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After thirteen years of being away from the Philippines , Crisóstomo Ibarra returns under the guise as Simoun, a rich jeweler sporting a beard and blue-tinted glasses, and a confidant of the Captain-General. Abandoning his idealism, he becomes a cynical saboteur, the titular filibustero , seeking revenge against the system responsible for his misfortunes by plotting a revolution. Simoun insinuates himself into Manila high society and influences every decision of the Captain-General to mismanage the country’s affairs so that a revolution will break out. He cynically sides with the upper classes, encouraging them to commit abuses against the masses so that the latter would be encouraged to revolt against the oppressive Spanish colonial regime. This time, he does not attempt to fight the authorities through legal means, but through violent revolution using the masses. Simoun has reasons for instigating a revolution. First is to rescue María Clara from the convent and second, t...

Having completed his studies in Europe, young Juan Crisostomo Ibarra comes back to the Philippines after a 7-year absence. In his honor, Captain Tiago throws a get-together party, which is attended by friars and other prominent figures. In an unfortunate incident, former curate Father Dámaso belittles and slanders Ibarra. But Ibarra brushes off the insult and takes no offense; he instead politely excuses himself and leaves the party because of an allegedly important task. The day after the humbling party, Ibarra goes to see María Clara, his love interest, a beautiful daughter of Captain Tiago and an affluent resident of Binondo, Manila . Their long-standing love is clearly manifested in this meeting, and María Clara cannot help but reread the letters her sweetheart had written her before he went to Europe . Before Ibarra left for San Diego , Lieutenant Guevarra, a guardia civil , reveals to him the incidents preceding the death of his father Don Rafael, a rich hacendero of the t...

In a Rose for Emily William Faulkner portrays the discrimination against black linked to dehumanization. I am going to prove that the keenness and helotry is happened in the story of “A Rose for Emily”. Faulkner writing gains its poignancy from the use of his secondary literary purpose. Faulkner use realistic imagery of his cover years in his novel entitled “A Rose for Emily”. Where the history of the south it is true based on his novel. Faulkner tells the acumen against the black people, His use of literary characteristics and instrumental in the success of his primary expressive purpose in the story of “A Rose for Emily”. His main organizational pattern is the expressive purpose. The author employs the literary element of figurative language when he states that the “no negro woman should appear on the street without an apron”. Use of this form Faulkner tells about the racism. Therefore, he focuses on the event where in the Kingdom of Yoknapatawpha Country there is a plantation...

   “A Rose for Emily” is a captivating story written by William Faulkner.  The characters within this short story are portrayed in a fascinating manner.  They lay down the mesmerizing scenery and setting of the short story.  The characters actions are centered on the actions of the main character, Miss Emily Grierson.              The story began with the death and funeral of Miss Emily Grierson.  It is evident that Miss Emily Grierson is exceedingly respected in the town of Jefferson, because the “whole town went to her funeral:  the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly our of curiosity to see the inside of her house.”  The men of the town respected Emily and considered her a fallen monument because she “ had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town.” The Merriam Dictionary defines monument as a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something of noble and great power; a memorial st...

The Malampaya Story In the midst of building the Philippines ’ biggest industrial development, communities and the environment were also being helped. From planning the technical design, facing engineering challenges, to addressing concerns involving people and environment. The birth of the Philippines ' natural gas industry through Malampaya has earned the World Summit Business Award for Sustainable Development Partnership from the United Nations Environment Program and the International Chamber of Commerce as a model for Sustainable Development. The Malampaya Story is, indeed, a story worth telling.

Born in 1894 in Lucena City , Quezon , Marquez - Benitez 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 Filipinos 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 the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. She was a member of the first freshman class of the University of the Philippines, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. Two years after graduation, she married Francisco Benitez, with whom she had four children. Márquez-Benítez later became a teacher at the University of the Philippines, who taught short-story writing and had become an influential figure to many Filipino writers in the English language, such as Loreto Paras-...

BPSS is back. No, it wasn’t triskadekaphobia that made this issue not appear for a while but something else. However, let’s not dwell on that but go right into what’s in this issue. Here we have two short stories related to World War II. One happens just before the war begins, the other after it ends. One was written recently, the other more than half a century ago. Both stories were written by people who went through the war, and both are only peripherally about the war. Vicente Rivera, Jr’s “All Over the World” is set in Intramuros, which was a place livable before WWII, turned slum area after the war, and is now livable again. A lonely man befriends a precocious young girl who loves to read books. The advent of the war separates them, as it did many many others from their own friends and relatives. It has a haunting quality that I find bittersweet. Hugh Aaron’s “Under the Mango Tree” happens after the war, in Pampanga, just as the Philippines was getting ready for independence. Ther...

How Do I Love Thee? Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.