IV. Reflection in Literature

Poems and Short Stories

     The Cactus

            ( Tita Lacamba Ayala)
         

 THEME: The survival of one person

The Quarrel

(Andres Cristobal Cruz)

Characters: Nina

                  Ismael

                  Mrs. Smith - landlady

                  Mang Jose - carpenter

Settings: Accesoria

Theme:The Inhuman Attitude

Plot:
I.Ismael makes out other things of the objects in the still dim room.

  1. He and his wife woke up early.

  2. They eat their breakfast.

  3. Mrs. Smith came in by the backdoor.

II. The quarrel began.

  1. She forced the couple to pay their rent.

  2. Mang Jose pulling away Mrs. Smith.

  3. Ismael looked back at Nina lying on the crumped bed.

III. Ismael help her up off the bed.

  1. Nina walked away and picked up the curtain.

  2. Ismael helped Nina to fix their house.

  3. Ismael knew that like him Nina was thinking of a new place.

Ink

(Guillermo Castillo)

      Usually, ink is filled in a bottle. It is useless when it;s still in a bottle. Ink can do or write anything to express our thoughts or ideas. But still it is useless without setting it free from a bottle. This time, ink is setting free outside the bottle. It is only drop or pour into a white sheet of paper and still its not properly used. But ink produced to fill the need of a pen. Using pen, is also using ink. Trough pen, everyone can writes, express , clarifies true feelings or emotions. And interprets the colorful life of an individual.

People of Consequence

Characters: Camus

                   Meding

Settings: barrio

Theme: Generousity

Plot:

I. Camus had been the houseboy of a German haciendero.

   1. They now owned the best house in the barrio.

   2. In time their neighbors ran to them for loans.

   3. If the borrower failed to pay she demanded goods in payment.

II. The young man is going up to the capitolyo.

 1. He spent the rest of the day. 

 2. His only regret was his not having been able to join in talk with the townsmen.

 3. There was this thick book with always read but never let me touch.

III. Camus started at his image.

 1. He looked at his wife in the mirror.

 2. He waved away the insistent hands and wares of the other peddlers.

 3. He must tell his wife how pleased the good lady had been.

The Rural Maid

( Fernando M.Maramag)

         It is the first met of a lady and a man who had love at first sight to a lovely lady. But the man feels unlucky because, maybe, he saw the rural lady with someone or carrying her baby and walking with her husband. When they separated, the man went home maybe in the urban area and left the rural lady in a province with someone. Every time  the man thinks about the rural maid. Even when he closes his eyes, the beautiful image of a lovely rural maid is on his mind. Every words in this poem make the love known is excuse. It is only to express the true feelings of a poet. If a lady has now a man in his heart, the urban man still keep his love in his heart for a rural maid. This lovely rural maid is like beautiful fairy his ever known.If the man only hold her arms, he feels that heaven and earth is already him.

THEME: Belonging for the Rural Maid (emotions)

Frustrated Wish

( Prof. Carolina A. Arceo )

         A person, who has someone to share with love, problems, care, happy and sorrow, has a wonderful life story. His life that seems to be sorrowful, he feels lonely that no one will comfort him and share his emotions.When he will start falling in live with a girl, he might found a person to be his guide and inspiration in every sorrow. He gets back in his memory when he was born. He thought bad things like what if he was died when he was a baby. He is trying to know why he is not lucky to have a good and thoughtfulness lady. He thought that maybe he is unlucky to have it and time will truly come. And when the time will come that his love for the lady was know, he promised to love, care and trust each other and his whole life is also given only to the lucky girl.

THEME: Balkness or Thwart

Ridiculous Welcome

     She is afraid of being old, but it is our destiny and no one can escape that stage. Whatever you want to hinder the oldness, still you cannot prevent its weakening. Someday, you will realized the fact that it should not prevent. And your habit to think about that will vanish especially when you have special someone to be. One thing to do to stay young is to be happy all the time and think positive. Do not be too much angry that will make you look older. You can feel better and happy all the time especially when you see some old couples that are happy and love each other. Because you see your future in them. When you continue allowing bad thoughts occurring within your mind or be depressed all the time, you warmly greet death or welcoming its presence.

THEME: Welcoming Death

But The Western Stars

( Angela Mamalang Gloria )

          The person talking in the story is might has a very serious condition that he might be died soon. If his special someone is always there for him, they will spend too much happiness every seconds of his remaining life. The death and the persons who was gone are like wind that he might feel their presence and its the time to fetch him or to go after them. It is the time to let him gone.

THEME: Accept the true role of man in this world. ( death )

The Two Brothers

(Rony Diaz)

          
Characters:
             Simon -brother
              Litoy- the oldest brother
              Mang Orto- an old man

Settings: at the Dock

The Small Key

(Paz M. Latorena)

Characters:
               Pedro Buhay- husband
               Soledad- wife
               Tia Maria
               Doc.Santos

Setting:
               Nipa house

YOUTH

Theme- reminiscing the childhood

A NIGHT IN THE HILLS

Characters- Gerardo Luna   

                         Sotera    

                         Peregrina

                         Wife

Settings- Forest

Theme- To be contented

PLot-    

 I. 

   1.Gerardo Luna wanted to go to the forest    

   2. He speak of this dream of his to Ambo   

   3. His wife Died

II. 

  1. He was weary and sweats   

  2. He sat with the young man and talked to him  

  3. He was Surprised

III. 

  1. Gerardo was reassured      

  2. He was wondering      

  3. He wondered confusedly about many things