.
- Climax : When his sons began to look and digging up every foot of ground with their
spades, and going over the whole farm two or three times.
- Denouement : After long digging, no hidden gold did they find. but at harvest time when
they had settled their accounts and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any
of their neighbors. And now they understood that the treasure their father had told them
about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the
treasure.

 Setting
- Time : All the day
- Place : In a field and a small house.

 Point of view
Point of view in this short story is the third person.
 Theme
Theme in this short story is family treasure, and also about father’s love for his sons.
 Research problem
 Intrinsic : his sons have a voracious character if they get a rich and be lazy in
doing anything
 Extrinsic : A father who told his sons that there was a hidden treasure in the field,
his sons thought he was talking about money he was hiding

 Conclusion
Conclusion in this short story is that real wealth is not measured by material or money but
a persistence in processing to produce something useful, that is the real wealth. The
persistence referred in this short story when the father indirectly instructs his sons to try
(digging the ground until fertile) so that the result are good can last for a long time.

 References
https://americanliterature.com/author/aesop/short-story/the-farmer-and-his-sons