Yanggaw is a film directed by Richard Somes. The said film depicts a story of a woman, named Amor is facing drastic changes upon having a mysterious sickness. Later on it was found that her sickness is causing her to turn into a monstrous beast at night or in Philippine folklore, she has turned into a yanngaw or aswang. According to Merriam-Webster, aswang is a witch who possesses evil spirit. The film mainly revolved into two aspects. First was how her family responded to her condition and the second aspect illustrates as to how others, meaning their neighbors, had reacted to the changes happening to Amor and her family. The said two aspects were illustrated in a cause and effect flow of narration. In the beginning of the film, the viewers are given an introduction as to how Amor is doing; perhaps there was a glimpse of Amor’s current situation. She was so sick to the extent that she does not utter any word, she couldn’t even open her eyes at first, which could also imply how terrible her feeling was. Furthermore, her body was not entirely shown and a great emphasis was given to her face, this shot implies two things. The suspension of showing her entire body, perhaps showing her face alone, allows the viewers to think what kind of sickness Amor was experiencing. Moreover, this could also illustrate the discomfort she was feeling, and how helpless her situation was as she was just wrapped in a blanket and could not do anything. Given with her vulnerable, sickly sate, Amor went to home in order to seek rest and comfort in the arms of her family. Her arrival was a surprise for her family. Two things brought their surprise. First was that they are shocked that Amor is home again, and second was Amor’s state when she got home, a... ... middle of paper ... ... inferred that the filmmaker did such in order to illustrate the over all theme of the film which was the strength of every family. More often than not, families face difficulties that will test their unity and their oneness, just like occurrence of change in Amor’s physical and psychological state. Sometimes, some of them would run away from their families in the hope of escaping their problems, just like Toto, but no matter what happened they would always find refuge back in the arms of their families just like Amor, and more importantly there is an existence of a never-ending love of parents to their children, just like Nyor and Inday who are willing to protect and save their children from possible threats. Although, Nyor had killed his daughter in the end, I perceived such act as something heroic in which he saved his daughter from further corruption of her.
In this chapter Reyna is reunited with her father, however she is disappointed of their obvious emotional detachment. Even though, she has complicated relationships with both of her parents with the inclusion of this scene the reader learns of the relationship between her and Mago. To Reyna this sisterhood bond is valuable and fundamental to her growth. Due to the emotional distance between Reyna and her parents the siblings foster a stronger bond as an act of resilience against their complex relationships with their parents. Taking in consideration the achievements of Reyna Grande as an author, aside of growing up in poverty and the difficult relationship with her parents is an act of personal resilience. By sharing her story Grande can foster community resilience for those that find representation in her work. Also, due to her vulnerability and the act of letting the reader into her healing process, her narrative creates a sense of empathy in the reader and for those with similar experiences solidarity and
...serve “with great distinction as a Stabile” (123). Solly finds places to belong, and Teyeo finds he belongs at her side. Marghe is only able to find a place and fall in love after she has truly come to know and understand herself. She joins a family, helps to support it, and learns to belong. Romantic love, instead of making her belong, becomes possible only after Marghe has taken significant steps towards finding her place rn the world. Nonetheless, in both cases, the authors demonstrate their characters’ need for true human contact and companionship and their own belief that such contact is an important part of life. To become whole, the outsider must come in.
One member of this society is not as eager to keep the status quo. Cuiqiao is seen in the beginning apprehensively observing an arranged marriage. Her older sister had been beaten by her betrothed and the audience is never informed on how her mother died. Cuiqiao expresses her sorrow in song, most pitifully in th...
Mrs. Mallard’s repressed married life is a secret that she keeps to herself. She is not open and honest with her sister Josephine who has shown nothing but concern. This is clearly evident in the great care that her sister and husband’s friend Richard show to break the news of her husband’s tragic death as gently as they can. They think that she is so much in love with him that hearing the news of his death would aggravate her poor heart condition and lead to death. Little do they know that she did not love him dearly at all and in fact took the news in a very positive way, opening her arms to welcome a new life without her husband. This can be seen in the fact that when she storms into her room and her focus shifts drastically from that of her husband’s death to nature that is symbolic of new life and possibilities awaiting her. Her senses came to life; they come alive to the beauty in the nature. Her eyes could reach the vastness of the sky; she could smell the delicious breath of rain in the air; and ears became attentive to a song f...
