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The document outlines a literary reflection assignment for a literature course, focusing on various texts from the Philippines, China, India, South Korea, Africa, and Indonesia. Each section includes questions aimed at analyzing themes, characters, and cultural beliefs presented in the respective works. The assignment encourages critical thinking about the motivations and cultural contexts of the narratives.

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The document outlines a literary reflection assignment for a literature course, focusing on various texts from the Philippines, China, India, South Korea, Africa, and Indonesia. Each section includes questions aimed at analyzing themes, characters, and cultural beliefs presented in the respective works. The assignment encourages critical thinking about the motivations and cultural contexts of the narratives.

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Name: Subject/Schedule: Lit 101-TTH (3:00-4:30 pm)

Date: April 15, 2025 Instructor: Mrs. Manuel

LITERARY REFLECTION
PHILIPPINES

● The Witch by Edilberto K. Tiempo


1. What is a witch?
2. What characteristics and attitudes of the main character are shown when:
a. He closed his eyes twenty yards from the hut of the witch and run up the hill;
b. He thought of bringing home shrimps to his mother, and so he went to a creek a hundred yards
from Tio Sabelo’s house;
c. He mumbled his thanks and waded to the bend she had indicated; and
d. He thought that a helpless-looking little old woman couldn’t be Minggay, couldn’t be the witch.
He remembered her kind voice and the wood fragrance. She could be his own grandmother.
3. Who is Minggay? Cite proofs to their belief that she’s “The Witch”.
4. Why did he throw the shrimp back into the creek?
5. Do you really believe that Minggay is “The Witch”? Why or why not?
6. What Filipino belief is reflected in the story? How does it affect our way of living?

● What you don’t know about an OFW by Melody M. Al-Amrey


1. Why do you think some Filipinos work abroad? What are their motivations?
2. Where did the narrator work? State her sad experiences there.
3. What were the two disgusting things she witnessed from some OFW’s? Why did she consider them
ironic?
4. What was the narrator’s age when she decided to return to the Philippines? What was her
realization?
5. If you would be given the chance to work abroad for a greener pasture, would you grab it even if
your country needs you? Why or why not?
6. What Filipino culture is revealed in the text?
CHINA

● The Tiger Son- A Chinese Tale


1. How would you characterize Chen Ma?
2. If you were Chen Ma, would you do the same to the Tiger Son?
3. Is the foregoing tale allegorical in character?
4. Is Fu Chee an epitome of loyalty and fidelity to one’s master?
5. What Chinese customs, practices, and beliefs are embodied or depicted in the tale?
● By the lake- by Tu Fu
1. What makes Tu Fu one of the best Chinese poets in history?
2. Why do you think most of the poems of Tu Fu describe things in nature?
3. What do the following lines suggest: “Colors grace thatch homes for a moment/ Flocks and herds of
things wild glisten/ Faintly/ Then the scent of musk opens across/ Half a mountain-and lingers on
past noon.”
4. Love of nature is one of the conventions among Japanese writers as shown most frequently in their
Haiku; do you find the same characteristic in early Chinese poems?
5. What Chinese customs, traditions, and beliefs are reflected in the poems discussed?
INDIA

● If I were an Idol in a Temple by Arpita


1. What Indian religious practices are mentioned by the author?
2. Describe how they give respect and honor to their gods.
3. Do you think the author is trying to project an image of god? Cite lines that would support your
answer.
4. If you were an idol in a temple, how would you like to be treated? How would you wish to be
worshipped by the people? Scribble on a piece of paper the different ways by which you would like
to be treated if you were an idol in a temple.
5. What culture, traditions, and beliefs are reflected in the story?

● A Moment’s Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore


1. What is the poem all about?
2. Who do you think is being referred to in the last line of the poem?
3. Why does the author need a moment of indulgence? For what purpose does the author ask for it?
4. What Indian culture or belief is evident in the poem?
SOUTH KOREA

● The Nonrevolutionaries by Yu-Wol Chong-Nyon


1. In the story, who are the revolutionaries, the counterrevolutionaries, and the nonrevolutionaries?
Which of these groups is the main focus of the story? Explain your answer.
2. What conclusions can readers draw from Ok-Sun’s mother’s reaction to the soldiers’ coming into
house with their boots on?
3. What is ironic about Chong Nyon’s description of the foreign governments that controlled Korea’s
fate?
4. Do you think you would have reacted in the same way that the members of the crowd did in the
story?
5. What lesson or lessons do you learn from the story? Explain your answer.
AFRICA
● Moorish Marriage Customs
1. How is a Moorish wedding done? How does it differ to other culture of other countries? How is it similar
2. Does the essay teach any values to children and youth? Why? Why not?
3. Give as many interesting details as you can about a Moorish wedding.
4. Why do you suppose Moorish girls marry so young?
5. What traditional customs, beliefs and practices are depicted in the text?
● Butterfly
1. What is the symbolism of the butterfly in this poem?
2. What might the automobile signify?
3. Is the collision discussed in the poem literal or figurative?
INDONESIA
● Love Story
1. Indonesian, like the Filipinos, are fond of flowery words and exaggerations. A Filipino boy courting a girl
uses such expressions as "walang kapantay," "eyes like stars," hair as black as midnight," and a figure meant for
romance. Note, however, how his Indonesian counterpart mixes "lovely" descriptions with a generous
sprinkling of prosaic words like "hair... resembles a string of coins," and "mouth the fissure of a ripe
mangosteen." Does the love song lose any of its intended praise by these practical expressions? Explain.
2 What can you infer about the persona based on the way he expresses his love?
3 How do these images contribute to the persona's definition of his love?
4 Pick out the images in the poem which appeals to the different senses.

SIGHT HEARING SMELL TOUCH TASTE

● Circumcision
1. What sort of family does the narrator come from? What does the father do for a living?
2. Are they city people or village people? How do you know?
3. Why do the boys have to be circumcised? What preparations are made?
4. What are the boys feelings about it?
5. After the circumcision, what realization does he have? How does he feel about it?
One significant point in this story is that the child looks forward to circumcision as the start of new life, and
finds in the end that "nothing has changed." In this case, the culprit being pointed to for the non-change is
poverty. Do you agree? Disagree? Justify your answer.
7. What culture, tradition, or belief is reflected in the story?

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