PERFORMANCE TASK (3RD QUARTER)
Mercurio, Claude Aldrich Palo STEM12 Y1-14
TITLE: Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa
Literary approach Evidence from the text
Formalist approach Dodong thought to himself
he would tell his father
about Teang when he got
home, after he had
unhitched the carabao
from the plow, and let it to
its shed and fed it.
Gender criticism He was seventeen, he had
pimples on his face, the
down on his upper lip
already was dark--these
meant he was no longer a
boy. He was growing into a
man – he was a
man. Dodong felt insolent
and big at the thought of it
although he was by nature
low in statue.
Thinking himself a man
grown, Dodong felt he
could do anything.
Psychological criticism Dodong said while his
mother was out that he was
going to marry Teang.
There it was out,
what he had to say, and
over which he had done so
much thinking. He had said
it without any effort at all
and without self-
consciousness. Dodong felt
relieved and looked at his
father expectantly.
Moral philosophical He did not want Blas to
marry yet. Blas was very
young. The life that would
Analysis (What does this
idea reveal
about the text)
Base from the text found in
the story, it shows third
person point of view where
the narrator is the one who
share or narrate because
the author referred the
characters by their name or
third person pronouns like
“he”, “she”, and “they”.
According to these lines
from the story, footnote to
youth have a masculism
approach where they
emphasize what a growing
man should do or what a
growing man should look
like and what a growing
man should act.
From the start of the story
Dodong is having difficulties
in terms of how he will say
to his family that he want to
marry Teang, but while
unconsciously he said what
he wishes to say and
unexpectedly it goes well
and Dodong felt relieved
because his father didn’t
react badly with his
announcement.
From this text it shows the
lesson that the story want to
share and it is enjoy your
 follow marriage would be
hard...
Sociological approach Dodong unhitched the
carabao leisurely and gave
it a healthy tap on the hip.
The beast turned its head
to look at him with dumb
faithful eyes. Dodong gave
it a slight push and the
animal walked alongside
him to its shed. He placed
bundles of grass before it
lands the carabao began
to eat. Dodong looked at it
without interests.
youth, don’t marry at early
age because having a
family at a early age is very
hard. The story wants to
express that youth should
enjoy their life as long as
they can because when
they started to grow old
and have a family, there
will be a lot of
responsibilities that they
should do, and it is hard if
you are going to do it at a
young age so take it easy.
Base from the work that
Dodong is doing it simply
shows that the economic of
the story is from a place
where farmers live, like a
province. The culture it
shows is based on the old
culture that Filipino Had
before.