Dead Star Setting: house of Don Julian‚ House of Judge del Valle‚ Tanda where there are coconut plantation and a beach‚ Church of Our Lady of Sorrow‚ Calle Real‚ Calle Luz in Sta. Cruz (hometown of Julia) Time of the story: Lenten Season. Characters: Alfredo Salazar‚ Esperanza‚ Julia Salas‚ Don Julian‚ Carmen‚ Judge del Valle‚ Donna Adella‚ Calixta‚ Dionisio‚ Vicente‚ Brigida Samuy. Theme: forbidden love Moral: It was expectations and reality. We expect that there’s always a happy ever after
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“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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Title: Dead Stars Author: Born in 1894 in Lucena City‚ Quezon. Marquez - Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English language short story‚ Dead Stars‚ published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. Born into the prominent Marquez family of Quezon province‚ she was among the first generation of Filipino people trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. She graduated high school in Tayabas High School now‚ Quezon National High School and college from
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Jaden R.M. Chivalry is not dead‚ but perhaps slowly dying off; it has simply evolved and is evolving continuously as time and people do. In Medieval Period‚ chivalry was a system of ethical ideals lived by daily. The chief chivalric virtues were piety‚ honor‚ nobility‚ valor‚ courtesy‚ chastity‚ and loyalty‚ and protecting the weak (women). It is apparent in today’s society that the definition and application of chivalry has changed through history. During the middle Ages‚ chivalry was a code
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Shaun of the Dead Through making the transition from " balding‚ weak-chinned loser to wide awake zombie slayer" Simon Pegg ’s character of Shaun in British comedy Shaun of the Dead displays the use of mise en scene by shifting his environment from normal ’ and laid back to stressful and highly charged. This was shown at the beginning of the film when we saw Shaun going about his normal morning routine‚ brushing his teeth‚ using the toilet and grabbing his breakfast. After awaking up with a
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The Dead Sea Scrolls In 1947 in a cave near the Dead sea in the Jordan Desert‚ a fifteen year old boy chased after one of his goats that wandered off. This boy’s name was Muhammad adh-Dhib. While going after his goat‚ the boy stumbled upon perhaps the greatest religious discovery of the modern era. Inside the cave‚ he found broken jars that contained scrolls written in a strange language‚ wrapped in linen cloth and leather. These scrolls would later become known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This first
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into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River in Washington‚ immediately after takeoff in a severe snowstorm - an incident that would leave 78 people dead‚ including four on the ground.” This is the first sentence of a CNN news report about the 1982 Air Florida crash in Washington‚ D.C. The first portion of Rosenblatt’s writing‚ The Man in the Water‚ states “As disasters go‚ this one was terrible but not unique‚ certainly not among the worst on the roster of U.S. air crashes.” Both begin to
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Dead Metaphor In his most recent play‚ Dead Metaphor‚ George Walker uses strong character development to strengthen his claim that the internal struggles of each character affect society’s balance of good and bad. Dean‚ the main character‚ recently returned from the war‚ where he served as an army sniper‚ in order to start a family; however‚ he is having problems finding a job due to his background with the army. He is soon faced with a difficult decision when three people in his life ask him
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Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes Imagine being a 23 year old male‚ six feet two inches‚ broad shoulders‚ a scruffy beard‚ and walking through Chicago in the late evening. Oh I forgot to mention one thing‚ also imagine being African-American. African-Americans have always been assumed to be up to no good or to be big trouble makers. That is a stereotype that we see become reality in some places‚ but also see to be completely false in other areas. In the essay “Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples‚
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possibility of advancement in jobs or success in careers. The abundance of civil rights groups during this time depicts the inner conflict between the law and morality as well as constant changes in goals and identity. In Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man‚ the protagonist exemplifies inner conflict and constant fluctuation in future goals‚ morality‚ and personal opinions similar to Zbigniew’s character Mr. Cogito in his poems “On Mr. Cogito’s Two Legs” and “Mr. Cogito and the Pearl.” In “On Mr. Cogito’s
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