Children of the Ash-covered Loam‚ N.V.M Gonzalez (Filipino Literary Classics) © 1992 Bookmark‚ Inc. 147 pages. Reviewed by GRSays Children in the Ash-covered Loam is the third book and second volume of stories by N.V.M Gonzalez. It was set in Manila and Mindoro. The first three stories happened in the rural areas of Manila all in all there are seven stories in this book namely: “Children of the Ash-covered Loam”‚ “Lupo and the Riverbank”‚ The Blue Skull and the Dark Palms”‚ “The Morning Star”
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Some say that the most common reasons people end up in homelessness is because of lack of education‚ poor work habits‚ shortage of affordability‚ mental illnesses‚ or just plain old bad luck. In their case the cause of them being homeless is still unknown and to me fell under the reason of just plain old bad luck. Upon hearing such tragic news‚ my family and I took it upon ourselves to help out in every and any way possible. We helped them financially and housed them in our house for a long period
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young boy gambles in horse race‚ but has an advantage of foreseeing the future of the winning horse each time he madly rocks in his rocking horse. The boy is trying to make his mother happy by winning and proving his luck. The boy mother’s who blames her husband for her unfortunate luck‚ both had a small income‚ but spent it unwisely for a social position they cannot keep support. They are both together in a constant battle to get ‘’more money’’‚ It came to a point where the house becomes hunted by
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with me in my porch‚ Whose long limbs I remember As if it they were my own. I’m from celebrations and really long nights‚ From my cousin who nobody takes seriously and The old lady next door who’s in a better place now. I’m from be careful and good luck in life‚ And from I told you so. I’m from don’t waste your time and the grass looks greener on the other side‚ And live life the fullest‚ you can go anytime. I’m from throwing water balloons down the balcony when nobody was looking. I’m from La Havana
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Section Two The plot summary of the old man of the sea The Old Man and The Sea is the story of an epic that makes a very great effort between an old‚ who has a lot of experience of a particular activity and he is the epitome of a modern human life‚ it was happened in a small fishing village near Havana‚Cuba‚ The waters of the Gulf of Mexico‚ in the 1940‚s in the twentieth century. The writers of modern age focused on man as well as psyche of man rather
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happiness for me to move‚ to have something to do‚ to have my own personality… I think person can not have only one thing that makes him happy‚ you can have the main one‚ but not only one. So everybody have a lot of ways to their happiness. It is a good luck to get everything that you want‚ not always of course but mainly and it makes me happy‚ so for other people I
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drunk sleepy active 13. The people inveighed against the sharp increase in oil prices. admitted amended accepted deliberated 14. Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a jinx. bad luck evil expensive good luck 15. The players were confused when the kibitzers suddenly butted-in during the team’s huddle. advisers spectators onlookers crowd 16. The lanky lad stood out among the average-sized students. fierce-looking
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Accessed: [1703/05]. Matute‚ H(1994). Learned helplessness and superstitious behaviour as opposite effects of uncontrollable reinforcement in humans. Learning and Motivation‚ Volume 25‚ p.216-232. McCallum‚ J (1992) Green Cars‚ Black Cats and Lady Luck. Hoffman‚ S.J. Sport and Religion. P.203-211. McClearn‚ D.G (2004) Interest in Sports and Belief in Sports Superstitions. Psychological Reports. Volume 94‚ p.1043-1047. Neil‚ G (1980). The Place of Superstition in Sport: The Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
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thought that it might be something like a toy that she really loves and always likes to keep it with her. But as I grew up and learned about rituals and superstitions in sports‚ I realized that she used to keep the necklace in her pocket for good luck. That was just something she did because of her superstitious belief although she was not old enough to realize that at the moment. She probably thought that the necklace made her hit more goals and win. I think that the value of rituals and
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CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND LITTERATURE. In his book on superstition‚ Vyse (1997) observed that it is difficult to define superstition and its dictionary definition is not sufficient. He also noticed that in defining superstition the critical problem is the avoidance of value judgments. Unfortunately‚ he did not provide a comprehensive definition of his own. The following definition of superstition which is based upon the work of Vyse (1997) and Marmor (1956) is proposed:
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