Analysis on the Short Story “The Virgin” by Kerima Polotan Tuvera * Based on the short story‚ the various personalities that the main character named Miss Mijares showcased were her stiff and aloof behavior wherein her superiority to herself makes her unfriendly and detached to other people. Also her attitude when it comes to dealing with people wherein she often humiliates them by asking them questions with regards to their standing in the society. Moreover‚ her life was effusively based
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PART I – AUTHOR/WRITER OF THE STORY Kerima Polotan-Tuvera (December 16‚ 1925 – August 19‚ 2011) * Was a Filipino author. She was a renowned and highly respected fictionist‚ essayist‚ and journalists‚ with her works having received among the highest literary distinctions of the Philippines. * Some of her stories have been published under the pseudonym Patricia S. Torres * She graduated from the Far Eastern University Girls’ High School. In 1944‚ she enrolled in the University of
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Student Analysis Lady’s Choice (Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s The Virgin: A Feminist Approach) Kerima Polotan Tuvera is a Filipino female author who wrote The Virgin which won two first awards in the Philippines. The story can be narrated both man and woman. The text shows that the character‚ a woman who likes to wear flurry-colored clothes‚ Miss Mijares—a 34 year-old submissive daughter‚ sacrificing herself (she spent most of her life caring for her ill mother that’s why she’s still a virgin).
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The Virgin by Kerima Polotan The title of Kerima Polotan’s "The Virgin" gives us the subject-virginity‚ female virginity‚ a cherished value of Filipino Male culture. By presenting its protagonist as "victim" rather than heroine of this value system‚ the text subverts it. Reflecting on her virginal state‚ Miss Mijares does so "with a mixture of shame and bitterness and guilt" The story’s eroticism is heightened by the lyrical‚ almost cadenced language. (The eroticism is quite explicit for it’s
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Isabel and Joe were in the restaurant since Isabel wept on that afternoon because Joe desired her but they were poor and could not marry. The reason was that they both had miserable jobs‚ the futile night studies and Joe’s sick parents. Joe worked as a clerk in publishing house and received meager salary‚ which he spent to his sick parents while Isabel was as assistant librarian to Mrs. Suntay‚ in a small children library. They first met when theirs a show in the library where Joe appeared selling
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My Last Farewell Farewell‚ dear Fatherland‚ clime of the sun caress’d‚ Pearl of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give it thee‚ nor count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ’mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or heed; The place matters not--cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scaffold of open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ’Tis ever the
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A Character Analysis of Kerima Tuvera’s The Virgin Where Psychology and Personality Meet Jessica Brown E03 Introduction Through the use of theories based on psychology and personality‚ the characters in The Virgin will be analysed in this essay to show that there was development. To do this essay‚ I did extensive research on the types of theories that were floating about on the Internet such as the Psychoanalytic Theory of Freud. I also did in-depth research on the types of characters in literature
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Consti 1 Tañada v Tuvera‚ 136 SCRA 27 (1985) Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. L-63915 April 24‚ 1985 LORENZO M. TAÑADA‚ ABRAHAM F. SARMIENTO‚ and MOVEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FOR BROTHERHOOD‚ INTEGRITY AND NATIONALISM‚ INC. [MABINI]‚ petitioners‚ vs. HON. JUAN C. TUVERA‚ in his capacity as Executive Assistant to the President‚ HON. JOAQUIN VENUS‚ in his capacity as Deputy Executive Assistant to the President ‚ MELQUIADES P. DE LA CRUZ‚ in his capacity as Director‚ Malacañang
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Elements of Fiction 1. Settings * Place and time where the story takes place * It sets the mood of the story 2. Characters * Elements that move in the story *Classifications of Characters* * Protagonist – good guys * Antagonist – bad guys * Round – complex‚ many sided * Flat – one to two traits only * Static – sake sort of person from the beginning till the end * Dynamic/developing – undergoes permanent change * Major – main roles * Minor – supporting
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Marlo Wilson Business Literature January 15‚2007 Lynn Nelson Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper 1 " My Lack of Gumption" a non fiction story by Russell Baker and "Forty-Five Month a fiction story by R. K. Narayan were two very interesting readings. It was quite amazing to see how two authors with totally
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