Title: An Alternate History of the World

Author: Jessica Zafra

 (born 1965) Age 54
 resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel.
 is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher, and former television and radio show host.
 Known for her sharp and witty writing style
 Most popular book Twisted series
 collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today)
 Editor and publisher of magazine Flip
 She also managed the Eraserheads during the 1990s.
 work often is about current events (both Philippine and international), tennis, movies, music, cats,
books, technology, and her personal life.
 Her work has been the subject of academic study.
 The main ingredient to her work is often fun cynicism and irony.
 her straight-forwardness on the subject matter, sarcasm, 'fun misanthropy' and irony.
LitCrit:
Historicism
social and cultural phenomena are determined by history. holds that all knowledge and cognition are historically
conditioned
POV:
First Person
Main Characters:
Filipinos
Theme:
Globalization, world domination
Analysis:
“an alternate history of the world” by Jessica zafra is an interpretation of the current events in the world wherein
there we Filipinos are capable of a lot of things. And that through this capabilities, we can change the world/
cause big impact to the functioning of the society
Background of the text:
“an alternate history of the world” is included in the Greatest Hits Anthology (collection of poems) from Flip
reader: entitled The official guide to World Domination. This work is written by Jessica Zafra, a writer known
for her witty writing style tackling through her works current events both Internationally and locally. Wherein
the main ingredient of her works are cynicism (inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-
interest; skepticism) and irony.
Summary:
“an alternate history of the world” by Jessica zafra is all about the History of the earth and how Filipinos
participated in this interconnected world. Here the stand of the author is that Filipinos plays an important role in
the world history, starting from the expedition of natives into the wide sea, to the migration of citizens into
other countries to work, to share the cultures these people carry with themselves to the places they go. The text
talks about how Filipino DH were the countries weapon to that would penetrate the global economy, the author
revealed that DH plays an important role in the lives of people in the world, and how crucial this roles are in the
society and the path to colonizing the earth.