This document summarizes several Filipino short stories and poems. It provides brief overviews of the key characters, plots, and messages of each work. The summaries are concise, highlighting the essential information in 3 sentences or less per work. They capture the high-level themes and narratives without extensive detail.
This document summarizes several Filipino short stories and poems. It provides brief overviews of the key characters, plots, and messages of each work. The summaries are concise, highlighting the essential information in 3 sentences or less per work. They capture the high-level themes and narratives without extensive detail.
This document summarizes several Filipino short stories and poems. It provides brief overviews of the key characters, plots, and messages of each work. The summaries are concise, highlighting the essential information in 3 sentences or less per work. They capture the high-level themes and narratives without extensive detail.
Mill of the Gods Estrella Alfon message: consider others when you decide
Espeleta, Martha, Pio, Engracia dont be narrow-minded, because our selfish
decisions affect and make the ones around us Martha (12 yrs. old)- tall, lagging in class, dull suffer. 1st scar reckless fight between Pio and Engracia (Ms parents) due to a cheating father Martha wasnt the child that entered who went out of that room fight made a great impact Martha (18 yrs. old)- became pretty, demure fell in love with thoughts of marriage but got brokenhearted she hated her father and despised her mother felt she has to pay for her fathers mistake Martha (after heartbreak) graduated with honors for nursing, wise, wary had a relationship with a doctor who has a wife found his dad dead on patients bed with boyfriend as doctor (gunshot by husband of affair) felt no sadness with fathers death but instead satisfied feeling prevailed because she no longer has to pay for her fathers crime Pagkat Lalaki Ka- Michael Coroza Learn how to cry for it will cleanse the impurities and microbes in your mind, heart and whole being (crying isnt just for girls, this shows our normal standard for guys masculinity) Learn how to be remorseful, own up to your mistake. Let them judge you, shun their opinions, this way youll find your personality. (accept criticism and improve oneself because men find it hard to admit their mistake because they are full of pride) Men inherited privilege; theyre perceived to be more superior than women. Men play an active role such as hero while girls are damsels in distress (due to the hunting of man for food) Men also inherited negative connotation to them being violent. (Chinese abort more female than male due to one child policy) Females are undervalued and taken for granted. Represented by soil and earth. (know importance of women, because men got their help to build a civilization. Womens worth are measured by experience- like blood on marital sheets represent virginity and is praised) Womens role is crucial and important but easily forgotten. Mothers get no reward. Recommend improvement and remove false consciousness about women. Cultivate new generation. To the Man I Married- Angela Manalang Gloria You are my earth, gravity, air, land, food, shelter, earth (person you can go home to and brighten your day) As much as the tree needs to be deeply rooted it also yearns for the sun (she values personal growth and needs time for herself but it doesnt mean she loves him any less) love for him cant outcompare the boundless sea because its unrealistic instead she can love him with finite wave that dies and blue of everlasting skies. (Her love is realistic, aware of her limitations and needs. She loves him for eternity.)
Having no forever and mortality
makes the finite days here on Earth more valuable and precious. Tungkung Langit and Alunsina Panay-Visayan folktale F. Landa Jocano setting: shapeless and formless space mixed with confusion characters: 2 Gods- Tungkung Langit (Pillar of the Sky),Alunsina(The unmarried one) fell in love and got married to one another TL- industrious, loving, kind, Alunsina- lazy(combs hair all day), jealous(sent spy despite having no Gods other than them 2, selfish TL got mad at the spy incident and drove Alunsina away, so she disappeared and never came back til today. TL was sorrowful and tries to find her so he made the Earth, sea, trees, flowers then As necklace became star, comb the moon and crown the sun. TLs tears are rain while the thunder is him sobbing, calling for his beloved. paradox of missing people when they already left us. dont be like alunsina if you want to be married. Ang Babaing Nangarap nang Gising- Virgilio Almario Hugging utensil for cooking while daydreaming about being a princess (lower class wide, not rich) flashback during teen years that shell overcome her poverty and move from the farm and province to the city (because city have more opportunities and an advanced and updated education) Shes like a lost chick, tired and drained. She got the news that her gala husband will arrive home so she dressed well and cleaned up the house. ( naive in new city, unfamiliar with surroundings, been taken advantage of. Shes tired because she wasnt able to achieve desperation of escaping poverty and she isnt contented with life given to her by her husband) As husband went home, she daydreamed once more after seeing her husband (man was someone she settled for just to be with someone) Plan through if you want to achieve something, work for it. Dont settle for less and have realistic dreams with a path you can visualize Woman with Horns- Cecilia Manguerra- Brainard Gerald(pub health director, ambassador of us, made vaccine for smallpox, cholera), Jaime Laurel(asst. doctor), Agustina, Blanche, Ubec (gossipers) Gerald met Agustina during break time in the hospital and learned that she was a widow with 1 daughter. After, she met her again at the park, enthusiastic and being gossiped about. (People expect widows to be depressed but A is carefree) Gossip was Agustina is a product of her mom having a relation with a seminarian. She was born with horns and her mom made someone chop it. Went to governors house and met Agustina where he was confessed to and was invited to visit As house; he declined. Gerald overthinked, he once was suicidal bec he cheated on sick Blanche. He blames himself. A part of his soul went with B. Funeral of mayors mom is dead so he went to funeral but then a gunshot was heard and man on white horse kissed corpse on lips (for his own closure). Gerald went to the river and met Agustina where he reciprocated her love. Life is for the living. To move on properly, the must be a closure and no unfinished business. We think we have plenty of time but we cant predict life; live life to the fullest while you still can. You become gossiped about if you do away with the norms