Title: A Night In The Hills
Author: Paz Marquez- Benitez
Author's Background: Paz Marquez Benitez On March 3, 1894, educator Paz Marquez-Benitez, who authored the first Filipino modern English-language short story "Dead Stars", was born in Lucena City, Quezon.
Benitez was among the first generation of Filipinos trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction.She taught at the University of the Philippines’ English department from 1916 to 1951, acquiring a reputation as an outstanding teacher.
She became an influential figure to many Filipino writers in the English language , among them, Loreto Paras Sulit, Paz Latorena, Bienvenido Santos, Manuel Arguilla, S.P. Lopez and National Artist Francisco Arcellana, who later emphatically declared, “She was the mother of us all!”
In 1919, she founded "Woman's Home Journal", the first women's magazine in the country. In 1928, she compiled "Filipino Love Stories," reportedly the first anthology of Philippine stories in English by Filipinos, from the works of her students.
Vocabulary:
azotea - a flat roof.
solicitous - characterized by or showing interest or concern.
fastidious - very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
carreton – small cart
kaingin – employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer
camisa de chino – an undershirt
misas de gallo – an event in the Philippines during Christmas season
Characters:
Gerardo Luna - The person whose dream was to see the forest for the first time
Luna's wife - She was interested in the business aspect of the forest
Ambo - an orchid gatherer
Sotera / Ate Tere - Gerardo's older sister
Peregrina - The person Gerardo met when going back home
Setting: Manila, Philippines
Exposition: This part was when Gerardo was introduced as a salesman in a jewelry store. An that he inherited the job from his father.
Rising Action: Gerardo told his wife about his dream but she told him that it would bring discomfort and sickness for no reason.
Climax: Gerardo's wife died and he used this opportunity to go to the forest.
Falling Action: This was when everything he dreamt about the forest was false and that he was expecting the forest to be beautiful and calm.
Ending: Gerardo went back home feeling sad and then meeting Peregrina
Symbolism: We can use Gerardo's experience about his forest visit with how we should not always be blinded by one possibility because if there is a good side there will always be a bad side.
Theme: Expect the unexpected events
Lesson: You should always expect thing to be as smooth as butter there always two sides of a coin and you should always consider that there is a good and bad side of things.
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