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World Literature - Chapter 1 and 2 - Bsoa-4c
World Literature - Chapter 1 and 2 - Bsoa-4c
Recall a favorite story you have heard, read or watched. Summarize it by writing a slogan of
your own.
Answers: Personally, I have a lot of favorite story either I read or watched. But there is only one that
inspire and motivate me to go in life with faith. When I watched this story eventually I am emotional
and my tears fall immediately. This story made me realized that everything happens for a reason and
don’t lost hope.
Title of the Story: Miracles from Heaven (Non-Fiction)
As I watched the recent video entitled how literature can change your life by Joseph Luzzi. Through
this video, I discover how literature can change your life. However, there are lots of lessons you can
get on how literature affects human life and the impact of literature towards life nor a person just like
the speaker of this video. It made me realize that literature brings you all throughout the universe and
in time it connects you to the world that happen even before you. It has the power to impact our life
especially when it comes to values and inspiration. I am inspired by his thoughts and knowledge that
shared by the speaker about literature. According to the speaker, literature is significant for him as it
serve his companion of life and motivation of life from the pain he got when his wife was died. It is
something gives you the way people thought, and lead us in the area of fiction almost become fact.
Through literature, it brings people together through narrative and the power of narrative as well as
bring a book of life. Eventually, it is an imaginative tells you the truth in this way. Apparently, this
video is all about the significance of literature in his life or even life of other people, and how this
contribute to us that we need to study and learn the literature for the beneficial. Consequently,
literature tell us what we see on earth, describe, and know what imperfects. Definitely, these are the
discovery about how literature can change your life based on the video or life of the speaker.
Knowingly, his aim is to show literature is not just an elitist collection of classics, something you are
supposed to read or have to study, whilst, he propose as the audience members realized that
literature should make a part of the everyday life.
On the other hand, literature can change your life by simply teaches us how to live,
helps us understand life, providing us with in-depth information, sources of inspiration and have
valuable knowledge that we can use in this world. Actually, literature was born because we give
literature its life and it is not created by speculations. By literature, we can learn and grasp people
who are different from us. It is the foundation of life, provides insight in the past and guides us to the
future. In fact, literature is a crucial course which adds a color of life. It allow us to laugh and dream,
enables us to feel emotions and of course allow us to see the world from a distinct perspective. It
gives us the reason to think a good manner and become a better person as well. At last, literature has
a way to touch human life to become more positive in life and no matter what circumstances may be,
there is always a way around it. It is a way to enlighten our mind that it is essential to continue life,
seek for the goodness and embrace yourself of who you are together we constantly thought to
ourselves that it is part of being who we are today. These are the literature can change human life
and the contribution of life. According to Joseph Luzzi, “Once you hear someone’s story you can
never think of them as a category and you have to see them as a human being for the reason we
need stories more than ever today in our society. That’s how literature can change our life. Thus, has
great impacts in our lives, influences us on how we should live and learn from other people’s
experiences.
Name: Rogelio O. Bernaldez Jr. Instructor: Deliarita Casundo, Ph.D
Directions: Match the words in column A with their corresponding meanings in column B.
Write the letters of your choice before the words in Column A.
A B
D 1. Sundown a.) thin transparent fabric
F2. Grumble b.) a person asking for gifts
B3. Beggar c.) proclamation having the force of law
C4. Edict d.) nightfall
A5. Gauze e.) to put one’s debt in favor of service
f.) to mutter in discontent
When was the last time you helped someone? Did you expect something in return?
Answers: Helping others give you the opportunity to change someone’s life and improve your own.
Actually, everyday it is my pleasure and my eagerness to help someone. Apparently, the last time
that I helped someone is just this year and even yesterday. I helped a kid learn to write, my nephew
on his module, and my friends who are needed to be helped of mine. Honestly, I did not expect
something in return, what matters most is that I helped someone which makes me even happier. At
the same time, I do it wholeheartedly, and it is one of my purpose in life to help others. For me,
service is always a best reward and serving is serving God. Further, helping someone is great in
God’s eyes and this is what I believe in and so I did not expect a return. Thus, it is truth that helps
everyone to grow and live in peace.
Apparently, the name of the Princess father was Afzal and he was king or Rajah of that
country. He said many Princes had sought his daughter in marriage which he was tired
saying “No” to them and tried impossible tasks to do. The Prince came to an old woman’s
cottage and asked if he might spend the night there. In the beginning, the old woman
rejected the Prince to stay yet in the end she allow and agree for the reason that Prince offer
and give the old woman delicious food to eat and water to drink with the help of his bag and
stone bowl which these things belong to fakir. By then, it was a night the Prince and the old
woman sat in darkness wherein they talked about the Princess and his father. The old
woman said that the Princess Lalun sits on the roof of her palace at night and shines so as
to lights up the whole country. At midnight the Princess came down from her roof and went
to her room. Then the Prince sat down on his bed with his bag in his hand and wish take him
to the Princess palace. So the bed took him where she lay fast asleep and left lovely shawl,
embroidered in red and blue and gold the spread gently over the Princess. After that, he
went back to the old woman cottage. Another midnight, the Princess went her room again
and then the Prince came back again with the help of bed. From that, he said to his bag “I
want a very beautiful ring!” The bag gave him and he slipped on the Princess hand as she
lay asleep and then when she woke she said who are you? to Prince. When the Princess
saw what a noble, handsome young man and heard he was the son of a great Rajah and
brought magnificent shawl night before, eventually she fell inlove with him and tell her father
and mother that she wanted him for her husband. Unfortunately, Rajah Afzal give a
challenge and tasks to do to Prince before he marry her daughter. The Prince accepted all,
won and complete the tasks. Of course, with the help of his companions such as the Ant-
king, Couple tigers, Magic bed, and Old woman. Consequently, he overcome three
challenges suchlike crush the oil of mustard seed, kill two demons and beat the kettledrum.
