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GEC13 Flashcards

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CHILDREN OF THE CITY
AUTHOR

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero

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Author of Rice

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Manuel E. Arguila

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•Manuel E. Arguilla was born in

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Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on June 17, 1911.

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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.

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Manuel E. Arguilla

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•Published in _____, Rice

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1938

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– a short story by Manuel Arguilla explored the political and psychological conditions of rural farmers under the oppressive feudal system in the Philippines.

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Rice

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TONE of Rice by Manuel E Arguilla

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Man vs. Society

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-society plays an important role to Pablo’s life because it serves the biggest obstacle for him to live a good life..

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Man vs. Society

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THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR author

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Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996)

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• was a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer.

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Bienvenido Nuqui Santos

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Bienvenido Nuqui Santos was born and raised in _______.

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Tondo, Manila

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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.)

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Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines

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13
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In___________ the gods being referred to represent the wealthiest, and the most corrupt, that the nation has to offer.

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The Gods We Worship Live Next Door

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14
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act as the leader of the farmers. (Rice)

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Elis

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•The story “Rice” is a narrative story describing the situation of rice farmers and their family in ________.

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Hacienda Consuelo

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the main character has three children two of them are boys and a little girl named Isabel.

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Mang Pablo

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He is a thin dark man. Thin because of inadequate food especially this season when they have no harvest.

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Mang Pablo

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is also thin as indicated in the line “her skirts clung to her thin legs…”

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Sebia

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The couple _______ is the neighbour of Mang Pablo.

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Andres and Osiang

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20
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Author of THE BREAD OF SALT

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N.V.M Gonzales

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ay isa sa mga pinagpipitagang
prolipikong manunulat at ginawaran ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para
sa Panitikan noong 1997.

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Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales

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 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.

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N.V.M Gonzales

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23
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 Fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in rural,
urban lanascape.

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N.V.M Gonzales

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 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.

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N.V.M Gonzales

25
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 He became U.P.’s International-Writer-In-Residence and a member of the
Board of Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center.

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N.V.M Gonzales

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 In 1987, U.P. conferred on him the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
it’s highest academic recognition

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N.V.M Gonzales

27
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MAJOR WORKS of N.V.M Gonzales

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 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

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  • a 14 year-old violinist boy and the protagonist in the story.
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Albert

29
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  • mestisang babae na pamangkin ng isang mayamang Espanyol na si Don
    Esteban
  • Kaklase at naging pinakamamahal ni Albert
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Aida

30
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– a 22 year-old guy who invites Albert to join his band.

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Pete Saez

31
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– Aida’s cousin
- pinaghanda sila ng isang masayang party ni Don Esteban na
dinaluhan ng banda nina Pete kasama si Albert.

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Josefina and Alicia

32
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  • Ama nina Josefina at Alicia
  • Tiyuhin ni Aida
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Don Esteban

33
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– lola ni Albert

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Grandmother

34
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  • lolo at nagkwento kay Albert tungkol kay Aida
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Grandfather

35
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– ang maestro ni Albert na pumuri sa husay ni Albert sa
pagtugtog gamit ang maliliit nitong mga kamay.

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Maestro Antonino

36
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– 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.

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Mister Custodio

37
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THEME of bread and salt

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love, ambition, human condition, social status

38
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CHILDREN OF THE CITY
AUTHOR

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero

39
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Amadis Ma. Guerrero was born in ______ on _______.

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Ermita
April 15, 1941

40
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Amadis Ma. Guerrero studied in _________ and completed his bachelor’s degree in the _________.

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Ateneo de Manila
University of Santo Tomas

41
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wrote for Graphic Magazine. He published his work in some magazines. And in later life he was writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero

42
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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.

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero

43
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His short story “Children of the City” is a departure from his usual style. It won a third prize in ______ in 1971.

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero
Palanca Awards

44
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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”.

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Amadis Ma. Guerrero

45
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SETTINGS of Children of the city

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This story happened in the late 1980’s. Everything occurred in the dark perilous busy streets in manila

46
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MOOD & ATMOSPHERE of the children of the city

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Sad and Devastated

47
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  • 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.
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Victor

48
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  • 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.
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Victor’s Dad

49
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  • She loved Victor’s dad but never cared felt any affection for her son. She took her husband’s death grievously.
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Victor’s Mom

50
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  • Victor’s uncle, he adopted Victor after the leaving of his sister. He forces Victor to become a newspaper boy.
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Tio Pedring

51
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  • He is a newspaper boy. He was Victor’s new friend. Though full of cruel vices, Victor took his death as another major loss.
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Nacio

52
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THEME of Children of the city

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Social Injustice and Child Labor

53
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TO DEFINE IS TO KNOW
AUTHOR

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Cirilo F. Bautista

54
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Philippine National Artist for Literature.
A Renaissance man, he was a poet, fiction writer, painter, literary critic, and educator.

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Cirilo F. Bautista

55
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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.

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Cirilo F. Bautista

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