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Characters
Issues/Problems
Images/actions
Maria
Leon/Noel
-Culture clash
Baldo
-Culture shock
Father
-Culture shock
Table 1
Table 2
Image/scene
Symbolic? y/n
Carretela
Yes
-this symbolizes rural life or life in the barrio.
Labang
Yes
-Labang represents people in the barrios who
are doing mostly blue collar jobs which are
mostly farming and agriculture.
Yes
As a married person, I would say this is a
symbol that proves that settling into a married
life is not always easy. They always say
Nagrebcan
Table 3
Specific points in the narrative
Look at the stars. It is so many times bigger
and brighter than it was at Ermita beach. The
air is clean, free of dust and smoke. So it is,
Noel
Action/image
Maria was beginning to appreciate the place
Interpretation
Marias appreciating what she saw at
Nagrebcan is a manifestation that loving a
person means loving and appreciating
everything about him, not only his body but
also his way of life of life, his family and
everything.
Noels mother displayed an excitement in the
coming of his sons wife. As a mother, it brings
joy when another member of the family is
coming
The father wanted Maria to see the reality that
she will be living in a different place and he
wanted to test whether or not she can survive
living in a humble place such as the province
Table 4
Recurring image/action
She was lovely. She was tall. She was fragrant
like a morning when papayas are in bloom
Interpretation
First impression lasts it is probably an
admiration of Baldo to Maria and that makes it
possible for him thinking about finding also a
wife like Maria
This impression also represents the admiration
of the taga-barrios for the taga-bayans and
Maria smelling like papayas meant that Maria
can survive in the barrios.
MAT - English
Table 6
Concrete image
lighted the lantern that hung from the cart
Becomes symbolic of
Symbolic of hope that Maria could adapt
herself to rural life
Abstract concept/situation
The understanding that sparked from Leon
when he was questioning Baldo why do they
have to follow the waig and not camino real.
Fears of Maria in meeting the family of Leon
and at the same time the tension of the whole
family in having Maria, the city girl, as part of
the family.. all these fears and tensions faded
away like the smoke that vanished slowly into
the outside
MAT - English