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Name: Alifia Shandy Pitaloka (Amelia Golda Fortuna (18/431631/SV/15602) Reading III A

The document provides an analysis of an article that advocates for increased use of solar power in homes in Indonesia to reduce reliance on the state-owned electricity company, PLN. The author has an objective, factual tone and aims to persuade readers to demand changes to how electricity is managed. While presenting facts about Indonesia's solar potential and PLN's monopoly, the author also shows some bias against the government and vested business interests that oppose alternative energy. The analysis examines the author's attitude, tone, biases and intent to promote solar power as well as sarcasm in some of their wording.

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Name: Alifia Shandy Pitaloka (Amelia Golda Fortuna (18/431631/SV/15602) Reading III A

The document provides an analysis of an article that advocates for increased use of solar power in homes in Indonesia to reduce reliance on the state-owned electricity company, PLN. The author has an objective, factual tone and aims to persuade readers to demand changes to how electricity is managed. While presenting facts about Indonesia's solar potential and PLN's monopoly, the author also shows some bias against the government and vested business interests that oppose alternative energy. The analysis examines the author's attitude, tone, biases and intent to promote solar power as well as sarcasm in some of their wording.

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Name: Alifia Shandy Pitaloka (

Amelia Golda Fortuna (18/431631/SV/15602)


Reading III A

2. The difference between Attitude, Tone, Mode and Bias:


Attitude generally refers to characteristics of the writer/speaker.
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject (what he/she is writing about) of the
piece, the audience, and self. The tone is mainly created by diction and detail.
Mood is the emotions that the reader feels while reading a piece. Some pieces of
literature make you feel sad, others joyful, angry, and happy. Mood can be created by
setting, imagery and diction.
Bias is the expression of an unfair preference for or dislike toward a subject.

4. The first article: “ Let The Sun Shine on our homes, cut reliance on PLN”
https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2019/08/07/let-the-sun-shine-on-our-homes-
cut-reliance-on-pln.html,

A. Main Statement: The anger of President Joko Widodo to PLN headquarter about the
long blackout on Sunday through Monday in the Western and Central parts of Java. It
is also mentioned that PLN often do the same mistakes without figure the problem out.

B. The Intention of The Author: As I read from that article, we saw that the author has
an intention to replacing the entire PLN board by promoting the use of solar power at
homes. It is because having solar panels at home reduces our dependency on PLN for
power. Also, it’s renewable and environmentally friendly.

C. - Attitude: Formal and Objective attitudes, the author tend to focus on facts rather than
emotional. Descriptive details are restrained, and the author presents a balanced view
of the subject by acknowledging other viewpoints.
Evidences:
 “Jokowi should also seriously consider promoting the use of solar power
at homes.”
 ” As president, he has many options, including: Replacing the entire PLN
board; bringing in someone from the private sector who understands the
concept of public service; dismantling PLN’s monopoly; breaking it into
two or three companies that would compete with one another; or privatizing
PLN”
– Tone: Informative and inspirational, the author has critical opinions (factual
and educational), not only critical opinions but also expert knowledge about the
topic that the author wants to write. Also, the author likes to persuade the reader
to change our mindset of dependency on PLN.
Evidences:
 “Lessons from other countries show that the adoption of alternative
sources of energy can only happen if the government offers incentives,
including through subsidy schemes.”

- Bias: The author sometimes shows the reader a dislike opinion toward
President, The Government, and the vested business interests.
Evidences:
 “There are several catches in Indonesia, but none the President could
not address.”
 “In contrast, Jokowi, freshly reelected for a second five-year mandate
beginning October, can do more.”
 “The government makes it difficult for people to buy solar panels
because of a 60 percent local content requirement”
 “The government has maintained subsidies for gasoline and now even
coal, which fire most of PLN’s power plants, giving no chance for
alternative energy sources to make a dent”
 “Indonesia continues to fail to make the transition away from fossil
fuels, primarily because of vested business interests.”

D. There are some the author’s words offer a sarcasm:


 “You are powerless against a utility monopoly.”
 “Other countries with far less sunshine than Indonesia are already ahead.”
 “Rather than venting or bottling up our anger, we should turn this energy toward
demanding the President change the way electricity is managed in this country.”

E. The author’s statement that we think are facts:


 “Indonesia is the most ideal place on earth to use solar panels on a massive
scale. One study shows that Indonesia gets 5.5 hours of sunshine a day on
average during the year, compared with 3.5 hours for subtropical regions like
Germany, the United States, China and India, where solar power is already
making a significant contribution to the overall energy mix.”
 “PLN has made sure it pays households 65 percent of what it chargers
customers for any surplus electricity households sell. A mandated 35 percent
price difference is only possible in a monopoly set-up.”
 “The difficulty with switching to alternative sources of energy is the opposition
that will come from powerful business lobbies.”

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