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21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
-MODULE 3-

LESSON 8: ASIAN LITERATURE: CHINESE

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

1. What emotions do you feel after reading the poem? Why did you feel that way?
 The poems "The battle" and "On the Threshing Floor, I Chase Chickens Away" evoke pain,
happiness, and melancholy. Because the first poem keeps protecting themselves just to
survive the battle they're in, even though it's so difficult, they're still going because they're
inspired by the spirit of "Wu," whereas the second poem feels secure by living in a peaceful
life, they're comfortable by its significance but hurt by its smallness.

2. How would you compare the two poems? Which elements do they share, and what differences do
they have?
 Chuu Yuan's "Battle" employs deep words to communicate feelings, but Yu Xiuhua's "On the
Threshing Floor, I Chase Chickens Away" uses simple phrases to express feelings.

3. What message does each poem convey?

 Chuu Yuan's poem "Battle" is all about warfare. He concentrates on two clans fighting for
their beliefs with their lives on the line. It has a sad and sorrowful tone to it, and its literary
style is visual. Yu Xiuhua wrote "On the Threshing Floor, I Chase Chickens Away." According
to the poet, time does not always pass in the same way. According to the poet, melancholy
and happiness have the same color code.

POST ASSESSMENT

1. C 6. B
2. C 7. D
3. C 8. C
4. D 9. A
5. B 10. D

LESSON 9: ASIAN LITERATURE: SINGAPOREAN

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

1. I extremely like the taximan's story because, although being simply a taxi driver, he was still doing his
best to meet his family's requirements. He gives advice and raises awareness to all readers,
particularly young people who are too lazy to attend to school. It serves as a guidance and a lesson
for our youth to avoid academic failure.

2. No. Because each taxi driver had own distinct personality and perspective on life.
 3. This story is realistic because people nowadays frequently go out with their partners or girlfriends.
Many kids start dating at an early age and lie to their parents about where they are so that they can
hang out with their buddies.

4. I believe the taxi driver is a diligent, straightforward father who only wants the best for his children.
He raised his children while working as a taxi driver for twenty years. His favorite daughter, Lay
Choo, who was given the opportunity to attend university, performed numerous unethical things,
including lying to her parents and dating Caucasians. I feel bad for the taxi driver since his daughter
did something terrible that crushed his heart.

POST ASSESSMENT

1. B 6. B
2. C 7. B
3. C 8. D
4. C 9. A
5. D 10. D

LESSON 10: ASIAN LITERATURE: JAPANESE

WHAT’S MORE

A.
1. The boy believed he was a trustworthy person to the crow because, despite his might, the crow
would still assist him in making plans and inspire him to flee.

2. Crow is a fictional character who represents a stronger, wiser version of Kafka. Kafka explains
that he adopted the name "Kafka" as an alias partly because it meant "crow" in Czech. Crow, like
the genuine crows in the book, appears to issue warnings or keep an eye on Kafka in perilous
situations.

3. Sandstorms is similar to fate in that they continuously changing directions. The sandstorm shifts
directions, yet it continues to pursue you. "This storm is you, something inside you, so all you
can do is give in to it". The sandstorm reflects the fact that problems are a necessary part of life;
they are a driving force for us to either improve or worsen ourselves, depending on how we view
them.

4. The boy in the story have to be the toughest 15-year old in the world because that’s the only
way he’s going to survive. And in order to do that, he got to figure out what it means to be
tough.
B.
1. SENTENCES – Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones
FIGURE OF SPEECH USED - Simile
MEANING- This is the type of sandstorm you should imagine. And you have to get through that
violent, metaphysical, metaphorical storm on its own. And after the storm passes, it won't
remember how it got through, how you survived.

2. SENTENCES- Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing direction
FIGURE OF SPEECH USED- Simile
MEANING- unable to escape fate by likening fate to a sandstorm that envelops one no
matter which direction one tries to run.

3. SENTENCES- it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blade

FIGURE OF SPEECH USED- Simile
MEANING- People will bleed there, and you will bleed too.

4. SENTENCES- Imagine a white funnel stretching vertically up like a thick rope.

FIGURE OF SPEECH USED- Analogy
MEANING- even in a middle of a sandstorm there is a way out.

5. SENTENCES- As if he were carving the words in a deep blue tattoo on my heart

FIGURE OF SPEECH USED- Metaphor
MEANING- like as if he wanted to make sure the youngster remembered what he said

POST ASSESSMENT
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. C