After that, the wedding shall take place as soon as the Prince like, said, Rajah Afzal.
Fortunately, all the kings and queens of the neighboring countries are invited to the wedding.
After, they were married the Prince took the Princess Lalun home to his own country and
they lived happily.
Person vs. Person: Rajah Afzal tried the plan giving impossible tasks to do for those
CONFLICT princes sought his daughter in marriage. He give a three challenges or tasks to Prince
before he marry his daughter.
Prince came to an old woman’s cottage and asked if he might spend the night there. At first
she refused and not allowed to stay the Prince because of the Rajah Afzal.
Person vs. Nature: First challenge, Prince give a task to crush the oil of the mustard seed
with the help of army of ants. Second challenge, he also do task to fight and kill the two
demons with the help of couple of tigers. The last challenge, Prince beat the kettledrum up
into the sky with the help of magic bed.
Write a reader response analysis focusing on the theme of the story which is “there is a great
reward for those who do good to others”. You may also focus on other elements of the story
to establish your point of analysis.
Answers:
“My Analysis of the Theme”
Reward is a way to help someone motivate, inspire and a big achievements in life. Indeed,
there is a great reward for those who do good to others because I strongly believe that good things
happen to good people. Based in the story of the magic bed, my analysis is that the Prince give a
cakes to the Ant-king and help the tiger to get the thorn and heal the wound through leaves. In this
situations, the Prince really showed his kindness to them and never think to return anything. During
the challenges, the Ant-king and the tiger help him immediately without questioning because they had
indebtedness to the Prince. Hence, the Prince deserve a great reward for the reason that he do good
to others especially to the animals and even small acts of kindness probably they have an impact to
the animals. Anyhow, the theme of the story in my own analysis is that “Your action whether good or
bad will have an effect to everyone surrounding you” can reap a various of analysation that an action
is liable for the one who does it and that is exactly the point from the theme of the story for me. In
addition, there is a great reward for those who do good to others on where visibly if you do good you
will taste the recognition for your action. Nevertheless, reward often comes when we do something
remarkable, and when we do something that deserves a payoff. For instances, when we do good to
others, doing good to others is a remarkable and a great action towards other person, we may like it
or not but the way how we act or do our actions will constantly have outcome either good or bad one.
But we know to ourselves that a great reward comes in doing good, people pay back as of what you
will going to treat them. People give rewards to those good actions and people give cold-heartedness
to those bad actions. Doing things to others whether small, unplanned acts or regular volunteering is
a powerful path to boost our own happiness as well of those people around us. Giving to others can
be as simple as a single kind word, smile or thoughtful gestures. It includes giving time, care and
more. Helping others can increase life satisfaction and help take our minds off on troubles. When we
someone do kind eventually we can receiving end of kindness. Anyway, it is true that you can gain
more blessings when you helped sincerely to someone. Lastly, this theme enlighten us to do good in
any ways, to be kind to other people because we never know on how it bring a good impacts to them
and in the end we can achieve great things in life. Therefore, we must be conscious of our actions, be
responsible, good deeds are the fruits we bear today, and do all things with great compassion,
sincerity and dedication in order to get a large compensate in life.
Read the story and discuss the values that you think are significant to teach young people
today.
Answers:
Folktales is a story passed down verbally from generation to generation. It allows students to
experience one of the ways a society develops a sense of moral behavior in its children. Certainly,
values are the positive teachings provided to help us and tread the right path in life. A person who
imbibes good values grows on to become a responsible individual and he is able to make wiser
decisions in life. Based in the story I read, I think the values that are significant to teach young people
today are kindness, patience, faith, and appreciate small things especially in this time of pandemic we
faced right now. In my own comprehension, these are the values possess that I realized and found in
the story that I read. Firstly, kindness is a value that every young people in the world must be learn
and teach them. They should be learn to be kind to those around them so that the people will respect
and admire them as well as will never judge them. This is a great value for them and having a kind
heart presents many opportunities that will help young people. When young people practice kindness
to other people nor towards ourselves they can experience positive mental and physical changes. If
young people will continue doing this value precisely it has a great impact to others even if small acts.
Just like the story, if you do good to others eventually they will return in you goodness as well. It is
very significant to young people to possess this. Being kind is not just an idea, it is an essential form
of self-care and a vital foundation for sustained kindness to others. Kindness is a way to become
polite and know what is right and the power of kindness is boundless. Besides, it can change lives,
allows young people to empathize others and very important. With kindness, people live peacefully,
improve their lives, and will keep us together. Secondly, patience is also important to teach young
people because it will help young people to analyze things and situations beyond their face value.
Having patience means being able to wait calmly in the face of struggles. Just like the Prince, he
have patience to wait until he will married the Princess. Young people should be remind that in order
to success they must be patiently wait as said “all good things come to those who wait”.
Consequently, patience is necessary for young people today so that they will control their temper,
brings peace of mind and lead them to success. Thirdly, faith is another value that young people also
be teach and learn because to achieve anything having faith is very important. Having faith in God will
help young people see things that in our heart. Just like the Prince, he have faith in God that he will
overcome those challenges and the Princess become his wife. Lastly, appreciate small things is also
impact to young people because if young people have the spirit to appreciate small things in life
young people will learn on how to value every blessings that will receive and it will teach young
people on how to be contented of what he/she have to be grateful as well. Furthermore, encouraging
them to unite and have understanding to create a good relationship to people together with have
youth empowerment to boost the youth and motivate them to strive and focus on how they will
become prosper. Thus, the story is really inspiring to us, values can build character, help in decision
making and values can give direction to our life.