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Buku Bahasa Inggris Kurikulum Merdeka edisi revisi ini ditulis oleh Rida Afrilyasanti dan Anik Muslikah Indriastuti, serta diterbitkan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi tahun 2024.

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Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 11 SMA/MA Halaman 107 activity 2:
Jawaban:

Once upon a time, in a peaceful village, there stood a magnificent, big house. It had a grand staircase, soft carpets, and golden frames on the walls. It looked like a palace where happiness surely lived.

And in this house lived a young girl. We will call her Princess Maya. Look at her.

She was 'a happy girl.' She had long dark hair and wore a bright blue dress with a yellow collar. Her face was always calm, and a sweet, serene smile never left her lips. She looked like an angel that couldn't feel any pain. This, my friends, is how our story begins... with a girl so perfect, everyone admired her.

But every fairy tale has a twist. And Maya’s twist was not a wicked stepmother or a traitorous maid. but a betrayal from within.

Behind her perfect smile, a powerful 'Monster inside Me' had started to grow. It wasn't a visible beast. It was a purple shadow made of fear and sadness.

Whenever Maya was alone, especially at night in her too-big room, this purple monster would appear. It strangled her with invisible arms.

It would whisper, "You must always be happy. If you show sadness, everyone will hate you. You are a fake."

Maya’s main problem was the pressure to be perfect. The monster trapped her, not in a tower, but inside her own silent suffering. The world still saw the happy girl, but the real Maya was drowning in the purple shadow.

The monster grew stronger. One fateful day, Maya couldn't take it anymore. Her emotions boiled over. This was the turning point of the story. It was a moment of absolute 'Mix Feeling.' Her heart felt like it would break, but her face was trained to smile.

Her mind became a terrifying battlefield. She was confused. (Tunjuk wajah-wajah kecil). There was a voice of utter despair (sad face), another of blinding rage (angry face), and another of paralyzing fear. Maya did not know who she was anymore. She held up multiple 'masks' of emotion, unable to decide which one was real. She was at rock bottom, a princess lost in the chaos of her own mind. This was her defining moment.

So, how was this conflict resolved? The question on the card asks, 'Which character will solve the problem?'. Maya solved it herself.

Look closely. Maya holding a mask. This image represents her 'Self-Concept'. Maya looked at that perfect, smiling mask she had worn for years to hide the monster.

She finally understood. Her main character flaw was the belief that she must be 'perfect' to be loved. Like the 'Goose Girl' discovering she didn't need a royal title to be courageous, Maya discovered she didn't need to be 'perfect' to be worthy.

Maya decided to stop being a 'slave to happiness.' She took the mask off and accepted herself. She told the monster, 'You exist, but you do not define me. I am allowed to be sad.' The moment she accepted her true self, the purple monster’s grip weakened, and it began to fade.

Maya returned to her original state, a happy girl.

But the smile you see now is different from the smile at the beginning of the story. The first smile was from ignorance; this smile is from resilience. Maya had fought a war and won.

She still lives in the big house, she still likes her blue dress, and she is still surrounded by peaceful flowers. But the purple monster is gone, replaced by inner strength. Maya found her place in the world by finding herself first.

The moral of the story is, True identity and beauty are not found in how we look on the outside or how 'perfect' we appear to be, but in the courage to accept ourselves.

Authentic beauty and strength aren't found in how someone looks but in how they are inside.

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