THE

DOLL
Egmidio Enriquez
In the year 1953, it was
 EGMIDIO ALVAREZ ENRIQUEZ
From the City of flowers,
Zamboanga
Born in 1925
A novelist, storywriter, and a
playwright
Literary work includes: Blood
on the Moon, A Tale of Two
Houses, Cachil Kudarat
(Sultan of Mindanao) or
Cachil Corrala, and Labaw,
Donggon
Attended Elementary and Secondary
Education at Ateneo de Zamboanga
Bachelor of Arts (AB) at Arellano
University (College Education)
Studied and gained Master of Fine Arts
degree in Creative Writing at Lowa
State University - International
Scholarship and Fulbright grant
Earned Guggenheim Fellowship, then
studied in Universidad Central Madrid
on a Zobel de Ayala Grant
Summary
He was christened Narcisso, and his mother
called him Sising, but her father decided to call
him Boy. This started when he found the doll in
his mother’s aparador. His father snatched the
doll from him and flung it viciously on the floor,
causing it to break, looking as if to hide the
shame of its disaster. Suddenly, it was as if he
were the doll. There was a broken feeling within
him.
Summary
In recognition of Our Lady of Fatima's visit to their
town, Doña Enchay had been elected unanimously as
the chairman of the reception committee. Don
Endong on the other hand, had always taunted her
about her religious beliefs. The boy wanted to cut his
hair short as he didn't want to be mistaken by the
Lady of Fatima for a girl. As soon as the boy took a
look at the lady, he was suddenly seized with a great
thirst, an urgent longing to drink–of the lady's eyes,
lips, and cheeks possessed him.
SUMMARY
As Narcisso grew older, his thirst intensified. When
he was nineteen, he told his mother he wanted to
become a priest, but was immediately opposed by
Don Endong. As a result, Narcisso left the house
and ended up on an unlit dock, where he met a
woman. In the eye of light, she was but a limp mass
of woman's flesh, looking like what had happened
to the doll. Two men grabbed Narcisso and
dragged him out into the street.
FAITH
FAMILY
DREAMS/AMBITION
MISOGYNY
SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION
"She felt like a flame in the wind that
had frantically reached out for
something to burn and having found
nothing to feed itself on, settled back
upon its wick to burn itself out."
VISUAL IMAGERY
"The doll was long, slender, rag-bodied
with a glossy head of porcelain. He had
pulled off its frilly, ribbon trimmed dress,
and was thrusting its head into a white
cotton slip of a garment that his mother
had made and was a little too tight."
VISUAL IMAGERY
"The next it was sprawled on the
floor, naked, and broken, an arm
twisted limp beneath it, another
flung across its face. as if to hide
the shame of its disaster."
SIMILE
"Suddenly it was as if he
were the doll. There was a
broken feeling within him."
SIMILE
"The boy’s voice was as taut as
the string of an instrument that
is about to snap."
IDIOM
“God gave you the body of a
male to do the functions of a
male—not to hide under a skirt!”
PERSONIFICATION
"The brows of the hills beyond
the rice fields were furious with
clouds."
HYPERBOLE
SIMILE
"But when the heavens broke
open and rain came tearing down,
the people scampered for shelter
like chickens on the approach of a
hawk. "
SIMILE
"But as he felt the clean air of
morning sweep against his face,
his chest filled out, his arms grew
thick, and his sturdy legs
stretched long like the giant’s of
the seven-league boots. "
“The Lady of Fatima, did you say, Ñora? You mean some
woman like you and me, or your little girl here,”
“It is the most manly, too. One who is master of himself, who
can leash the lust of his loins to the eye of the spirit. is indeed
the man! A man is not measured by the length of his limbs and
the breadth of his chest or the depth of his voice, but by the
strength of his mind, the depth of his courage, the firmness of
his will!”
“But Our Lady knows you are a boy. Her Son tells her. Her
Son is all knowing.”
References:

Madrigal (2017). The Doll by: Egmidio Enriquez. Retreived from

https://francheskagabrielle.wordpress.com/

https://www.scribd.com/presentation/433787149/THE-DOLL-by-Emigdio-
Enriquez

https://www.sushidog.com/bpss/stories/doll.htm