The Cherished Daughter

1. Do you believe that the daughter is cherished? Defend your answer

After reading the poem, I think the mother really cherished her daughter. It
is very evident on the poem on how she cares and loves her daughter very much
specifically when it comes to the marriage that her daughter always asked on
what plan she have for her. However, it seems like the way she cherishes her is too
much in which at first I think it is out of the line na po. So it is noticeable po dun sa
last stanza na 43 na yung daughter but still wala pa rin po siyang asawa, it is
because her decisions po is nakadepend po lagi dun sa magiging decision or sa
planong sasabihin ng kanyang mother about the marriage. On the other hand,
we can also notice po na yung mother as years passed by ay binabawasan nya
yung mga challenges and kumbaga yung requirements/standards nya to those
guys who are fond of her daughter but still, no one can passed those challenges
she threw to them. So I think, this just shows how she really want the best for her
daughter as well as yung Makita po yung lalaking deserving talagang maging
asawa nung kanyang anak. It may seems that she is overvaluing the marriage of
her daughter but I think it just her way to show how she really cherished her
daughter very much.

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3. What culture of the Vietnamese is shown in the poem?
I think the Vietnamese culture shown in poem is how a mother value and cherish
their children. It shows how they loving and caring they are and they are really
concern on their children’s future husband and wives. They are the one who have
the power or voice to select a person who will marry their children which is
sometimes called arranged/fix marriage. Also, it can be seen how also children
respect and value the decisions and plans of their parents on their future. So
makikita nga po natin na at the age of 43 is wala rin pong asawa yung daughter
since nakadepend nga po yung kanyang magiging husband dun sa mga
challenges na binibigay ng kanyang mother.

4. I think po yung mga challenges and yung mga bagay na binibigay nya to the
men who wants to marry her daughter is just her way po para makita kung sino po
ba yung kayang makapasa sa challenges nya which I think dun nya po binebase
if kaya ba nung lalaki na buhayin at bigyan ng magandang buhay yung kanyang
anak and how he loves her daughter very much in which gagawin nya lahat just
to marry yung daughter ni mother in the poem. It just her way to test them po to
see who is the one that deserves her daughter po. So at first nga po, so makikita
po natin too much naman po yung hinihingi nya na umabot na nga po sa 43 yung
kanyang anak still, wala pa rin pong asawa because of the challenges na
binibigay nya. But as we can notice nga po, as years passed by is nababasawan
 po yung challenges na binibigay nya dun sa mga lalaki kumabaga nilolower nya
po yung standards.

5. I really felt bad and sad po for the daughter since alam naman po natin na yung
age na 43 is parang lampas na po sya dun sa stage wherein most of the women
is may partner na in life and starting to build their own family. It’s just nakakalungkot
lang pong isipin na parang namissed nung daughter yung mga stages in her life
wherein dapat is ineenjoy and may freedom sya na mamili kung sino yung gusto
nyang makasama in her entire life without depending dun sa mga plans and
gusto ng kanyang mother for her.

A School Boy’s Apology

1. Why is the persona in the poem apologizing? Is it a proper act?

I think there is something hunting the persona which is yung school boy nga
po. I fee like may nangyari po in the past na sobrang nagcause sa kanya ng
trauma or kumbaga parang traumatic experience po. So I think po, he is
apologizing because baka po kasi dahil sa traumatic experience na yun is
hindi nya macontrol yung actions and emotions nya. So makikita naman po
natin dun sa first stanza na he is already apologizing if nakakatulog po sya sa
klase and bigla na lang magsisigaw out of nowhere. I think po sobrang nag
aalala po sya na baka makaabala and magcause sya ng distraction po sa
klase and on people around him. So I think it is a proper act po since parang
humihingi na po kaagad sya sa maaari nyang macause because of what he’s
experiencing, and makikta po dito how he really respects and consider yung
mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya.

2. What does the second stanza tell about the persona?

So dun po sa second stanza, pinapakita po nung author kung ano yung mga
dreams nung boy for himself. I think he wants to live freely and enjoy the world
without any worries or any burden or bad experiences carrying on his mind.
Nakikita ko po yung hope dun sa boy and how he hold on to his dreams in and
hoping one day he’s gonna be fine and recover from that traumatic
experience.

3. What is the use of but in the 3rd stanza?

I think yung word po na yun is parang counter po nung second stanza or

contradiction nung 2nd stanza in which dun nga po sa stanza nay un is makikita
 how full of hope and peace yung gusto ni boy but the mood shifted
immediately into wars and chaos.
4. Based on my own interpretations, sa tingin ko po is dinedescribe nung author
kung ano ba yung actual na nangayayari or naeexperience nung boy inside
his mind that causes such unexpected actions inside the room during the class.
Since sabi nga po kanina is humihingi na sya ng apology if sumigaw man sya
during class so it just means that sobrang bigat talaga and gulo nung
bumabagabag sa isip ni boy.

1. Siguro if makakaencounter po ako ng ganyang situation wherein binubully

or pagtatawanan yung katulad ng nangyaayri dun sa school boy sa poem,
I think I would stand and tell them po na we should not treat as a joke yung
pinagdadaanan ni boy or yung anxiety nya since wala naman pong may
alam nung story behind kung bakit ganon sya magbehave sa klase. We
should not laugh on someone’s experiences since we are all have our own
and I think kung tayo man po yung nasa posisyon ni boy ay masakit para
sa atin at hindi natin gugustuhin na pagtawanan at bullyhin because of
that uncontrollable behavior. I think po kasi na this issue should be
addressed in order for the classmates to understand what is really the cause
why the boy acts like that.