LENGUA PARA DIABLO(THE EVIL ATE MY WORDS)

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AUTHOR

        Merlinda Bobis

BACKGROUND

        Merlinda Bobis live in Legazpi City, she attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A at aquinos University at Legazpi City. She awarded the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for poetry in Filipino. She holds the post graduate degrees from the University of Santo Thomas and University of Wollongong.

AUTHORS BACKGROUND

      Authorial information

Born in Legazpi City, in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. ... Also a dancer and visual artist, Bobis currently teaches at Wollongong University.

       Educational background

         University of Santo Thomas

         Wollongong

         She is post-graduate

      Family background

         Merlinda Bobis (born 25 November 1959) is a contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic.

Born in Legazpi City, in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. She holds post-graduate degrees from the University of Santo Tomas and University of Wollongong, and now lives in Australia. Written in various genres in both Filipino and English, her work integrates elements of the traditional culture of the Philippines with modern immigrant experience.

Also a dancer and visual artist, Bobis currently teaches at Wollongong University. Her play Rita's Lullaby was the winner of the 1998 Awgie for Best Radio Play and the international Prix Italia of the same year; in 2000 White Turtle won the Steele Rudd Award for the Best Collection of Australian Short Stories and the 2000 Philippine National Book Award. Most recently, in 2006, she has received the Gintong Aklat Award (Golden Book Award, Philippines) for her novel Banana Heart Summer, from the Book Development Association of the Philippines. Bobis won the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her book, Locust Girl:A

     List of works

            2012 fish hair woman

            2015 a love song

            2014 dream stories

            2019 LENGUA para diablo

    Textual information

It published on 2019 is a story about poetry  and a family that is suffering because on it. In the story, a man lost his job and has lost the will to talk to his wife-hence, the title, the devil ate his words.

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The story said “The devil ate his words”he doesn`t gain respect from his children, his pride and  especially his dignity was lost.the man has a wife who always nag him.She always complain about the life they have.The wife complains about the food they have, how their place she is, how small the house have. The man would just only offer her with kisses and promise to give her more luxury and a bigger house. He is only a mason but sadly got fired.The wife is getting sick of their life.As she nags ,the husband could only murmur,he lost his ability to speak. He would not say anthing.However along with their neighbor ,the narrators`s uncle and her father were fired by their employer because he found a construction worker with a cheaper labor wage.For two days,he has not told his wife that she has lost his job. He was not saying  anything and hardly eating anything. The narrator said his father has should said his father has sold his tongue to the devil.The situation is truly happening  now in the   in the society. Young faamily that is caused by early preganancyusually the victim for they don`t have enough knowledge and education.These situations are really present to our community.The situation is really difficultto the father because he needs to sacrifice all of his pride and ego to stay home and monitor to their kids.There are many possibilities that may happen the father may have another affair or may use drugs of abuse. Not just that the kids may mock thier fathers and be ashamed of them for they are not earning.This is really dishearting from the father`s side .That is why prope education and guidance of the guidance of the family is really important.So that we won`t have these kins of situation in our society for the main reasons of his Lack of Education.

