NOVA MARIE O.

MARANGUIT

Task: Character Reading using Character Sketch Worksheet

 Describe the character of Loloy using specific lines and paragraphs of the story.
Ans: “Kid: upang di ka tuluyang mabaliw sa babae, ang tanging lunas ay umiwas ka sa kanila.”
“Hinahangaan mo ako sa kakayahan sa pagsulat ng maikling kuwento na pinadadala ko paminsan-
minsan sa Bisaya.”
Loloy is charismatic in a way that he talks to girls well and a good writer of a short story.

Communication Model

Sender Message Medium Receiver Desired Feedback

Loloy Kid Letter Kid

MESSAGE – what really happen to him and telling that the letter could answer why he went far away from
his bestfriend

The communication model schematizes the process of discursive communication from SENDER who sends
a message through a MEDIUM to an intended RECEIVER, who in turn sends a FEEDBACK to the sender, to
complete the discursive title. This schema is useful to clarify the sender’s discursive intent for the message, the
sender’s message in terms of content, form and style, and the sender’s choice of medium with which to reach the
intended receiver. The shaping of the message determines to a large extent the feedback given to the sender in most
cases, if the feedback sent to the sender is the feedback desired by the sender, then the sender can conclude that
the communicative process has succeeded as far as his/her intent is concerned

Was Loloy able to connect the details of his multiple narration?

Ans: Yes Loloy connected all details.

Close Reading of the Story

Guide Questions
1. Why does Loloy choose the personal letter as the best medium for telling his story to his friend “Kid”?

ANSWER: because it is easier for him to construct his message to KID, since he is also a good writer of a
short story he can manipulate the story, can express and put good implications to hide the truth.

1.2 Are there other ways of telling his story? How would these compare in effectiveness to the personal letter?
ANSWER: Yes by seeing each other but Loloy prefer to write it maybe because he’s afraid to face KID and to
see his reaction knowing what Loloy did to Pepita.
1.3 How would this compare in the effectiveness of the personal letter.
 ANSWER: personal letter is something serious. It is made for a specific person and not for anyone else.
2. Why does Loloy begin his letter in the form of a negation?

ANSWER : It is because Loloy is afraid to face KID knowing what Loloy did to Pepita. It shows like Loloy took
advantage of the kind of friendship that they share.
How does the negative tone work in terms of his purpose and desired feedback?
ANSWER: it is a contrast for readers.
3. Why does Loloy tell his dream? How do the words he placed in the mouth of “Kid – the lion in the dream” serve his
purpose and desired feedback?
ANSWER: Loloy’s dream is telling that Kid will soon know the truth that it would be a big revelation and their
friendship may be the cost since he made love with Pepita and without telling Kid immediately.
4. Why does Loloy recall for his friend how they started their friendship?
Answer: Because he want to bringing back those happy memories for being his bestfiend.
5. Why does Loloy recall for his friend the advice given in “exact” quotes? How does this quotation work in terms of
his purpose and desired feedback?
Ans: Because he insist about his weaknesses being womanizer he said “Gianod Ako” which means he can’t resist
the temptation.

6. Why does Loloy recall for his friend how the family had accepted him as one of their own?
ANSWER: To make him look sincere in bringing back those happy memories and telling slowly
what his main purpose of sending a message.

How does the story of the mother’s response to Loloy, work for his purpose and desired feedback?
ANSWER: That the mother is so kind to him and he have this “utang na loob” or “ debt of gratitude”
7. Why does Loloy recall for his friend that they were different in the way women affected them? How does
the comparison and contrast technique, work for Loloy’s purpose and desired feedback?
Answer: In the story which revolves around Loloy who has a weakness to women’s flirtatious actions.
Loloy has a bestfriend named Kid who advised him to stay away from women in order to avoid temptation.
However, due to his stubbornness, he disobeyed Kid. And because of this, Loloy and Kid were not able to
do their daily activities in school, go out at night, watch movies or even just smoking some cigars. Loloy is a
guy who is fond of reading which gives him the talent to write, but unfortunately, it stopped because he
prioritizes his girls than his talent.
8. Why does Loloy recall for his friend the question of Pepita while he was reading Jose Garcia Villa’s list of
winning stories? Why is Jose Garcia Villa mentioned?

