Title : Isolated Paradise Again (Story)

Name : Vania Putri Rahmanto
NPM : 21209541
Class : 3EB13

Isolated Paradise Again

There she was sitting alone in the cafeteria again. To her left sat a group of unruly boys busying themselves by seeing who could choke on their peanut butter and jelly sandwich the fastest and then guzzle it down with milk. And to the right sat the most evil of the schools inhabitants, looking up and down into their little pocket mirrors to find a patch of skin that wasn’t covered in make-up. Looking backward, you could see the group of nice girls who always smiled as they looked in her direction but never invited her to sit with them. And, forward, was the group of shy boys who never spared a passing glance, since they were too busy exploding paper bags.

She sat in the middle of the congested lunchroom eating her ham and turkey sandwich, chocolate pudding, and juice in peace. It was comforting, it was as it had always been, and to her, it was right. Her place, right outside of the ninth grade social circle, was something she looked forward to. Everyday she sat down and enjoyed not having any arguments to settle, any friendships to maintain, and any meaningless conversations about lip-gloss. Although others looked down upon her as the antisocial girl, she didn’t care, she was proud of it.

But one day, it all changed. The day started out normally. The morning passed by and soon everyone was racing down the halls to get to the cafeteria, taking their seats, and shaking their heads from left to right to catch up on rumors with friends. She sat down at her private little table and was finally isolated from the nonsense of the teenage world. It was right then that he came, straight down from the blue, walked up to her lunch table, and sat down next to her. He smiled and she frowned wondering why the new kid was sitting with her. As if that wasn’t torture enough, he began to talk uncontrollably. It was as though he looked to this period of the day to pour out his life story to this poor, annoyed girl who wanted nothing more than to be left alone for forty-five minutes. He traced back his life to five years ago and started there, ending with his future plans, all the while smiling and glancing backward to see if any of the boys were throwing something at him.

This went on for the next few months and there was nothing special about the lunch period to her anymore, nothing that kept her hopes up. There was no quiet, isolated island left at her table, just an annoying voice that never let up. And as she sat down to another forty-five minutes of torture, he smiled, but she could easily see that it wasn’t the same smile. It didn’t reach his eyes and didn’t light up the rest of his face. He told her that he left his history book back in the last class, and that he would return after he got it. To her surprise, he never came back to her table. The next day he sat down at the boy’s table and didn’t speak to her. He didn’t smile at her, and didn’t grab her some extra napkins. And she sat in her isolated paradise once again, just like she always did, all by herself.

Source : http://www.studentmagz.com/2011/03/cerpen-bahasa-inggris-isolated-paradise.html

Conclusion :

One day at a school there is a child who is anti-social. She likes to be alone, even every hour on the cafeteria lunch she was always alone, but the situation at that crowded cafeteria To her left sat a group of Unruly boys busying Themselves by seeing who could choke on peanut butter and jelly Their sandwiches the fastest and then guzzle it down with milk. And to the right sat the most evil of the schools Inhabitants, looking up and down into their little pocket mirrors to find a patch of skin That was not covered in make-up. Looking backward, you could see the group of nice girls always smiled as who they looked in her direction but never invited her to sit with them. And, forward, was the who group of shy boys never spared a passing glance, since They were too busy exploding paper bags. with such a situation even he does not care and continue to enjoy the solitude. Everyone think of it as anti-social girl but she is proud of that title. Until one day all things changed, the morning all the people ran to the cafeteria to take their seats with her friends. While she sat alone at a small table with a look left and right. Suddenly there was a new kid came over and sat beside her. Then she asked him why the boy sitting next to getting out of hand and talking to the boy. and finally because the child feels humiliated tomorrow no more people who want to sit next to her, including the new child never again sit next to her. Finally, as always in his heart she always alone. In fact, she felt lonely and strange in a situation like this reply, in which she was always alone and feel the world is useless as a teen torn anti-social creature. So, as an ordinary woman living alone will probably not continue because humans are essentially social beings, rather than being anti social. If we become anti-social beings, of course we are going to lose and a prolonged feeling lonely and feel life is not enjoyable and very different as isolated in a remote place.