Three Generations

| A Brief Biography of Nick JoaquinNicomedes Márquez Joaquín, best known as Nick Joaquin (May 4, 1917–April 29, 2004), was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels. He was also one of the National Artists of the Philippines for Literature.BiographyJoaquín was born in Paco District Paco, Manila. He dropped out of high school and did odd-jobs on Manila's waterfront and elsewhere. He taught himself by reading widely at the National Library of the Philippines National Library and the library of his father Leocadio Joaquín, who had been a lawyer and a colonel in the Philippine Revolution. This developed further his interest in writing. His mother was named Salome Marquez Joaquin. Joaquín was first published in the literary section of the Pre-World War II Tribune under writer and editor Serafín Lanot.After winning a Dominican Order-sponsored nationwide essay competition for La Naval de Manila, the University of Santo Tomas University of Santo Tomás awarded Joaquín an honorary Associate in Arts (A.A.) and a scholarship to St. Albert's College, the Dominican monastery in Hong Kong. However, he dropped out after only a year. Upon his return to thePhilippines, he joined the Philippines Free Press, starting as a proofreader. Soon this two-time dropout was being noticed for his poems, stories and plays, as well as his journalism under the pen name Quijano de Manila. His journalism was markedly both intellectual and provocative, an unknown genre in the Philippines at that time, raising the level of reportage in the country.Joaquín deeply admired José Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. Joaquín paid tribute to Rizal by way of books such as The Storyteller's New Medium - Rizal in Saga, The Complete Poems and Plays of Jose Rizal and A Question of Heroes: Essays in Criticism on Ten Key Figures of Philippine History. He also translated the hero's valedictory poem, "Land That I Love, Farewell!"Joaquín also served as a member of the Philippine Board of Censors for Motion Pictures under President Diosdado Macapagal and President Ferdinand E. Marcos. According to writer Marra PL. Lanot, Joaquín was untouched by Marcos' iron fist. Joaqun's first move as National Artist was to secure the release of imprisoned writer José F. Lacaba. Later, at a ceremony on MountMakiling attended by First Lady Imelda Marcos, Joaquín delivered an invocation to Mariang Makiling, the mountain's mythical maiden. Joaquín touched on the importance of freedom and the artist. As a result, Joaquín no longer received invitation to address important cultural events for the rest of the Marcos regime.Joaquín died of cardiac arrest in the early morning of April 29 2004. He died in his home in San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan, Metro Manila. At the time of his death, Nick Joaquín was editor of Philippine Graphic magazine and publisher of its sister publication, Mirror Weekly, a women's magazine. He also wrote columns ("Small Beer") for the Philippine Daily Inquirer andIsyu, an opinion tabloid. | nick Joaquin

II vocabulary words
Coarseness
Reticent
Toil
Groping
Depravity
Turgid
Anguish
Breviary
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Characters
Grandfather
Celo Monzon
Chitong
Donya sofia
Tia nena
The woman
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Moral value
Forgiveness the only thing you can do so you can be free in the darkest day of your life
Like father like son but it depends on what you want to be..

Scene in the short story three generation