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Filipino compositions in the Third Republic are more on the children’s stories and the tragic that happened during those
periods. It focuses more on the needs of the people to get their freedom and give importance to their government.
What emotion was the author trying to elicit from his work? Discuss your answer.
The author tries to elicit his patriotism towards his country. He expressed his love for his people and his home country.
His motive is to give impressions to the people and allow them to see the beauty of their own country and stop other
people from getting their own country.
The message of his work is to allow people to know that the Philippines is own by the Filipinos and to show patriotism.
What emotion was the author trying to elicit from his work? Discuss your answer.
The author tries to elicit i n such a way that it challenges people to look at ugly things in their country and manage to see
the beauty of their race as well as to rise up from the ashes and continue living.
His motive is to show the whole in spirit, not giving up easily on life and its bitterness. Instead, Filipinos were strong
enough to stand in the midst of a crisis and start from scratch,
The poem described the poor and struggling side of Manila without contempt or ridicule. The verisimilitude of the
depiction was executed for the sake of truthful presentation and nor of mockery.
Dead Stars
What emotion was the author trying to elicit from his work? Discuss your answer.
The author tries to elicit conveying the theme that pertains to forbidden love. It says that forbidden love is only
apparent and its banes haunt the person until such time he realizes his faults.
His motive is to show a dream for something that is nonexistent. The guy fell in love with a girl. She was his dream,
his star. ... The love of the guy for the girl is like a dead star, whose glow is still visible from the earth for years after they
are gone.
The 'Dead Stars' represent a presence that is unrecognized. It speaks of emotions and relationships that may exist but
are not realized and lose their real meaning and significance. In the story, the attraction between Alfredo and Julia is a
forbidden and taboo phenomenon.