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Other Woman
THE OTHER WOMAN

Group 8 3 – D Pharmacy

Members:

Sta. Ana, Axelle Anne

Tan, Rhey Antoanette

Tiu, Chrisanthydel

Uy, Philene

Victa, Ma. Nerissa Diane

Villaflor, Ruby Anne Mae

Ysit, Raymond Ivan

I. Author of the Text

Norma O. Miraflor graduated with a degree of AB Philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas. She received various awards from the Philippine Free Press and Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature. She and her sister are poets and fictionists. Due to their eloquence in English, they both wrote various English poems, fictional stories and novels. She and her sister were like the famous Brönte sisters who were renowned British novelists. She worked as a journalist and taught English and Literature in different colleges and universities in Metro Manila.

She travels extensively and divides her time between Singapore and Australia. She is married to a war historian and communist named Chin Peng. She said in one of her books “I have a list of my husband’s kindnesses as long as my arm. I have often been distracted. I never mean to seem ungrateful and on this score, I am lucky.”

II. Summary of the Text

This story is about a woman who is a writer and a mother of four sons. She is just like a traditional mother who was expected to be dominated by her husband but she differs from other mothers in the way that she relates with her family. Even from the start of her marriage she was not quite open to her husband. She was afraid to show her family her love and affection that is why she became distant to them. She also seems to be quite sad and discontented despite the good life that she has.

She wanted so much to find the love and affection she needed which she couldn’t develop with her own family. This is what led her to being an unfaithful wife and mother. She had an affair with a younger man who also happens to have a spouse. She is fully aware that her infidelity is wrong and

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