THE LIFE OF CARDO

PRESENTED TO YOU BY:

ALDEF G. KATIPUNAN
RICARDO ANGELO D. GERMINA
JON IAN MATTHEW B. MAURICIO
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JUDGEMENTAL
TITLE:
THE LIFE OF CARDO

BY:
AMADIO T. DAGUIO
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 SETTING– THE STORY TOOK PLACE AT A TIME
WHEN FILIPINOS WERE GREATLY INFLUENCED
BY THE SPANIARDS. THE AUTHOR MADE USE OF
LOCAL COLOR IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

“HE ALWAYS WORE A BLACK CAMISA DE CHINO

AND HIS PANTS, REACHING TO HIS KNEES.”

“ MY FATHER WAS ONCE A CABEZA DE BARANGAY.”

CHARACTERS:
 CARDO – THE PROTAGONIST OF THE STORY

 NARRATOR – HE KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT CARDO. HE WAS THE

ONLY HEROIC PERSON WHO STOPPED A MAN WHO WAS
BEATING CARDO TO DEATH.

 FATHER OF THE BABIES – THEY WERE VERY BRUTAL TO

CARDO. WHENEVER THEY SAW CARDO THEY
AUTOMATICALLY BEAT HIM LEAVING HIM ALMOST LIFELESS.

 MOTHERS OF THE BABIES – THEY WERE AFRAID OF CARDO.

WHENEVER THEY SAW CARDO APPROACHING THEIR BABIES,
THEY SCREAMED AND ASKED THEIR HUSBANDS TO DRIVE
CARDO AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY
CONFLICT

 CARDO WAS THE FEAR OF MOTHERS.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS TERRIBLE AND UGLY. HE
HAD A VERY WAY WITH BABIES. THE BABIES
DID NOT SMILE AT THEIR OWN FATHERS OR
MOTHERS AS THEY SMILED AT CARDO. THAT
WAS WHY THE PARENTS WERE AFRAID OF
HIM., IN FACT, THEY HATED HIM THAT HE
MIGHT STEAL THEIR BABIES.
CLIMAX

THE FATHER RAN UP TO AND

BEGAN BEATING HIM WITH THE
BAMBOO. CARDO DID NOT RETURN
THE BLOWS. HE TRIED TO PROTECT
HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS. BUT HIS
HEAD AND BREAST WERE
BLEEDING.
DENOUMENT

CARDO TOLD THE NARRATOR THE

TALE OF HIS LIFE. A TALE FILLED
WITH THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE,
FULLOF PASSION AND YET OF
SWEETNESS.
MORAL

“DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER”

----- GEORGE ELLOT

“DO NOT JUDGE OR YOU TOO WILL BE

JUDGED. FOR IN THE SAME WAY YOU JUDGE
OTHERS, YOU WIILL BE JUDGED, AND WITH
THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE
MEASURED TO YOU.”
OTHER ELEMENTS PRESENTED ON
OUR SELECTED PIECE.

 ALLUSION– THE WRITER USED “JUDAS”

REFERRING TO A BIBLE CHARACTER IN
ORDER TO MAKE COMPARISON TO THE
CHARACTER OF CARDO.
IMAGERY:

VISUAL – “THE SMALL BABIES RADIANT, HAPPY

SMILES AT HIM.”

“CARDO’S FACE WAS HAGGARD, WASTED,

TWISTED…”

“… HIS UGLY, DISTORTED FACE DRIVES PITY

AND SYMPATHY AWAY.”
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