Author: Gilda Cordero- Fernando
Author's Background: Gilda Cordero-Fernando is a multiawarded writer, publisher and cultural icon from the Philippines. She was born in Manila, has a B.A. from St. Theresa’s College-Manila, and an M.A. from the Ateneo de Manila University.
She started off as a writer and was awarded the Palanca Award for Literature several times. She has also written and illustrated children’s books.Her short stories are collected in The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker (1962) and A Wilderness of Sweets (1973).
Vocabulary:
Barring - fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.
Ravished - seize and carry off (someone) by force.
Transoms - the flat surface forming the stern of a boat.
Assiduous - showing great care and perseverance
Languorous - refers to a certain kind of mood everyone gets in sometimes — when you'd rather lie around thinking than doing work or having fun.
Dishabille - the state of being only partly or scantily clothed.
Riotous - marked by or involving public disorder.
Jowl - the lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, especially when it is fleshy or drooping.
Aplomb - self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.
Farce – a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
Characters - Ms Noel - English Instructor
Mr Sawit New English Instructor
Mr Alva - Superintendent
Mr Obles - Pugad Lawin's Principal
Ms Obles - Wife of Mr Obles
Mrs Divinagracia - HE Instructor
Mr Buenaflor - Industrial arts Instuctor
Mr de Dios - Physics Instructor
Mr Baz - National Language Instructor
Ms Santos - PE Instructor
Mr del Rosario - Military Tactics
Leon - Student
Settings: Pugad Lawin High School
Expositions: This started when the principal received a letter from a sleepy janitor that there will be the visitation of the superintendent and the supervisors which also introduced other characters such as Ms. Noel and Ms. Divinagracia.
Rising Action: This started when the Teachers and students had been divided into 4 groups and each do a specific task to please the "gods"
Climax: This would be when Ms. Noel and Mr. Sawit had a conversation about his visitation saying that is was farce or a funny play. A visitation announced a month in advance defeats the purpose. It gave them the time to prepare everything and to hide anything that is wrong with the school.
Falling Action: While Ms. Neol was cleaning she met a student by the name of Leon whose dream was to one day become lawyer and if she left who would guide him.
Ending: After breakfast the next morning. the supervisors packed their belongings and were soon ready. Mr. Beunaflor fetched the camera and they all posed on the sunny steps for a souvenir photo: the superintendent with Mr. and Mrs. Obles on either side of him and the minor gods in descending order on the Home Economics stairs. Miss Noel was late - but she ran to take her place with pride and humility on the lowest rung of the school's hierarchy.
Symbolisms: The "hierarchy" represents the position of certain teachers or staffs. The second symbolism is The "Gods" this title was given to the superintendent and supervisors and the school had to prepare "offerings" to please them.
Theme: The theme of the story is that they spend so much time in covering up their problems instead of fixing them.
Lesson: We should not procrastinate and leave broken thing. Fix things that need fixing and not just cover it up to impress someone.
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