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Without Seeing the Dawn Book Report
Clarence Delano B. Juanico
7-Tindalo

Novel Report in PLE
(Philippine Language in Literature)

Without Seeing the Dawn

I. Author’s Background

Stevan Javellana was born in 1918 in Iloilo. He fought as a guerilla during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. After the World War II, he graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1948. He stayed in the United States afterwards but he died in the Visayas in 1977 at the age of 59.

II. Setting

Village of Manhayang- Carding was given birth in this village; they had a farm but were taken by Don Diego.
Iloilo City- Carding went to Iloilo city with his wife to find a job. He worked as a Stevedore and met Nestong the strongest man before he came. He also met Rosing whom he fell in love with.
Calinog- Carding and Rosing went there because Representative Sola gave them a field to work on.
Village of Manhayang- They fought against the Japanese until death in the end of the story

III. Character Analysis

Carding- He was the protagonist of the story, he was very strong and he married Lucing.
Lucing- The most beautiful woman in the barrio. He married Carding.
Teniente Paul- The teniente or the chief of the barrio. He was Lucings father.
Manong Marcelo- The wisest person in the barrio. He was the first advocate in Carding’s marriage.
Rosing or Rosita- She lives with Tia Bebang and she loved Carding. She was a prostitute.
Nestong – Rosing’s husband, he was Carding’s friend but he told the Japanese about what Rosing had done about the ammunition dump.

IV. Plot Summary

There was a man who was very tall and strong, his name was Carding. He fell in love with Lucing that he told his father after a day of farming. They went to Teniente Paul’s house with Manong Marcelo as their fist advocate and Inday Picat as the third advocate to tell the plan of marriage. Teniente Paul allowed Lucing to marry Carding because Lucing loved him as much as he loves

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