Group #4 Presentation

1. Group #4 Presentation By JicelEisma, Steven Girod, Nick Talmoand Cristian Sanchez

2. Redemption (pg. 203-209) Characters • Joey • Uncle’s dog Ta-ruk • Boy-Boy • Dodoy Summary • Stuck alone • Escapes the house • Kills the dog • Arrives at Boy-Boy’s studio

3. Theme • Betrayal • “The old man was going to kill him, or have him killed. Joey felt too weak to laugh. He had been waiting for this his whole life this moment of betrayal from Uncle”(Hagedorn, 204).

4. Jungle Chronicle (pg.210) Summary • This chapter was about how it was a happy occasion that a child died without sin.

5. The Famine of Dreams Characters - Daisy - Colonel Jesus de Jesus - General Ledesma’s Issue - In this chapter Daisy is arrested by the colonel and brought in for questioning about the ambush on the PC troops near Sagada. After failing to participate in questioning and frustrating the colonel he takes action and rapes Daisy as so do the rest of the men in the room with her.

6. The Famine of Dreams (Continued) Theme - Corruption among the government exists and that they can do as they please because of there political hierarchy. Also that women are seen as not equal to men Main Points - Daisy is arrested and brought in for questioning - They suspect she has knowledge about the attack on the PC troops. - The general brings up Daisy’s father and talks to her about who he was - The colonel rapes and physically abuses Daisy after failing to cooperate

7. Bananas and the Republic Plot/Summary Madame, the president’s wife, holds an interview with an American journalist whom she discusses and constructs lies about Senator Avila’s death. During the interview, she masks the true political conditions occurring in the Philippines. Characters -Madame -Steve -Orlando Rosales -General Ledesma

8. Main Events -Madame has an interview regarding the Senator Avila’s death with an American journalist. In the beginning, their conversation goes off topic with Madame speaking about herself and the “simple” luxuries that she has, trying to convince him and other that she is not as extravagant as they say. -Steve, her interviewer, mentions Orlando Rosales’s arrest by General Ledesma’s men and what charges would be made against him. -Orlando Rosales was gunned down in the middle of an intersection and was taken to Camp Dilidili, where no one was allowed to come in contact with him. -Rosales’s fiancée claimed that he was an innocent man and that he was on the way to see her for a lunch date. Since her testimony, she disappeared. -Madame believes Orlando Rosales shot Senator Avila and jumps to a conclusion that his fiancée was also involved in this plan. -Madame confesses that their country may not be in the best state at the moment, but it is a dictatorship and that what happens to people of poverty is not done on purpose to worsen situations. -The first lady concludes her interview by doodling on a paper, symbolizing that she is a “big dreamer” and has dreams for herself and the Philippines.

9. Textual Analysis/Passages • During Madame’s interview, she fabricates lies about Orlando Rosales assassinating Senator Avila because he had a gun, therefore he shot the Senator. She continues on with the interview avoiding questions regarding the Philippines political condition and how these events affect the people. Madame denies that their country isn’t in the best state, but is aware of the struggles of people in poverty, though she is blessed with an extravagant lifestyle. • “This has been planned for some time, planned very carefully. Even this whole business with that poor fiancée of his—she was his unwitting accomplice. General Ledesma was aware of the plot, but no one was sure when the assassin would strike” (Hagedorn 219). • “People talk about corruption. We are a corrupt regime—a dictatorship. We’ve been accused of throwing our bananas in the garbage to purposely rot while children starve. We make deals with the Japs. Our sugar rots in warehouses. Meanwhile, everybody’s starving” (Hagedorn220). • “There are no real issues. Issues are conflicts made up by the opposition to further tear my country apart. The opposition is envious and greedy and impatient. The opposition is ugly, Steve” (Hagedorn 221).

10. Themes/Issues • Chaos and Order • Throughout the chapter, the sociopolitical standing of the Philippines is a topic that is touched lightly on. Although it was a considered a dictatorship, powerful figures such as the first lady, Madame, refused to admit the current political situation is causing difficulties for lower classes in poverty. • Deception • Madame lied about Orlando Rosales arrest as to what she believes is the reason for the Senator’s assassination to the American interviewer Steve to withdraw attention from her and the president because of their political positions. • Hierarchy • In the beginning of the chapter, Madame emphasizes that she is blessed and privileged to have all that she has. Along with materialistic shoes, dresses, and even her own beauty, which she considers a curse. She speaks about herself highly because of her authority position (being the president’s wife) and is not ashamed of her attitude towards the interviewer coming off as conceited.

