DEAD STARS

Paz Marquez Benitez

SUMMARY:

Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story that any Generation-Z teenager will never understand. Dead
Stars, a story of pain and sorrow that love can give to an everlasting life of happiness.

ANALYSIS:

In the story, dead stars symbolize a dream for something that is nonexistent. The guy loved the
girl. She was his dream, his star. He thought there was love there. But like a dead star which is so far 
away, and whose shine could actually be the leftover traveling light from it, he was a long way from
getting the girl, and the love he t hought was possible, never was.

MAIN CHARACTERS:

Esperanza ± fiancée of Alfredo for four years

Julia Salas ± the daughter of Judge Del Valle; a young gi rl out-of-town
Alfredo Salazar ± the main in the story; a bachelor over thirty
Don Julian ± the father of Alfredo Salazar 
Carmen ± the younger sister of Alfredo Salazar 

PLOT:

A. EXPOSITION

 Alfredo met Julia Salas in a out of town business. But rather Alfredo and his father, Don
Julian, became close to Judge del Valle. In time, Alfredo fell in love with Julia. Julia did not have
any affection to Alfredo. But Alfredo has an on-going relationship back at home.

B. RISING ACTION

  At the azotea, Don Julian and Carmen talks concerning the on-going relationship of 
  Alfredo Salazar and Esperanza. Perhaps, the relationship between Alfredo and Esperanza for 
four years gradually ready to disappear. Don Julian once said ³I supposed long-engaged people
are like that; warm now, cool tomorrow. I think they are oftener cool than warm. The very fact that
an engagement has been allowed to prolong itself argues certain placidity of temperament--or of 
affection--on the part of either, or both.´

C. CONFLICT

Everyone takes it for granted that Alfredo will eventually marry Esperanza. But although
he is ashamed to admit it, the intensity of his passion for Esperanza has faded and he is attracted
to Julia, whom he meets at a dinner party. But he is aware that all his loved ones-including Julia-
would disapprove of his failure to honor his understanding with Esperanza. So he and Esperanza
get married and have a f amily.

D. CLIMAX

Then, eight years later, he goes on a business trip to the town where Julia, still
unmarried, lives. He goes to visit Julia, whom he has never forgotten.
E. FALLING ACTION

But he is surprised to find that he no longer feels attracted to her. He compares the
memory of his love for her to dead stars, whose glow is still visible from the earth for years after 
they are gone.

F. RESOLUTION

Remember love is a choice not an obligation. Make sure to lend touch, gifts, time, acts of 
service and last but not the least words of compliment. Every person understands love best when
it is communicated in one of those ways.