A Model of Character Education as Reflected in Fuady’s Negeri

The Land of Five Towers by Fuady has been overwhelming for many readers. This novel tells about acquaintance and life in pesantren-Islamic boarding school. The story of that novel reflects the author experiences during his study in Pondok Pesantren Modern Darassalam Ponorogo, East Java in 1980. Madani Pesantren as the main educational institute inside shows its roles in building students’ characters by integrating modernity and Islamic teachings at the same time. Fuady tries to demonstrate a good model of how educational institution (Madani Pondok Pesantren) can educate its students to improve their personal developments. Madani Pondok Pesantren has good and firm educational systems to be in charge of its student’s behaviors from the foundation up to the end of learning process. This article analyzes the roles of Madani Pondok Pesantre in developing students’ characters building. The writer obtains some findings from The Land of Five Towers on how Madani Pondok Pesantran could successfully educate its students to have good characters by optimizing the roles of teachers as motivators and good models for students; building emotional bond between teachers and students; and giving conscientiousness and moral values to the students.


INTRODUCTION
Character can be defined in various ways and is indeed used in different ways in common speech. We consider someone "a character" if they act typically. We also commonly refer to "having character," but sometimes that character is "good" or "bad." It is unlikely that a school that proposes a charactereducation initiative is interested in either generating a "bunch of characters" or promoting the development of "bad character" in students. What we really mean in this field when we invoke character is socio-moral competency.
Character is the complex set of psychological characteristics that enable an individual to act as a moral agent. In other words, character is multifaceted. It is psychological. It relates to moral functioning.
In the first author's moral anatomy, seven psychological aspects of character are identified: moral action, moral values, moral personality, moral emotions, moral reasoning, moral identity, and foundational characteristics (Berkowitz, 1997). Marvin (2004)

Character Educations
Lickona (1992)  Pesantren give students homeroom teachers whom they can ask or share any problems.
The following quotation describes homeroom teachers do their job well; Ustad Salman came into the class one night carrying a pile of thick books. "To night we will spen our time going around the world," he said with 10centimeter smile… "Man shabara zhafira. He who is patient will be fortune.  (Fuady, 2011: 43-44).

c. Responsibility
Students learn how to be accountable upon their actions and themselves. Every wrong doing will get punishment with strict rule enforcement. In addition, students are also given responsibility to help protection in keeping Madani Pesantren secure from thieves or robbers. Alif and his friends ever got responsibility to be night patrol. In fulfilling this responsibility, they were not allowed to sleep even if just a moment and they also had to stay in their position until dawn came.
Tyson reminded us to night that… "Brothers, to night you need to be extra vigilant. According to police, this is robbery season." Dulmajid and I were assigned at the very edge of PM (Fuady, 2011: 226-227). For the past few days, I'd been feeling like a rock was weighing down on my chest… Seeing me so quite, Said and Dulmajid whipped out their broken Arabic, while Dulmajid whipped out his stash of "Dei Laughing the Madurese Wasy" stories. The everserious Baso tried to sing some Arabic poetry that said could cure a restless heart (Fuady, 2011: 98).

e. Justice and Leadership
Justice is applied in implementing the rules pf pesantren. If anyone contravenes that rules, he must get punishment without exception. Everyone is equal before the law. "Second, the news is also waited but the worry is announcement anyone who should face the court security, education and language to be punished according mistake. Almost certainly, who called is convict guilty." (Fuadi 2011 : 62) f. Humble/Sincerity Students learn to live with humble or sincerity. Being humble helps them to be noble. They can understand that success should be achieved even it is not luxury. "…..Think to feel the power of this humble principle. Remember, the winner and the success people that was far less than that does not succeed….." (Fuadi, 2011: 319) g. Solidarity Solidarity is portrayed from Baso's experience when he should return home to take care his grandmother. His friends continue his idealism to have stage performance entitled " Ibnu Batutah". "….They are also success to perform very well. (Fuadi, 2011: 248)