Looking back on the death of Larissa’s son, Zebedee Breeze, Lorraine examines Larissa’s response to the passing of her child. Lorraine says, “I never saw her cry that day or any other. She never mentioned her sons.” (Senior 311). This statement from Lorraine shows how even though Larissa was devastated by the news of her son’s passing, she had to keep going. Women in Larissa’s position did not have the luxury of stopping everything to grieve. While someone in Lorraine’s position could take time to grieve and recover from the loss of a loved one, Larissa was expected to keep working despite the grief she felt. One of the saddest things about Zebedee’s passing, was that Larissa had to leave him and was not able to stay with her family because she had to take care of other families. Not only did Larissa have the strength to move on and keep working after her son’s passing, Larissa and other women like her also had no choice but to leave their families in order to find a way to support them. As a child, Lorraine did not understand the strength Larissa must have had to leave her family to take care of someone else’s
Sula and Nel’s friendship in their childhood was beneficial for both of them. Sula’s meeting of Nel was fortunate, because they find a soul mate within each other. They are both the daughters of “distant mothers and incomprehensible fathers” (Morrison, 50). Both girls lack affection in their relationships with their mothers. They can’t find this affection in their relationships with their fathers either, because Sula’s father is dead while Nel’s father is away at sea. They find the affection they need with each other. Their friendship was a way to mother each other. Since they can’ find the support they need from their families with their families they began to support each other and figure out what each other need in their life. The significance
This film is about a culture where men primarily dominate the sport of Eagle hunting. Traditionally. Eagle hunting would symbolize becoming a man, as this tradition was passed from father to son. Even though it is traditionally for boys, a girl named Aisholpan decided to become an eagle huntress. The elders in the community disapprove of this, but she does it anyway with the help of her father. Her father takes her to get herself an eagle and then she trains with it. Later she joins the competition and wins her first festival, killing a fox and having true happiness. This film is Ex-centric. The girl, Aisholpan, is outside of her culture and developing an understanding of it. Aisholpan has joined the Eagle hunting Culture and is outside the center of her culture a female Mongolian. She is making sense of the future of her world by defamiliarizing herself with the traditional roles of females in her culture. This film is not very Ethnocentric because she is not believing that her cultural is the best, she is changing it. “This is just the beginning [ of girls hunting eagles]” according to her
there they are, the parents, helpless and lifeless in front of you. Minou, Cyrus’ Mother, describes the death of her Father as a deep stab, like a bullet in the heart that pierces the body deeply. The deaths of my Sister, of my Mother and my Father were like Minou’s Father’s death, deep, painful, sad. Then, the pain and sadness are gone. They remain a fond memory of the good things we did together.
In this chapter Reyna is reunited with her father, however she is disappointed of their detachment. Even though, she has complicated relationships with both of her parents with the inclusion of this scene the reader learns of the relationship between her and Mago. To Reyna this sisterhood bond is valuable and fundamental to Reyna’s growth. Due to the emotional distance between Reyna and her parents the siblings foster a stronger bond as an act of resilience against their complex relationships with their parents. Taking in consideration the achievements of Reyna Grande as an author, aside of growing up in poverty and the difficult relationship with her parents is an act of personal resilience. By sharing her story Grande can foster community resilience for those that find representation in her work. Also, due to her vulnerability and act of letting the reader into her healing process, her narrative creates a sense of empathy in the reader and for those with similar experiences solidarity and
Since Sister was affected the most by certain actions of the family, Welty narrated this short story through Sister’s point of view to show how the function of the family declined through these actions. Sister was greatly affected when her sister broke the bonds of sisterhood by stealing her boyfriend and marrying him. Secondly, Sister was affected by the favoritism shown by her family towards her younger sister. Since her sister was favored more than her, this caused her to be jealous of her sister. For example, Sister shows a lot of jealousy by the tone she uses when describing what Stella-Rondo did with the bracelet that their grandfather gave her. Sister’s description was, “She’d always had anything in the world she wanted and then she’d throw it away. Papa-Daddy gave her this gorgeous Add-a-Pearl necklace when sh...
The story told in “Beloved” contains a process of memorialization and change. In this process, the relationship between women is very important. Some relations are dominated by violence and hate, others are full of confidence and love. In those relationships rememory and storytelling are important factors, because the women get to know each other better by telling stories about the past. They get to know much more about each other, through which their relationship dóes change.
Reading this book has been interesting and heartbreaking experience. A Year of Magical Thinking, a journey through the grieving process. While dealing with the death of her husband, she is confronted with the sickness of her only child. This book touches me, and it makes me think of what would happen if my loved one died. This paper is a reflection of my thoughts and feelings about this woman’s journey that has been explored by book and video. I will also explore the author’s adjustment process, and how she views her changed self.
The high level of expertise by the author using the third person narrative of the view of the protagonist husband shows that he was oblivious to the fact that his wife was ver...
The short stories “Souls Belated” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” have in common ‘Marriage’ as main theme. However, the marriage is treated quite differently in both short stories. In "Souls Belated", Lydia chooses to take control of her destiny, to deviate from conventions and to choose what is good for her. She is the strongest character of the couple. Whereas, in "The Yellow Wallpaper", the name of the main character who is also the narrator of the story is not known. She is identified as being John’s wife. This woman, contrary to Lydia in "Souls Belated" is completely locked up in her marriage. This essay will first describe and compare the characters of Lydia and John's wife in the context of marriage, and then it will look at how marriage is described, treated and experienced by couples in these two short stories.
crean sentimientos de nostalgia y orgullo por lo que el llama “las bellezas de la patria”(13). Es obvio que esos sentimientos nacionalistas y regionalistas hacen resaltar la emocion que el siete sobre su patria. Son tambien muy evidentes sus emociones personales al hablar sobre de la perdida del amor puro y el movimiento hacia el amor por lo material, “saber amar bien y cumplidamente,