11. Terrain Characters Plot Summary • Boy-Boy • Joey • Lydia • Edgar • Rudy • Tai • Father Francisco (Tikoy) • Clarita • Boy-Boy lets Joey stay at his apartment • Boy-Boy helps Joey by doing sketchy trade-off • Boy-Boy tells Joey that these people are the only people left who could help him • Joey meets Lydia, Rudy, Edgar, and Tai but she tells Joey that they are made up names • Joey is covered with blankets and is transported to a mountanious jungle hut • He goes on a trecherous hike and meets Clarita. She asks what he knows about her father’s killer

12. Theme • Internal conflict • “…he dreams he is dancing on stage at Studio 54. The audience is booing. He is lathering soap all over his bloody clothes. He looks down at his body, which is flabby and fat.”

13. Luna Moth Characters Plot Summary • Mr. and Mrs. Goldenburg • Pucha • Trixie • Isabel Alacran • Lola Narcisa • TonyBoy • Rio • Raul • The Gonzagas • The mother and father of Rio are throwing a farewell party for the Goldenburgs • The Goldenburgs are American and have helped the family out a lot • The mother despises Joan Goldenburg

14. Plot Summary Continued • The Goldenburgs and Rio family go to Baguio • Pucha marries Boom BoomAlacran, but it doesn’t last due to jealousy and overprotectiveness • Rio moves to America with her mother for school (They move to New York and then Boston) • Raul and Pucha write letters to her (Raul’s letter has a lot of grammar errors) • Rio visits her old house and friends in Manila. But it isn’t like she expected ( “The house with its shuttered windows looks smaller than I remember, and dingy.” (245)) • Goldenburg’s get a divorce and go separate ways

15. Theme Change and the Outcome (dealing with big changes) • Rio says at the end that she embraces who she is and embraces her destiny • This chapter had the stories of people and how their outcome was • Some had good outcomes and others didn’t • Rio is reffered to as the Moth meaning that she has emerged from the cocoon into the Moth embracing her life • “In my recurring dream, my borther and I inhabit the translucent bodies of nocturnal moths with curved, fragile wings. We are pale green, with luminous celadon eyes, fantastic and beautiful…Raul and I embrace our destiny:we fly around in circles, we swoop and dive in effortless arcs against a barren sky…”)

16. Pucha Gonzaga Characters - Rio - Dona Issue -Rio and his cousin are in an argument about something. Rio thinks his cousin said some things like people deserve to die.

17. Pucha Gonzaga (Continued) Theme - Nobody is perfect Main Points - Rio gets into an argument with his cousin - They speak about there family and how nobody is perfect

18. Summary/Main Idea Kundiman An unknown narrator recites parts of the bible to with his/her input about how they feel about the destruction and corruption in the Philippines and the struggles some of the characters have been through. By using prayers and the beauty of nature through the narrator’s poetry in the last chapter, he/she expresses their condolences about the sins of many individuals and still has faith in the Philippines as being hopeful country. What is the meaning of “Kundiman”? Characters Narrator

19. Textual Analysis/Passages The narrator expresses their views through rage and anger in their poetry and prayers. By using the Bible’s prayers along with emphasizing their conflicting feelings of wrath, love, empathy, and compassion, the narrator aspires for the Philippines to improve its conditions and for people who have gone through painful experiences in their lives, that there is hope for a better world ahead of them. “Our mother, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. Thy will not be done. Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom never came. You who have been defiled, belittled, and diminished” (Hagedorn 250). “Our Mother who art in heave, forgive us our sins. Our Lady of Most Precious blood, Wild Dogs…Our Lady of Typhoons, deliver us from evil, forgive us our sins, but not theirs” (Hagedorn 251). “Ave Maria, mother of revenge. The Lord was never with you. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed are the fruits of thy womb. Now and forever, world without end. Now and forever” (Hagedorn 251).

20. Themes/Issues • Hope • Will to Survive • Optimism • Through these themes in the last chapter, Hagedorn concludes the book with an overall idea of hope for the Philippines by the narrator of the chapter’s beauty with words and emotion.