Dead Stars Reflection

Confusions, Heartbreaks and love. These are the things that encapsulates the story between the three characters in the story entitled ''Dead Star". The story is a collection of complex situations that every man has to go through in life.

The account doesn't only focus on the idea of love, but also, it exhibits how one conquers himself by understanding his true feelings.He was trap in his own complication in choosing what he wants to do and what he wants to have. The society's strict rulerequired him to restrain such unwelcome emotions and so he proceeded to marry Esperanza. He found himself merely infatuated with Julia after he deliberately made a decision by choosing Esperanza. Though it's quite ashamed that it has taken him far too long, too many years wasted, to realize his feelings for the other woman was just like a death star, a star that sparkles and light radiate from it which he seeks love Julia but only to found out that light of the star no longer exist in the world. If he realize this earlier on by his own error.

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out whom you are or who you want to become.  You never know who these people may be, but when you lock eyes with them, you know that at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way. And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized it by your heart. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck, Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without the small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight flat road to nowhere.  It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

Analogy of Two Fictional Legends

The Importance of Studying Philippine Literature in English

                                Relevance of Studying Philippine Literature

                           Philippine literature includes the legends of prehistory, and the colonial legacy of the Philippines. It denotes important person,places and things and mark the Philippine history through the years. It is also develop and valued more by many people because it inspires and guide on how to live the lives in an ultimate and right way. Reading and writing is arguably most widely practice way of communicating. It awakens the mind on how Filipino before try to dwell with different languages and try to learn and express their thoughts and feelings.

                                  Many important things can be learned in the study of Philippine literature in English. Studying Philippine literature in English is important because these are reflections of history. Works of art and literature are not separate from history. In fact, these are the complex intertwined along with the contradictions in the society in a given point in time. Works of art and literature do not stand by themselves. Writers and artists are not creators who fashion words and works. These texts and pieces of art are products of the political institutions and ideological attitude of the writers which are shaped by the social conditions.

                                  Studying Philippine literature in English gives us a brief and fleeting landscape of the literary milieu since after the World War II. We should also consider those writers who went against American domination in education. These writers carry with them an ideology that is anti-colonial and therefore, an assertion of genuine nationalism. Nationalism has different manifestations in different periods in history. The true affirmation of nationalism during the American colonial period is the seeking of genuine freedom and democracy.

                       Like other races of the world, we need to understand that we have a great and noble tradition which can serve as the means to assimilate other cultures.Through such a study, we will realize our literary limitations conditioned by certain historical factors and we can take steps to overcome them.

                       Perhaps one of the greatest things about literature, is choosing it. Selecting a book is like deciding what you would like to do during weekend. Depending on what you choose; it can be very social, like being with others; introverted like going to a movie; or gluttonous like going out to eat.

                       Above all, as Filipinos, who truly love and take pride in our own culture, we have to manifest our deep concern for our own literature and this we can do by studying the literature of our country.