Period of self

discovery
Presented by: group 1
Table of contents
 Table of contents

01 02
Home is Where… Paganly

03 04
Youth Speaks Values
 01

Home is Where…
By: Ligaya Victorio Fruto
Ligaya Victorio Fruto
- 1914 – 2001
- She was a trained teacher
at the Philippine Normal
School.
- She won several short
story awards.
- A pre-war Filipina writer
and magazine editor.
 Home is Where…

About a Filipina mom and her American

born Filipino daughter that is in the process
of making a passport to go back to the
Philippines, but the young daughter insists
that she is an American citizen and won't be
budged into going to her parent's home
country.
Lesson
 Lesson

We need to respect the

nation we represent
because that is where we
came from.
02
Paganly
By: Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido
Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido
- 1912 – 1994
- Was a Filipina linguist, writer,
and poet who wrote of the
Filipino woman’s experience
using the English language
during and after the American
colonial period in the
Philippines.
 Paganly

God, but I do
worship you.
Nun-like adoration? No.
Like a bird? So,
faith
natural breath.
 Paganly

I shall pray when prayer is

lip’s caprice
like the trilling of a bird
impulse-stirred.
God, to me a prayer
are as song to bird, and air
elemental,
not sacramental.
Lesson
 Lesson

We should respect what other

people believe in their own
beliefs or what they worship, if
we want our beliefs to be
respected too.
 03

Youth Speaks
By: Amador Daguio
Amador Daguio
- 1912 – 1966
- A Filipino writer and poet
during pre-World War II
Philippines.
- He was a Republic Cultural
Heritage awardee for his works.
 Youth Speaks

The poem starts with the youth speaking of their

plight, that the country they're inheriting from
the older generation is awful, the speaker then
says that they love their country wanting to help
by "cutting down thick jungles" and "removing
cancerous growths" but not being able to do so.
Lesson
 Lesson

Teaches young people how to

trust themselves and trust the
value of their own voices.
04
Values
By: IV Mallari
IV Mallari
- 1898 – 1979
- Whose full name is Ismael
Villanueva Mallari.
- He was primarily an essayist.
- He is ranked as the leading literary
and art critic in the Philippines.
- Taught library science at the
University of the Philippines and
college English at the Normal
College and University of the East
 Values

What is value?
 Values

• One's attitude toward life and behavior toward

others
• Focuses on our attitude toward God, nature, and
human being
• your character can best be judged in terms of your
sense of values ( moral & aesthetic )
 Values

How do we see God?

• Our Guide
• Our Protector
• A Policeman
• To whom we strike bargains
• Indulgent Father
 Values
What is our attitude toward nature?
• Boundless wealth
- Mountains and valleys
- Streams and bodies of water
- Plants and animals
- Minerals in its bowel
- Layer of air enveloping
• Patrimony
- Used wisely
- Developed
- Cherished
- Improved and enriched to succeeding generations
 Values

Regardless of people's sex, race, nationality,

religious belief, political affiliations, educational
attainments, and social and economic status - they
are neither better nor worse than you.
• We people are all equal.
• Your attitude toward God is closely intertwined with your
attitude toward human beings
- treating people well = treating God well
• “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
 Values

1. Do you prefer movies that are full of sound and fury?

- Signifies nothing.
2. Literatures that just enables you to escape from the rigors of life instead of
bringing you face to face with its problems?
- Your taste, your sense of aesthetic values leaves, much to be desired.
3. Do you, on the other hand, prefer quiet simplicity to lavish display or are you
aware of the nuances of tone and rhythm, and of the importance of silence in
spoken language as well as in music; and in visual arts?
- Your taste and your sense of aesthetic values is refined.

The best way to strengthen and refine your sense of values, moral and aesthetic, is for
you to expose yourself constantly to all forms of art especially literature, music, and
drama.
 Values

Two roles are given when we watch/read:

• Participant:
- You identify yourself with each of the characters.
- You think and feel the way he does and you experience muscular tensions
corresponding to his action.
- You understand why that person behaves that way.
• Onlooker:
- You stand aside and judge each of the characters in terms of your sense of values.
 Values
1. When you read a poem or an essay:
- You see life through his eyes.
2. When you hear a piece of music:
- You identify yourself with the composer through the singers or the orchestra.

Identifying yourself with the characters in a story or play, your spirit is bound to gain
the necessary fortitude that will enable you to cope with similar problems and
difficulties that comes into your life in the future.

The wonderful thing about art:

- You are just being entertained while performing this miracle and employing power
to edify and uplift his fellow beings, like you.
Lesson
 Lesson

Man has to be compassionate and

empathetic towards others instead
of being always pre-occupied with
himself. The values that will
enlighten and uplift Man. He
should never forget his values in
life.
Thank you for
listening!
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