Jose Arcadio Buendia in One hundred Years of Solitude: Ashwin Anil Utturkar Word Count: 1343 Jose Arcadio Buendia is an unusual character with bizarre and crazy methods of understanding the natural world. It is through Garcia Marquez’s free reign to imagination that results in this remarkably inventive fictional character who exhibits extremely exaggerated personality traits. Jose Arcadio is an introspective‚ inquisitive man of massive strength and energy who spends more time on his scientific
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F. Sionil José or in full Francisco Sionil José (born December 3‚ 1924) is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. José’s works - written in English - have been translated into 22 languages‚ including Korean‚ Indonesian‚ Russian‚ Latvian‚ Ukrainian and Dutch. José was born in Rosales‚ Pangasinan‚ the setting of many of his stories. He spent his childhood
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Facts about Dr. Jose Rizal 1. Dr. Jose Rizal could write and read at the age two and grew up to speak in 22 languages including Tagalog‚ Ilokano‚ Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ Latin‚ Greek‚ Sanskrit‚ English‚ French‚ German‚ Arabic‚ Hebrew‚ Catalan‚ Dutch‚ Italian‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Swedish‚ Russian‚ Malay‚ Bisayan‚ and Subanun. 2. He mastered various skills and subjects. He was an ophthalmologist‚ novelist‚ educator‚ farmer‚ historian‚ playwright‚ sculptor‚ painter‚ and journalist. 3. He
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1. RIZAL AND HIS TIME PROLOGUEThe world of Rizal’s Times 2. Objectives 1. Discuss the historical background of the world and of the Philippines during Rizal’s time. 2. Identify the different evils done by the Spanish authorities in the Philippines. 3. Appreciate the events that led to the positive change in the lives of the 3. Before the birth of Rizal. 4. Feb. 19‚ 1861 – the liberal Czar Alexander II issued a proclamation emancipating 22‚500‚000 serfs to appease the rising discontent
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8 August 2013 Hon. DEL R. DE GUZMAN Mayor Marikina City Hall Marikina City Dear Hon. De Guzman: Greetings from the General Parents Teachers Association (GPTA) of Concepcion Integrated School! The Concepcion Integrated School at the beginning of the school year had elected new officials for the General Parents Teachers Association for the school year 2013 to 2014. We are very positive and aggressive that this school year will really make a difference in the implementation and performance of the
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Cathleen Ni Houlihan: Irish Nationalism In the early 1900s Ireland was conflicted with war. During this time period Yeats and Gregory wrote Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ to send a message to the Irish people about serving one’s country. In his play Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ Michael understands through Cathleen‚ a symbol of Ireland‚ the importance of sacrificing worldly needs in order to protect the motherland‚ and rises to become a hero. Yeats also shows that only devout devotion to one’s country
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK OF JOSE RIZAL José Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and reformist. He was born on June 19‚ 1861 and was executed December 30‚ 1896 by the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines. He is considered to be the national hero of the Philippines. Schooled in Europe‚ he was the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He was wrongly implicated as the leader of a violent revolution‚ and that led to his execution. December 30‚ now celebrated
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writings of our greatest hero as Filipino citizens. 2. Why Jose Rizal is our National hero? The greatest hero of the Philippines was a “many-splendored” genius. He was richly dowered by God with superb intellectual‚ moral and physical qualities and he does many things in our country that anyone can’t do. 3. Who made Jose Rizal the foremost hero of the Philippines? The parents of Dr. Jose Rizal was the one who made him the foremost hero‚ also one of
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José Rizal’s parents‚ Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II (1818-1898) and Teodora Morales Alonso Realonda y Quintos (1827-1911)‚ were prosperous farmers who were granted lease of a hacienda and an accompanying rice farm by the Dominicans. Rizal was the seventh child of their eleven children namely: Saturnina (1850-1913)‚ Paciano (1851-1930)‚ Narcisa (1852-1939)‚ Olympia (1855-1887)‚ Lucia (1857-1919)‚ Maria (1859-1945)‚ José Protasio (1861-1896)‚ Concepcion (1862-1865)‚ Josefa (1865-1945)
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Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio as an Absurdist Play Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio is a paradigm of an Absurdist Play. By definition‚ Absurdist Play/Fiction life without meaning‚ basing from the actions and events that follow through to a conclusion of a literary piece. It could also be that the actions and efforts of the protagonist are all bound to falter in the end‚ like Mang Serapio conspired by the corrupt heads of the Federacion. The first accusation made to Mang Serapio was his efforts
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