21st Century Literature E-Portfolio

1. WHAT DESCRIPTIONS WERE GIVEN ABOUT THE SETTING OF THE STORY?         - The story happened inside a hospital in Chechnya. It happened during a war.  2. WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE CONFLICT SURROUNDING THE STORY?          -The conflict around Chechnya. 3. WHAT WAS THE DEAL MADE BY SONJA AND AKHMED?          - They made a deal that' Sonja will accept his daughter if he will work in the hospital. 4. WHAT CHANGE IN ATTITUDE WAS EVIDENT IN THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE STORY AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END?          - The loss of her sister, Natasha, had a really big impact on her which affects her life including her job. 5. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE WRITER TO NARRATE THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE WARS TO REVEAL TRADITIONS IN CHECHNIYA?          -It is important so that the readers will be able to know/be aware of what hardships they encountered/experience during the ...

  LITERARY ELEMENT 1. Point of View 2. Conflict 3. Theme QUESTION 1. Who is narrating in the story? 2. What is the struggle of the main character? 3. What is the idea the story is focusing? ANSWER 1. The story is narrated by a narrator.  2. Maia is in need of a guardian who will live as her parents. Her relatives only taken care of her for her money her parents have left for her. 3. The idea is all about how three different lives of completely different people/children struggle. 

Short story: "SINIGANG" Answer the following questions. (For these questions, no need to answer in 5 sentences).  1. Where did the story happen?          - The story happened/took place at Liza's house in the kitchen while she and her aunt, Tita Loleng, were cooking Sinigang. 2. Who are the characters in the story?          - The protagonist in the story is Liza herself. The antagonist is her father who happens to have an affair with Sylvia. Other characters are Tita Loleng, Meg (her younger sister), Liza's mom, and Lem (Sylvia's son with her father).  3. What do you think led to the emotional separation of Liza from her father?          - That feeling happened because of the secret which Liza and her sister found out later on. Them knowing their father had an affair with Sylvia and them having a son stained Liza's relationship with her father. 4. What was the most interesting part of the story?  ...