GEC13 Flashcards
CHILDREN OF THE CITY
AUTHOR
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
Author of Rice
Manuel E. Arguila
•Manuel E. Arguilla was born in
Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on June 17, 1911.
He was the fourth child of Crisanto Arguilla and Margarita Estabillo, hard-working farmer folk who owned a small piece of land. Aside from being a farmer, his father was also a carpenter; his mother, on the other hand, was an occasional potter.
Manuel E. Arguilla
•Published in _____, Rice
1938
– a short story by Manuel Arguilla explored the political and psychological conditions of rural farmers under the oppressive feudal system in the Philippines.
Rice
TONE of Rice by Manuel E Arguilla
Man vs. Society
-society plays an important role to Pablo’s life because it serves the biggest obstacle for him to live a good life..
Man vs. Society
THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR author
Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996)
• was a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer.
Bienvenido Nuqui Santos
Bienvenido Nuqui Santos was born and raised in _______.
Tondo, Manila
Bienvenido Nuqui Santos family roots are originally from _____________. He lived in the United States for many years where he is widely credited as a pioneering Asian-American writer.)
Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines
In___________ the gods being referred to represent the wealthiest, and the most corrupt, that the nation has to offer.
The Gods We Worship Live Next Door
act as the leader of the farmers. (Rice)
Elis
•The story “Rice” is a narrative story describing the situation of rice farmers and their family in ________.
Hacienda Consuelo
the main character has three children two of them are boys and a little girl named Isabel.
Mang Pablo
He is a thin dark man. Thin because of inadequate food especially this season when they have no harvest.
Mang Pablo
is also thin as indicated in the line “her skirts clung to her thin legs…”
Sebia
The couple _______ is the neighbour of Mang Pablo.
Andres and Osiang
Author of THE BREAD OF SALT
N.V.M Gonzales
ay isa sa mga pinagpipitagang
prolipikong manunulat at ginawaran ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para
sa Panitikan noong 1997.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales
He is known as a local colorist writer. Local color is a literary technique that
features the unique regional traditions of people and emphasizes the
ordinary events in their lives. This is used by _________ to present the
sociocultural dimensions of Filipino families and farmers in the provinces.
N.V.M Gonzales
Fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in rural,
urban lanascape.
N.V.M Gonzales
He won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, received the
Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
in 1990.
N.V.M Gonzales
He became U.P.’s International-Writer-In-Residence and a member of the
Board of Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center.
N.V.M Gonzales
In 1987, U.P. conferred on him the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
it’s highest academic recognition
N.V.M Gonzales
MAJOR WORKS of N.V.M Gonzales
The Winds of April
Seven Hills Away
Children of the Ash-Covered Loam
The Bamboo Dancers
Look Stranger, on this Island Now
Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-One stories
The Bread of Salt
Work on the Mountain
The Novel of Justice
A Grammar of Dreams
- a 14 year-old violinist boy and the protagonist in the story.
Albert
- mestisang babae na pamangkin ng isang mayamang Espanyol na si Don
Esteban - Kaklase at naging pinakamamahal ni Albert
Aida
– a 22 year-old guy who invites Albert to join his band.
Pete Saez
– Aida’s cousin
- pinaghanda sila ng isang masayang party ni Don Esteban na
dinaluhan ng banda nina Pete kasama si Albert.
Josefina and Alicia
- Ama nina Josefina at Alicia
- Tiyuhin ni Aida
Don Esteban
– lola ni Albert
Grandmother
- lolo at nagkwento kay Albert tungkol kay Aida
Grandfather
– ang maestro ni Albert na pumuri sa husay ni Albert sa
pagtugtog gamit ang maliliit nitong mga kamay.
Maestro Antonino
– siya ang naglipat kay Albert sa unahan na dati’y nasa pangalawa
pwesto sa kaniyang pagtugtog ng violin sa ginanap ng Thanksgiving day dahil
pagiging mahusay nito.
Mister Custodio
THEME of bread and salt
love, ambition, human condition, social status
CHILDREN OF THE CITY
AUTHOR
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
Amadis Ma. Guerrero was born in ______ on _______.
Ermita
April 15, 1941
Amadis Ma. Guerrero studied in _________ and completed his bachelor’s degree in the _________.
Ateneo de Manila
University of Santo Tomas
wrote for Graphic Magazine. He published his work in some magazines. And in later life he was writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
He was a short-story writer, author, and a cultural- travel journalist. He has published numerous books of short stories, travel essays, and deluxe volumes on Philippine Art and Culture.
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
His short story “Children of the City” is a departure from his usual style. It won a third prize in ______ in 1971.
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
Palanca Awards
He was a passionate writer of numerous books just like short stories, essays, and other works that he published.
He was a short-story writer, author and a cultural-travel journalist who contributes regularly to the Lifestyle/Arts- Theater sections of the Inquirer.
He was 70 years old when he written the piece “Children of the City”.
Amadis Ma. Guerrero
SETTINGS of Children of the city
This story happened in the late 1980’s. Everything occurred in the dark perilous busy streets in manila
MOOD & ATMOSPHERE of the children of the city
Sad and Devastated
- is the central character of the story. At the age of eight, he loses his father, and his mother abandons him for some other man. He is hired as a newsboy by his uncle and starts his life on the streets.
Victor
- A good-natured man and a loving father to Victor, he was a part of a worker’s strike. The man loved his son dearly and his death brought a huge blow to Victor.
Victor’s Dad
- She loved Victor’s dad but never cared felt any affection for her son. She took her husband’s death grievously.
Victor’s Mom
- Victor’s uncle, he adopted Victor after the leaving of his sister. He forces Victor to become a newspaper boy.
Tio Pedring
- He is a newspaper boy. He was Victor’s new friend. Though full of cruel vices, Victor took his death as another major loss.
Nacio
THEME of Children of the city
Social Injustice and Child Labor
TO DEFINE IS TO KNOW
AUTHOR
Cirilo F. Bautista
Philippine National Artist for Literature.
A Renaissance man, he was a poet, fiction writer, painter, literary critic, and educator.
Cirilo F. Bautista
He was Professor Emeritus and University Fellow at the De La Salle University, Manila.
Believe and Betray.New and Collected Poems, 2006 – one of his works.
Cirilo F. Bautista
