Magnificence Writing and Vicente - 1141 Words

I. Title: MAGNIFICENCE II. Author: Estrella D. Alfon Biography Estrella Alfon was born in San Nicolas, Cebu City on March 27, 1917. She went to medical school to finish her medicinal studies but when she was misdiagnosed for having tuberculosis, she had to withdraw from her studies. She finished her education with a degree in Associate of Arts instead. She became the first and only female member of the Veronicans, a group of writers in the 1930s, prior to the Second World War, led by Francisco Arceuana and H.R. Ocampo. They were recognized as the first group of Filipino writers who wrote almost exclusively in English. She was named the most prolific Filipina writer prior to World War II. Estrella Alfon’s first story was†¦show more content†¦The family absolutely trust him for they think that this man was always so gentle, so kind, and there was nothing to fear with when he is around. When Vicente came earlier usual in that evening. The children immediately put the lesson down, telling him of the envy of their schoolmates and would buy them more pencils. The Vicente asked Oscar, the young brother to get him some glass of water. Vicente held the little girl by the arm the let the girl take her full trust and when he took the little girl up lightly in his arms and holding her under armpits the held her to sit down on his lap. Then the girl keeps squirming and for somehow she felt uncomfortable to be held looked around at Vicente interrupting her careful writing to twist around. Then Vicente’s face was wet and sweat and his look eyes looked strange. When the mother bathed the little girl and she throws the clothes at the garbage bin and on the next day burned it with the pencil on it. VI. Theme: Empowerment of a Woman – this is how a mother turn to a woman to fight for a mother’s right in term of abuses. VII. Point of View: The innocence of the daughter, the child who is always referred to as little girl throughout the story. She cannot know, is oblivious to, what Vicente desires of her but at the same time she is aware on an instinctive level that something is amiss. The author shows that Vicente further derivesShow MoreRelatedLife and Works of Estrella Alfon7175 Words   |  29 Pagespoor health, she could manage only an A. A. degree from the  University of the Philippines. She then became a member of the U. P. writers club and earned and was given the privileged post of National Fellowship in Fiction post at the U. P. Creative Writing Center. She died in the year 1983 at the age of 66. She was born in  Cebu City  in 1917. Unlike other writers of her time, she did not come from the intelligentsia. Her parents were shopkeepers in Cebu.[1]  She attended college, and studied medicineRead MoreMagnificence by Estrella Alfon5402 Words   |  22 PagesMAGNIFICENCE by Estrella Alfon There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind. At night when the little girl and her brother were bathed in the light of the big shaded bulb that hung over the big study table in the downstairs hall, the man would knock gently on the door, and come in. He would stand for a while just beyond the pool of light, his feet in the circle of illumination, the rest of him in shadow. The little girl and her brother would look up at him where they sat at