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The Servant
The Servant
Noong unang panahon, may isang katiwala na gusto ng paalisin ng kanyang amo dahil
diumano ay hindi maganda ang pamamalakad nito sa mga ari-arian. Kaya bago siya pinaalis
ay hiningan muna siya ng ulat ng pangangasiwa. Nag-alala ang katiwala dahil wala naman
siyang ibang alam gawin maliban sa pangangasiwa kaya't tinipun niya lahat ng nagkautang
sa kanyang amo at ginawan ng kasulatan ang mga utang nito ngunit sinigurado niyang mas
maliit ang utang na nakatala sa kasulatan kaysa sa tunay na utang nito para kung
matanggal man siya sa trabaho ay may iba pang tatanggap sa kanya. Natuwa naman ang
kanyang amo sa mga natanggap na ulat mula sa kanya. Ang ipinahihiwatig ng parabulang
ito ay ang pagpapahalaga sa tiwalang ipinagkaloob sa iyo. Mas higit kang pagkakatiwalaan
sa malalaking mga bagay kung naipakita mong mahusay ka kahit sa maliliit lamang.
ANG KWINTAS ni Guy De Maupassant
Mga Tauhan
Mathilde Loisel
- isa sa magaganda't mapanghalinang babae na sa pagkakamali ng tadhana ay isininilang sa
angkan ng mga tagasulat.
G. Loisel
- asawa ni Mathilde, nagtratrabaho bilang isang karaniwang empleyado lamang ng isang
InstruksyongPampubliko.
George Ramponneau
-Inaayahan ang mag-asawa sa isang kasayahang .
Mme.Forestier
- Matalik na kaibigan ni Mathilde at pinahiram sa kanya ang Kwintas.
Tagpuan
Sa tahanan nina Mathilde at G. Loisel
Sa tahanan ni Mme.Forestier
Palasyo ng Ministeryo - lugar kung saan nagkaroong ng kasayahang
Palais Royal-Tindahan ng mga Alahas, kung saan dito nakahanap ng hawig ng nawawala
kwintas.
BUOD
Mito ng Pilipinas
Ang mitolohiyang Pilipino at mga kuwentong bayan ay kinabibilangan ng mga salaysay at
pamahiin hinggil sa mga masalamangkang mga nilalang at nilikha ng mga Pilipino. Ito'y mga
paniniwala na mula sa mga panahon bago dumating ang mga Espanyol at ipinakilala ang
Kristyanismo. Hangang ngayong ang paniniwala sa mga diyus-diyusan sa mitolohiyang
Pilipino at mga pamahiin ay buhay pa rin sa kulturang Pilipino lalo na sa mga probinsiya. Sa
mitolohiyang Pilipino, si Bathala ang tinuturing bilang ang makapangyarihan na diyos sa
buong daigdig. Ang mitolohiyang Pilipino ay halu-halo dahil sa rami ng mga etnikong grupo
at katutubo na may sari-saring paniniwala at diyus-diyusan. Ang Mitolohiyang Pilipino ay
binubuo ng mga diyos, mga hayop, mga mahiwagang nilalang at mga diwata. Ito rin ay
binubuo ng mga panitikan; mga epiko, alamat at kuwentong bayan.
The life of pi
Yann Martels Life of Pi is the story of a young man who survives a harrowing shipwreck and
months in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The beginning of the
novel covers Pis childhood and youth. His family owns and runs a zoo in their hometown in
India, and his father is emphatic about being aware of the wildness and true nature of
animals, namely that they are not meant to be treated like or thought of as people. Early in
Pis life, his father realizes that his sons naivet about the tiger in their care may put Pi in
danger. To illustrate how true and real the threat is, he forces the children to watch the tiger
kill and eat a goat. Pi goes through a significant religious awakening in his formative years,
eventually subscribing to a variety of religions: Hinduism, Catholicism, and finally Islam.
Although the religious leaders dont accept Pis plural religions, his family gradually does,
and he remains a devout follower of all his religious paths for his entire life.
When Pi is a teenager, his family decides to sell the animals and immigrate to Canada on a
cargo ship named Tsimtsum. A terrible storm occurs during the voyage, and when Pi, excited
to see the storm, goes onto the ships deck, he is tossed overboard and into a lifeboat by the
crew. The next morning, he finds himself in the company of a badly injured zebra, a vicious
hyena, and a matronly orangutan named Orange Juice. Hiding out of sight, beneath the
canvas of the lifeboat, is the tiger Richard Parker. The hyena wounds and eats the zebra,
then goes after Orange Juice. The orangutan puts up a good fight, but the hyena ultimately
kills her. Richard Parker finally makes himself known by killing and eating the hyena. Now
only Pi and Richard Parker survive on the lifeboat. How Pi and Richard Parker survive in the
Pacific Ocean makes up the rest of the novel. Pi realizes he must survive the elements while
adrift in the lifeboatand that Richard Parker will almost certainly eat him. He quickly sees
that thirst will kill him sooner than hunger or the tiger, so he sets about finding a way to get
water. He discovers provisions stored in the lifeboat, including biscuits, water, water
purifiers, a whistle, and a handbook for surviving at sea. With the tools of survival in hand, Pi
builds a second watercrafta raft made of oars and lifejacketsand attaches it to the boat.
With this second watercraft, he can remain out of both the shark-infested waters and
Richard Parkers immediate reach. He considers a variety of survival options and concludes
that he must tame the tiger. Although he is unable to fully train and domesticate Richard
Parker, by blowing a whistle and rocking the lifeboat enough to make the tiger seasick, Pi is
able to subdue him and secure his own territory on the lifeboat.
Pi goes temporarily blind and loses his mind. He begins having a conversation with Richard
Parker in which they mutually fantasize about the kinds of foods they would like to eat. Pi
fixates on vegetarian delicacies, and Richard Parker continues to revise the recipes with
meat as the main ingredient. At first Pi is morally outraged at the idea of eating meat, but
then he realizes that it is Richard Parkers preference. During this fantastical exchange,
another castaway in a lifeboat appears, also blind and also very hungry. Pi allows the man,
who speaks with a French accent, on the lifeboat, believing him to be a true companion. The
man attacks Pi, saying that he intends to eat him; Richard Parker attacks and consumes the
man. Richard Parker and Pi eventually find an island, which is made entirely of trees, roots,
leaves, fresh water, and plants. However, Pi makes a horrible discovery that causes them to
leave the island: Believing he has found a fruit-bearing tree, Pi peels back the layers of a
piece of fruit to find that it contains a human tooth. The island is a carnivorous being,
consuming everything that lives on it. Pi and Richard Parker return to the lifeboat and the
ocean. An undetermined amount of time passes, and Pi and Richard Parker arrive in Mexico.
Richard Parker runs into the wild and is never seen again. Pi is brought into custody, given
food, and questioned for some time by two officials from the Maritime Department in the
Japanese Ministry of Transport. The officials transcript of the conversation reveals that they
do not believe Pis story in its entirety, and they tell him so. Initially Pi sticks to his story, but
then he offers them another, somewhat similar story in which he shares the lifeboat with a
crew member of the sunken ship, his own mother, and a foul-tempered French cook who
eventually kills both Pis mother and the crewman. Pi tells of how he then stabbed the French
cook in the throat and watched him die. This second account seems to satisfy the skepticism
of the questioners, but they admit to Pi that his account of surviving with the tiger aboard
the lifeboat is a better story.