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Title of the Story: The Visitation of the Gods Setting of the Story: Pugad Lawin High School
Problem in the Story: The problem is that schools tend to hide it's imperfections but they forget that visiting their school by Gods will help those imperfections
turned to perfect.
Solution in the Story: The story ended with Miss Noel, with her newfound confidence and pride, getting into a picture with the supervisor, and deciding to pursue
Characters Role of the Character Qualities of the Character Spoken Line/Narration that Supports the Page
Qualities of the Character No.
“Sir during the five years that I’ve taught, p. 8
A teacher who is beautiful and righteous. I’ve done my best to live up to my ideals.
She doesn't try to achieve a higher position Yet I please nobody. It’s the same old
Ms. Noel English Instructor through getting the favor of her superiors. narrow conformism and favor – currying.
As a result, she isn't liked by some of the What matters is not how well one teaches but
teachers in Pugad Lawin. how well one has learned the art of pleasing
– that – be – and it’s the same all the way up.
Mr. Buenaflor Industrial Arts Instructor Creative type of teacher All year round the classroom walls had been p. 2
imperturbably bank. Now they were like, the
grounds miraculously abloom – with
cartolina illustration of Parsing, Amitosis
Cell Division and the Evolution of the
Filipina Dress – thanks to the group two
leader, Mr. Buenaflor who forsaken sat
hunched over a rainfall graph.
Title of the Story: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow Setting of the Story: Hillside, near at the schoolhouse
Problem in the Story: Some organization in town had question Helen O’Reilly coming to the bunkhouse to educate some young boys.
Solution in the Story: Miss Helen O’Reilly will be leaving the place for the children's sake but she promised to the young man that as long as the grass shall grow,
Characters Role of the Character Qualities of the Character Spoken Line/Narration that Supports the Page
Qualities of the Character No.
He wants to study “I’d love to study, Ma’am”, I said softly. I p. 2
looked at my companions from the corners
Young boy that at the early age A young man that has a desire to go to of my eyes because they would ridicule me if
Narrator are already working school and wanted some education they knew I wanted some education. I never
saw any reading material at our bunkhouse
except the pictures of semi-nude women in
movie magazine.
Passionate in her work “I don’t know”, she said. “But I will try to p. 6
find an assignment. Yes, there must be a
Miss Helen O’Reilly A good teacher vacancy somewhere.” And then, kindly, she
Patient put her hand on my head, saying, “ I will go
on teaching people like you as long as the
grass shall grow.”
One of the older men, who had known darker p. 5
times in this land, took me by the arm and
Old Man Helpful He admired the courage and ambition of the secreted me in the outer house, saying, “I
young boy’s interest in education. could have warned you these things before,
but I saw that you were truly interested in
educating yourself. I admire your courage
and ambition. May I shake your hand?”