LESSON 5: EMERGING TRENDS

IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE:
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Description: is an account of a person,
objects, or event, that enables the
reader to get a clear picture of what is
being described.
Narration: is the act of telling a story
Anecdotes: are short stories based on
true accounts.

Characteristics: are the mental and

moral qualities that make someone
distinctive
Dialogue: are conversation found in
written works such as books, plays, or
films

Insight: in literature, is the expansion

of understanding gained by the
narrator or reader.
Author's Background: Exie Abola
 Teaches at the English department of
Ateneo Manila university
 Master degree in English Study
 Has 2 palanca awards (Short story in
English, 2000 and a NVM Gonzales
Award) Best short story of the year
2000
 The most taught essay at all "Many
Mansion"
 ELEMENTS OF THE STORY:
Character: Setting:
Sister
 Marikina, Taurus St. Hermanos
Five Brothers
 Ortigas
Mother  Cinco HermanoMajor
Father Santos Dizon connects with
Titus Fourth Marcos H-way within
Katipunan Ave.
 PLOT:
Exposition: The Marikina house wasn't
finished yet, but with an ultimatum hanging
over our heads, we had no choice but to
move in. Just how unfinished the house was
became bruising clean on our first night.
There was no electricity yet, and the window
didn't have screen. There were mosquitoes I
couldn't sleep the whole night.
Climax: As we grew older and drifted farther
and farther away from her gasp, defining our
own lives outside of the house. my mother must
have felt that she was losing us to friends, jobs,
loves-forces beyond her control.

Conflict: Man vs. Nature, because they can't

sleep without electricity and it the mosquito was
biting them. Also Man vs. Self, because their
mother start to get lonely as they grow up,
because she was thinking that, time was so fast
and someday those children he was taking care
of will leave her soon.
Solution: After a couple years their house
was furnished but not fully furnished, because
it doesn't have paint yet. And the mother used
her boredom in house organizing and buying
some stuff.

Ending: After see off the last guests after the

most recent gathering, she sighed, "Ang
kalat ng bahay " I didn't see her face but I
could hear her smiling. My father
replied "Masaya ka naman." It wasn't a secret.
THEME: Mother's Love

MORAL: Mother's knows best. Don't be

annoyed when our mother keep talking and
talking or keep on yelling on us. She's just
making it right, and one day if she's no longer
doing that we'll going to miss her.
Activity: Group yourself into 5. Create a
story board based on your own scenario.

Example: