SA KALINISAN

Sucat alalahanín nang man~ga namamaling binibini ang malinis na uaní nang isda, na tinatauag na Pesmulier. Ang
isdang ito, ang sabi, ay may suso sa dibdib, ang palicpic ay malalapad: pagnahuli nang man~gin~gisda, caraca raca ay
ibanababá ang palicpic at itinataquip sa dibdib at nang di maquita. ¡Magandang caasalan na sucat pagcunang
halimbaua nating man~ga babaye! Casunod nang calinisan sa pananamit ang calinisan at cahusayan sa pamamahay;
sapagca,t, ang carumihan at caguluhán ay nagbabantóg sa nananhic na ang namamahay ay culang sa bait, anyaya at
magasó. At nang pagcaratihan mo, Feliza, ay hatol co sa iyo na anomang gamitin mo ay isauli sa pinagcunang lugar,
at bago isauli ay linisin cun narumihán. Ang hagdanan, cocina at hihigan ang nagsasaysay nang calinisan nang may
bahay, caya dapat pagiin~gatan.
SA PIGING
FELIZA: Cun icao at ni Honesto, ay maanyayahan sa isang piguing, ay dagdagan ang in~gat at maraming lubha ang
pagcacamalan. Pagdating nang bahay, ay magbibigay nang magandang gabí, ó magandang arao sa may bahay sacá
isusunod ang man~ga caharap, houag magpapatuloy sa cabahayan hangang di inaanyayahan, bago lumucloc ay hintin
muna na pagsabihan, at houag pipili nang mahal na loclocan, sapagca mahan~gay ipagutos nang may bahay na umalis
ca sa mababa at umaquiat ca sa mataas, na cun na sa mataas ay paalisin at ituro sa mababa. Sa paguumpocan ay
caiin~gatan ang quilos, tin~gin at pan~gun~gusap, at baca maquitaan nang cagaspan~gan, ay cahiyahiya.
SA PAGPAPASYAL
Paca isipin nang dalaga, na ang caniyang puri, ay maipaghahalimbaua sa cayamanan, sa hiyas na iisa-isa na ini-
in~gatan, sa minsang masira,i, di na maooli, sa minsang malaglág ay di na madarámpot. Tulad sa maningning at
malinis na bubog na sa minsang mabasag ay di na mabubuo.
Paca iin~gatan nang isang dalaga, sapagca,t, sa minsang manacao nang tacsil na loob, ay ua nang magagaua, cun di
ang tuman~gis, n~guni, tan~gisan ma,i, di na macucuha ang ipinanacao na hiyas.
ARAL SA MGA INA NA MAY ANAK NA DALAGA
Pacatantoin nang ina, na ang calinisan nang isang dalaga ay parang isang bubog, na cahit di magcalamat, cahit di
mabasag, mahin~gahan lamang ay nadurun~gisan.

About the Author

Padre Modesto de Castro (21 Enero 1864) ay ipinanganak sa Biñan, Laguna 15 Hunyo 1819 at nag-aral ng Teolohiya
sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas. Habang kura paroko sa Paombong, Bulacan nakapagsulat siya ng mga sermon sa
wikang Tagalog at ang koleksyong ito ay nailimbag bilang aklat na tinawag na Platicas Doctrinales noong 1855.
Naging modelo ito ng mga sermon ng mga pari. Habang rektor sa Manila Cathedral, nailimbag ang kanyang naisulat
na Novena de San Isidro Labrador at Novena del Apostol Santiago noong 1856. Noong siya ay Kura Paroko sa Naic,
isinulat niya ang Exposicion de las siete palabras at ang tanyag na Urbana at Felisa.

About the Book

Ang Pagsusulatan ng Dalauang Binibini na si Urbana at Felisa ay isang akdang prosa na itinuturing na prototipo ng
nobelang Filipino. Unang inilimbag noong 1864, naging popular kaya’t muling inilimbag noong 1877, 1889, 1907,
1925, 1938, 1946 at 1947, at nagkaroon ng salin sa Ilokano noong 1866 at Bikolano noong 1867 at 1892. Kaya ang
impluwensiya nito ay umabot hanggang simula ng ika-19 na siglo at ginamit ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon bilang
gabay at gamit panturo sa asignaturang Character Education mula 1940 hanggang 1960.

1. What type of literature is Urbana and Felisa?

2. What is the structure of the literary piece?
3. What is the theme of the literary piece?
4. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the literary piece?
5. Having known such author’s purpose, what do you think is the text’s context?
6. What is the authorial context? What gave you this idea?
7. What context you were able to derive from the text you have read?
8. What social issue can you relate such context to?
9. Which from social issues prevalent today can you compare such context to?
TEXT A
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the
epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the
spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all
going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present
period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree of comparison only.

About the Author

Dickens was particularly intrigued by Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution. He saw similarities between
the forces that led to the Revolution and the oppression and unrest occurring in England in his own time. Although he
supported the idea of people rising up against tyranny, the violence that characterized the French Revolution troubled
him.

About the Book

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and
during the French Revolution. In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, critic Don
D'Ammassa argues that it is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or
killed.

1. What is the theme of the literary piece?

2. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the literary piece?
3. Having known such author’s purpose, what do you think is the text’s context?
4. What is the authorial context? What gave you this idea?
5. What context you were able to derive from the text you have read?
6. What social issue can you relate such context to?
7. Which from social issues prevalent today can you compare such context to?

TEXT B
Tim O’Brien, “The Things They Carried”
To carry something was to hump it, as when Lieutenant Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and
through the swamps. In its intransitive form, to hump meant to walk, or to march, but it implied burdens far beyond
the intransitive.

About the Author

Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who served as a soldier and his later work often
explores the lives of veterans.

About the Book

The work is simultaneously a war autobiography, writer's memoir, and group of fictional short stories.

1. What is the theme of the literary piece?

2. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the literary piece?
3. Having known such author’s purpose, what do you think is the text’s context?
4. What is the authorial context? What gave you this idea?
5. What context you were able to derive from the text you have read?
6. What social issue can you relate such context to?
7. Which from social issues prevalent today can you compare such context to?