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GABRIEL, EDMAR B. Like The Molave

This document contains a course syllabus for a Survey of Philippine Literature in English class at Panpacific University. It lists the course details including title, schedule, instructor, and assignments for student Gabriel Edmar B. The assignments include discussing the concept of "Filipinism" in a literary work, identifying elements of poetry in a poem, discussing symbolism, and explaining allegories and themes within the poem.

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GABRIEL, EDMAR B. Like The Molave

This document contains a course syllabus for a Survey of Philippine Literature in English class at Panpacific University. It lists the course details including title, schedule, instructor, and assignments for student Gabriel Edmar B. The assignments include discussing the concept of "Filipinism" in a literary work, identifying elements of poetry in a poem, discussing symbolism, and explaining allegories and themes within the poem.

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PANPACIFIC UNIVERSITY

School of Education and Arts


Academic Year: 2020 – 2021
2nd Wave – 2nd Trimester
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Course Title: Survey of Philippine Literature in English


Schedule: Tuesday and Friday 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Instructor: Ms. Marie Lee Anne Castro, PhD

GABRIEL, EDMAR B. MARCH 31, 2021


BSEd English 2

1. This selection has been described as an “eloquent statement of Filipinism.” Discuss


what “Filipinism” is and comment on the aptness of this description at the present
time.

Scholarly articles define Filipinism as referring to the practice of contextualizing


thoughts, ideas, and life experiences in a Filipino ideal. These are words or phrases that
are usually grammatically incorrect or are almost always results of transliteration.
Filipinisms is a ‘coined terminology’ for loosely translated English phrases that are used
by most Filipinos. It could be used during an informal conversation but with business-
related communication, it can cause unanticipated misunderstandings. According to
Reyes (1980), the poem was identified at one time as the fore- most poetic expression of
Filipinism and it has also been considered an example of the failure of Filipino writing in
English. The status of English in the Philippines is unique among countries in Southeast
Asia. Aside from the small city-state of Singapore, the Philippines is the only country in
the region to mandate a fully bilingual public education for all children beginning in
grade school. Under the official policy, both Filipino and English are taught as language
subjects in public schools, with English being the sole language used in science,
mathematics and other courses. As time goes by, we learned and adopted the English
language and became our unofficial second language. By that, we became conscious with
our grammar and known as English-friendly society, the country is an attractive tourist
and retirement destination. I think, Filipinism is our standardized English and being
enhanced and corrected as time goes by as we learned the English Language.

2. Identify and discuss the elements of poetry in this poem.

a. Style – Lyric poetry because it is author’s confession of his personal feelings.


b. Symbol – Molave symbolizes what Filipinos should and must be. Filipino need to
be firm, staunch, and resilient.
c. Theme – The future of a country depends from its people that in the poem it is all
about peace, making a better life and place to live in that every Filipino should
and must give effort to make the nation better and stronger.
d. Imagery – There are a thousand waters to be spanned
There are a thousand mountains to be crossed
There are a thousand crosses to be borne
Shed once again your willing blood!
Infuse the vibrant red into our thin, anemic veins
Until, we pick up your promethean tools and strong,
Like the molave, firm, resilient, staunch
Rising on the hillside, unafraid
Strong in its own fiber, yes, like the molave!
e. Rhyme, Rhythm, and Meter – Free Verse
f. Simile - like the Molave, firm, resilient, staunch,
Strong in its own fiber, yes, like the Molave!

3. What are the qualities of the molave and how are these qualities found in people?

The qualities of the molave are firm, resilient, staunch, and strong. Firm by behaving in a
way that shows that they are not going to change their mind. Resilient by conquering
problems and adversities. Staunch by being loyal and committed. Lastly, strong in its
own fiber by being unbreakable.

4. Explain: why does the speaker of the poem say that the “youth are a bitter pill to
swallow?”

To highlight the significance of younger generation or youth, and how they must fight for
the country and improve the Filipino way of living, it is an unpleasant fact that must be
endured and accepted by the Filipino that is why the speaker stated in his poem “youth
are a bitter pill to swallow.”

5. Identify the allegories found in the poem and explain each.

Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are


Grown flaccid with dependence, smug with ease
Under another’s wing. Rest not in peace;
Not yet, Rizal, not yet.
These lines depict the weakness and dependence of Filipinos even during 1940’s
Philippines’ pre-independence. It illustrates how we barely stand up on our own by
growing complacent and conditioned to post-colonial mentality. The Philippine society
back then seemed to lose its own identity because of the consistent colonization. The line
“Rest not in peace; Not yet, Rizal, not yet” is repeated to show that Rizal should
continually haunt the Filipinos who almost always forgot to pursue the long-lost
aspiration or dream for independence.

Infuse the vibrant red


into our thin anemic veins; until
we pick up your Promethean tools and, strong,
Out of the depthless matrix of your faith
in us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom,
we carve for all time your marmoreal dream!
Rafael Zulueta da Costa badly wants to ignite the fighting spirit and arise the nationalism
of his countrymen. He wants to awaken the social consciousness that sleeps within them.
As what Alaman said, “Through infusing or carrying on the nationalistic spirit to the next
generation, history will be made known on how epic were our heroes and thus will touch
the hearts of the oblivious Filipinos who will then preserve our independence knowing
we got freedom out of blood, sweat and tears.”

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