Answer: Jose Garcia was mentioned because he was reading an article about criticizing the short stories published in
English newspapers, Loloy was enjoying reading it since he also write short stories.

9. Why does Loloy tell his friend about that crucial morning in July when Pepita was “mabigat at matalas
ang pananalita” towards him?
Answer: to tell his best friend that before it happened Pepita has this motive already.
10. Why does Loloy follow Pepita into the house? How is this action made to look logical and justified?
Answer: He followed meaning a possibility of his advantage.
11. Why does Loloy put words into the mouth of Pepita when she, according to his own narration, did not
speak but that “ang kanyang mga mata ang sumagot”? How do these words work towards his purpose and
desired feedback?
Answer: He tried to convince his best friend that it was Pepita who initiated the kiss and all.
12. Why does Loloy tell his friend that he and Pepita were alone in the living room that time? How does this
revelation in one short paragraph work towards his purpose and desired feedback?
Ans: He took advantage of the fact that they were two alone in the house, it increases the level of lustiness
in his mind and could possibly be also the reason why it happened.
13. Why does Loloy follow up this revelation with the metaphor of a violent, turbulent flood
(“dumadagundong na baha,” “rumaragasang tubig,” “nakakapangilabot na agos”, “naglalakihang mga
agos”) and his reaction to such force?
Answer: He was trying to imply that he was carried away with Pepita’s aggressiveness as he described it.
that he is only a man that can be tempted also
How do the images in metaphoric language work towards his purpose and desired feedback?
Ans: BEING HELPLESS
14. Why does Loloy end his narration with a short one-sentence paragraph about Pepita’s smile? How
does this work towards his purpose and desired feedback?

Answer: To let us know Pepita gives her the signal and like it but the big question is did Pepita
is really the one who smile or the other way round? this is victim blaming, he tried to convinced his best friend that it
part of Pepita’s great plan.

Creative Writing (Learning Task) :

Writing Pepita and Kid’s feedback to Loloy;

Task
 Write a response to Loloy by describing and narrating the suppressed feelings and feedback of
“Kid” and Pepita.
Ans: The interpretation of the story was in Loloy’s perspective. Which was what he would want the
readers to see but it does not mean that it actually happened. It said how Pepita enjoyed the encounter
that they had and that she even smiled in the end. However, that was Loloy’s perspective. But what
really happened was Pepita was raped by Loloy because he of his temptation to women.
 If you were Loloy’s friend “Kid”, what would be your response to Loloy’s letter?
 Ans: If I were Kid, I would still forgive Loloy given his confession in the story because for me,
everybody makes mistakes. Even if you tell someone not to do this, they still end up doing it again.
In Loloy’s case, women are his weakness. It’s not that easy to fight against your temptation.
However, Loloy took advantage of the kind of friendship that they share. But it does not mean that
just because of that incident, Kid would start ignoring him or not forgive him. If they are truly best
friends, Kid would understand Loloy’s point of view.
 If you were Pepita, what would be your response to Loloy’s letter?
Ans: I will write about my side through a personal letter explaining that I was been raped by Loloy.

Assessment (Journal Entry):

Extending the Narrative by writing a probable ending.

Task:
Write a probable ending that would include the narrative/response of “kid” and Pepita:

Ans: Loloy is a good fictional story writer. We would sense that this letter is just full of lies. Pepita didn’t say
anything in real-life. Loloy just assumed those words coming out of Pepita by observing her eyes. And the
sex thing, that is actually rape by Loloy. He raped his best friend’s sister! How bad of him. That’s how he’s
great at lies. He just used his best friend in order to gain pleasure from raping his sister. Loloy’s weakness
might not really be falling easily for girls, but rather falling easily for lust. The first thing that comes into my
mind when I read the story is that the main sin of Loloy that made Kid mad is when he made love with
Pepita and to not tell Kid immediately but instead he wrote a letter of apology. But when we discussed it in
class, we realized that as told, Loloy is a good writer of short stories and that he is charismatic in a way that
he talks to girls well and therefore, he becomes an unreliable writer because of this trait. It is said to us that
all the good traits shown in the last paragraph are not all true and that Loloy made that up to prepare Kid to
tell him that he raped Pepita because of lack of self-control and then hides it because of the good
implications that he included.