LITERARY

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Third World Geography by Cirilo
Bautista

presented by Group 1
 WORD Peter Rosales

FINDER
Miracles
"A country without miracles" (1st line)
Literal: A surprising and welcome event that is not
explicable by natural or scientific laws. Handful of Feathers
Figurative: An ambition, hopes and dreams for the "He says, "Just a handful of feathers" (12th line)
people Literal: A lot of feathers, full of feathers
Figurative: Lightweight, easy to carry
 WORD Peter Rosales

FINDER
Parched
"You kneel on the parched earth" (17th
line)
Metaphor Literal: dried out with heat
"Any tyrant can turn it into a metaphor" (16th line) Figurative: empty or dry
Literal: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase
denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of
another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.
Figurative: A lie
 SUMMARY
ANTHONY ANG AND GENE
GUEVARRA
DIRECTOR
The poem entitled “Third World Geography” delivers a message for the population
who weren’t born yet during the Martial Law era wherein we were oppressed as
citizens. It mainly talks about the issues our country was experiencing that time
specifically lack of freedom, abuse, and violence. Corruption as well took place that
period which caused poverty and severe hunger to the people. Life wasn’t easy back
then for just to gain food they need to endure the heat of the sun, the heavy of their
load, and other cruel conditions of their surroundings.

It opened our eyes about how the government was deaf to the concerns of the mass
along with how dictatorship and greed of power occurred. This was focused from the
line of the poem stating "Only the wind hears your useless words", which means that
the government is aware of the needs yet they seem not to hear the cries of the people.
Lot of lives were taken through bloodshed and violence as well as hardships and
starvation. From all those said, we should always still keep in mind that in the end of
every struggle there is HOPE, we need to believe that someday there will be good
coming our way. There will be a miracle that will save us from all our agony and
sufferings.
 discussion director
JUAN MIGUEL
• What do you think are CHENG
the life aspects of the people
living in 3rd world countries?
• Describe how one life aspect is connected to the
poem
• How can we apply the morals of the poem to our
everyday lives?
• What are some of the issues tackled by the poem that
we can relate to our current life situation?
 SELECTION
RONNIE BUCAG

DIRECTOR
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from the world, and this stanza’s shows
light
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more “colorful”.
connection director
ANGELA GENETA
“abuse of power “corruption in the “poverty and “selfishness in our
by politicians” government” hunger in our freedom”
country”
MISSING FUNDS INCREASING APPROVED
Marcoses ruled
BY DOH DURING
our country for 2 POVERTY RATE BILL THAT
THIS
decades WORLDWIDE
EVERY YEAR HOLDS BACK
PANDEMIC OUR RIGHTS
art DIRECTOR
MONICA VISDA
THA
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YOU
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