Silk

by:

Alessandro Baricco

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. What does the protagonist feel? Why does he feel this way

• based on my own understanding, the protagonist felt inloved with the girl but he also felt affection, regret and guilty because he realize that there is something wrong on what he feels to the girl. 

2. What does the girl feel? Why do you think so?

• The girl is not happy because there is a regret on her mind on that day when the merchant visited on their place.

3. How did you feel when you were reading the text? Do you think what they were experiencing was love or lust?

• I feel  happy but also disappointed. Happy because they choose to love even they are both in a far places but sad because they didn't understand each other in terms of communication. I think it is just a lust there is a love affair in the story and love affair means a romantic and sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other.

4. How the girl and Herve communicate with each other?

• they did not use any language but they use gesture and body language to communicate to each other.

5. Why doesn’t Hara Kei know what is going on?

• he use his senses and advance thinking to know what is going on.

6. What does the cup symbolize?

• the cup symbolize the age and floor for new discoveries or exploration.

7. What is the significance of the glances between Herve and the girl?

• since they did not understand each other, little actions serve as the primary means of reaching out to each other. Some things can be understood with just a little smile or a simple glance.

8. Do you find the text romantic? Why or why not?

• yes because it talks about the romantic love between Herve and the Girl.

9. What is the lesson/moral of the text?

• I learned that we need to study language very well especially english because it plays a vital role in our life even in love so that we will avoid misunderstanding.

21st Century Literature

Title: Mayon

Author:

• Name: Kristian Sendon Cordero
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Short Background:

• Si Kristian Sendon Cordero (kamundagan: 23 Abril 1983) sarong kagubay na Bikolanong parasurat direktor nin pelikula asin premiado kan Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikolnon sa kategoryang Rawitdawit kan 2004.[1]Kagsurat siya nin nagkapirang mga libro kan saiyang mga panurat na rawitdawit sa Mga Tulang Tulala: Piling Tula sa Filipino, Bikol at Rinconada (ipinublikar kan 2004 asin 2007), Santigwar: Mga Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Filipino (2006) dangan Pusûánon: Mga Bersong Bikol igwang piling dakitaramon na Marne L. Kilates sagkod Francisco V. Peñones Jr.(2007). Direktor asin kagsurat siya kan pelikulang Angustia (2013).[2]

Setting:Tectonically, Mayon is located in the Bicol Basin (Oas Graben), a northwest trending structural depression. Structural analysis of previous study reveals a regional transtensional stress regime in the Bicol basin, which induced the northwest striking leftlateral faults to have a normal slip component (Lagmay et al., 2005). The Oas Graben bounded by Legaspi Lineament to the north and San Vicente Linao Fault to the south. The Legazpi Lineament (N70oW) is seismically active and is a left-lateral fault with a normal component to the east (Le Rouzic, 1999). GPS data analysis (Rangin et al., 1999) derived a left-lateral motion of 13 mm/yr along the Legaspi Fault with 13 mm/yr of extension perpendicular to it.

Year Published: 2004

Learning from the text: The learnings that i've got from this peom is that, we need to be careful especially when we are visiting mayon volcano because it is very devastating.

References: https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Cordero

Title: Third World Geography

Author: 

• Name: Cirilo F. Bautista
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Short background: 

Born	July 9, 1941 Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Died	May 6, 2018 (aged 76) Manila, Philippines
Education	University of Santo Tomas St. Louis University De La Salle University-Manila
Notable awards

Setting: Philippine (Manila)

Year Published: 

Learning from the text: I learn that, our government mustbe aggresive and be truthful in perferming their task as a leader.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirilo_Bautista

Title: Apo on the wall

Author:

Name: Bj Patino

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Short Background: 

Birth: March 9, 1927

Death: July 15, 1988

Average Age: B J Patino lived 4 years shorter than the average Patino family member when they died at the age of 61.

Setting:
Year Published:
Learning from the text: I learned that we need to work hard and follow the rules and regulations.
References: https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/b-j-patino/72659738

Title: THE RURAL MAID

Author:

Name:  Fernando Maramag

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Short Backgroud:

Fernando Maramag was an excellent poet and journalist in English. He had a rich style

and deep understanding of human nature – qualities which made his poetry appealing to all

readers. On the other hand, his editorial writings “exerted great influence on the various phases

of the Filipino way of life, particularly in its government, economics, education and politics,”

according to a critic.

Settings: Ilagan Isabela

Year Published:2015

Learnings: Love is great. It is the best thing in the world that everyone must experience.

http://lit14r27.blogspot.com/2004/11/rural-maid.html

Title:  LENGUA PARA DIABLO

Author: 

Name: Merlinda Bobis

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Short Backgroud:

Born in Legazpi City, in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. She holds post-graduate degrees from the University of Santo Tomas and University of Wollongong, and now lives in Australia. Written in various genres in both Filipino and English, her work integrates elements of the traditional culture of the Philippines with modern immigrant experience.

Also a dancer and visual artist, Bobis currently teaches at Wollongong University. Her play Rita's Lullaby was the winner of the 1998 Awgie for Best Radio Play and the international Prix Italia of the same year; in 2000 White Turtle won the Steele Rudd Award for the Best Collection of Australian Short Stories and the 2000 Philippine National Book Award. Most recently, in 2006, she has received the Gintong Aklat Award (Golden Book Award, Philippines) for her novel Banana Heart Summer, from the Book Development Association of the Philippines. Bobis won the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her book, Locust Girl: A Lovesong.

Settings: Legaspi City

Year Published: May 5, 2012

Learnings: I learned that we need to manage properly our situation or family conflict so it will not spread. Remember that problems will make you a beter one.