“A Letter To Pedro,

U.S. Citizen, Also

called
Arianne C. Carinan
Pete”
Carol C. Cuya
Discussants
 Background of the Author
 Times and Milieu
 The Poem
 Elements of Poetry
 Impact to Culture/ Society
​
 Background Of The 3

• Author
October 18, 1940- January 24, 2007,
Boljoon, Cebu.
• Doctor, politician and a Cebuano
writer.
• Studied philosophy in the University of
San Carlos in 1960.
• Moved to South Western University in
1962 to pursue medicine.
 Background Of The
•Author
Served as head of the Boljoon
Rural Health Unit.
• Participated as an Asia
Foundation Writing Fellow at
the Silliman University Summer
Writers’ Workshop in 1968 and
1969.
Background Of The
Author
• He became the mayor of Boljoon
for three terms.
• Won the 2nd prize in the English
Poetry Division of the
Palanca in 1989 with Fatima
Lim for his collection of
poems called “All Else Is
Grass.”
TIMES AND MILIEU
• No known date when it was written.
• Base upon the content of the poem,
it was written in a surrounding
culture of contemporary
generation. Depicting
contemporary social problems and
issues.
The Poem Letter To Pedro, U.S. Citizen, Also Called Pete
by Rene Estella Amper
Pete, old friend;
there isn't really much change
in our hometown since you left. 
This morning I couldn't find anymore
the grave of Simeona, the cat we buried
at the foot of Miguel's mango tree,
when we were in grade four,
after she was hit by a truck while crossing
the street. The bulldozer has messed it up
while making the feeder road into the
mountains to reach the hearts of the farmers.
 Letter To Pedro, U.S. Citizen, Also Called Pete
by Rene Estella Amper

The farmers come down every Sunday 

to sell their agony and their sweat fora few pesos,
lose in the cockpit or get drunk on the way home.
A steel bridge named after the congress man's wife
now spans the gray river where Tasyo, the old goat,
had split the skin of our young lizards
to make us a man many years ago.
 
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by Rene Estella Amper

The long blue hills where we used to shoot birds with

slingshot or spend the summer afternoons, we loved so
much doing nothing in the tall grass have been bought
by the mayor's son. Now there's a barbed wire fence
about them; the birds have gone away. 
The mayor owns a big sugar plantation, three new cars,
and a mansion with the gate over hung with sampaguita.
Inside the gate are guys who carry a rifle and a pistol.
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by Rene Estella Amper

We still go to Konga's MEET store forOUR rice andTEAM sardines and sugar
and nails for the coffin. Still only a handful go to mass on
Sundays. In the church the men talk, sleep; the children
play. The priest is sad. Last night the storm came and
blew away the cornflowers.
The cornfields are full of cries.
Your cousin, Julia, has just become a whore.
She TAKUMA
liked good
HAYASHI
clothes, good
MIRJAM NILSSON
food, big money. 
FLORA BERGGREN​ RAJESH SANTOSHI​
That's why
Presidentshe becameChief a whore.
Executive Officer Chief Operations Officer VP Marketing

Now our hometown has seven whores.

 Letter To Pedro, U.S. Citizen, Also Called Pete 11

MEET OUR EXTENDED

by Rene Estella Amper TEAM
Pete, old friend,
every time we have good reason to get drunk and be carried
home in a wheelbarrow, we always remember you.
Oh, we miss both Pete and Pedro.
Remember us to your American wife, you lucky bastard.
TAKUMA HAYASHI MIRJAM NILSSON FLORA BERGGREN​ RAJESH SANTOSHI​
President Chief Executive Officer Chief Operations Officer VP Marketing

Islaw, your cock-eyed uncle, now calls himself Stanley after

he began wearing the clothes you sent him last Christmas.
 
P.S. Tasyo, the old goat, Sends your lizard his warmest
congratulations.
GRAHAM BARNES
VP Product
ROWAN MURPHY ELIZABETH MOORE
SEO Strategist
ROBIN KLINE
Product Designer Content Developer
 Elements of Poetry
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1. Voice
speaker- old friend of Pedro
tone- sarcastic and ironic, nostalgic,
2. Diction
PLANNING DESIGN STRATEGY LAUNCH

denotation- literal or actual meaning of the words

connotation- beyond the literal meaning of the words
Deploy strategic
Foster holistically
Synergize scalable Coordinate e- networks with
superior
e-commerce business applications compelling e-
methodologies
3. Imagery business needs

visual- something seen

tactile- something felt
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4. Figures of Speech TIMELINE

irony- opposite of what is meant
5. Symbolism
“selling their agony and their sweat” – selling
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their products, crops and harvests

6. Syntax
Synergize scalable
e-commerce
Disseminate standardized Coordinate e-
business applications
Foster holistically
superior methodologies
Deploy strategic
networks with

- short to medium length of sentences

metrics compelling e-
business needs

- declarative structure of a sentence

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7. Structure AREAS OF FOCUS

-open or free form
B2B MARKET SCENARIOS CLOUD-BASED OPPORTUNITIES
8. Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration and
• Develop winning strategies to keep ahead
of the competition
• Iterative approaches to corporate strategy

Assonance
• Establish a management framework from
• Capitalize on low-hanging fruit to identify the inside
a ballpark value

-no regular rhyme, alliteration and assonance

• Visualize customer directed convergence

9. Rhythm and Meter

-no regular rhythm and meter
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HOW WE GET THERE

10. Themes
- Friendship & Honesty
- Modernity ROI NICHE MARKETS SUPPLY CHAINS

- Effects of Post- colonialism

• Envision multimedia-based
expertise and cross-media
growth strategies
• Pursue scalable customer
service through sustainable
strategies
• Cultivate one-to-one
customer service with robust
ideas

(social inequality, poverty, corruption)

• Visualize quality intellectual
capital
• Engage worldwide
methodologies with web-
enabled technologies
• Engage top-line web • Maximize timely
services with cutting-edge deliverables for real-time
deliverables schemas
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Impact to Culture/ Society

SUMMARY
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