               ANALYSIS

       ANALYSIS

Literary Genre

              Merlinda Bobis is an acclaimed Filipino-Australian writer and performer who has published in three languages. Her novels, short story and poetry collections, and plays have received various awards, including the Prix Italia, the Steele Rudd Award for the Best Published Collection of Australian Short Stories, the Australian Writers’ Guild Award, the Ian Reed Radio Drama Prize, and three national awards in the Philippines: the Carlos Palanca Literary Award, the Balagtas Award, and the Philippine National Book Award. She has been short-listed for ‘The Age’ Poetry Book Award and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Bobis has performed in Australia, Philippines, US, Spain, France, and China. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong. Her most recent publication is the novel Fish-Hair Woman. About the creative process, she says: ‘Writing visits like grace. Its greatest gift is the comfort if not the joy of transformation. In an inspired moment, we almost believe that anguish can be made bearable and injustice can be overturned, because they can be named. Her father didn’t say any word about his job to placate his family; the devil really ate his words.For me lengua para diablo tells us about a life of a man during this new society that having a change in the nature of work that women now work for the family and the father is being enclosed in the house for the family just like switching places in between. For me its true today because some father accept the role in the house and the mother is more easily to pick the job for the family. Lengua para diablo is a story behind the different faces of an individual in the Philippine Society. It is about a father whose right is abolished. It highlights the man, who is unemployed and his power to run the family. Considering the characteristics of men from the past up to today, we can conclude that they are not the one who easily let go of their pride. They are being described as strong and hardworking and also defined as the provider. But then in this story, it is the total opposite. Unemployed men were not treated properly and their capability to express themselves is somehow grasp away.Despite rapid economic growth in the Philippines in recent years, unemployment remains a persistent problem for the sprawling Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 million people.  Unemployment is one of the major economics problems. People who are considered unemployed are those who are seeking work or laid off for more then a week.Unemployment is serious problem that our government faces. Our leaders are trying their utmost best to solve it wisely. I hope that Duterte's regime will mark the end of unployment and I will also pray for the goodness of our country.The story lengua para diablo is about a father that is unemployed and is said that he did not contribute to his family. The father until that time was guilty for not being able to fulfill his duty as a father in his family. In that moment he felt like he was nothing in that house, can't speak comfortably, and pride. Is it still happening in the Phillipines today? Yes, it is still happening in the Philippines today. For me, I think it is because of lack of education. Education is the most important thing in life because it can't be removed and forgotten. Food can be digested but education cannot be removed and will remain in yourself forever. Any jobs that you will apply requires education.“Lengua is a Spanish word meaning “tounge,” which in the story, symbolizes the words eaten by the devil.“Banana Heart Summer.” Banana Heart Summer is written by Merinda Bobis. Merlinda Bobis is an acclaimed Filipino-Australian writer and performer who has published in three languages. Her novels, short story and poetry collections, and plays have received various awards. Evidence:In our culture father is considered the “haligi ng tahanan”, they are the face of the family. The father reflects what kind of family you are into. They are the role models of the family. What if a father loses his able to speak for himself?The story shows how unemployment and poverty greatly affects the situation of the family, particularly if the father is the one that is unemployed. The father in the story lost his pride and ability to speak for himself. He lost it all due to the reason that he has no work and no longer can support and contribute to his family financially. He has no more confidence to share his own views and opinions and looked down by his’ own children.

     Analysis

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Tone

       Tone is defined as story about poverty and a family that is suffering because it period in the story,a man lost his job and has lost the will to talk to be his wife

        Point of View   

   Is started when the daughter suspected that her father sold his tongue to the devil.Her father did not speak much in their house.Her father said”the devil ate his words” which means her forgot  what he was about to sat that statement appeases his wife

    

Diction and Style

    Formal because it was well written and well explain the type of world that another author can use is their own language or can also his different languages of the country

    Images and Symbols

      The image is the tastefulness of the food so that the father with a devil tongue gets the fines quality of unique flavor that serve

Theme

    The theme show to how to be strong in life and be succesful so that you can share with other people and they will have a lesson.They will have an idea how to make a story in such a way that they can express their thouhgts

         Contextual analysis

 Merlinda Bobis is an acclaimed Filipino-Australian writer and performer who has published in three languages. Her novels, short story and poetry collections, and plays have received various awards, including the Prix Italia, the Steele Rudd Award for the Best Published Collection of Australian Short Stories, the Australian Writers’ Guild Award, the Ian Reed Radio Drama Prize, and three national awards in the Philippines: the Carlos Palanca Literary Award, the Balagtas Award, and the Philippine National Book Award. She has been short-listed for ‘The Age’ Poetry Book Award and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Bobis has performed in Australia, Philippines, US, Spain, France, and China. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong. Her most recent publication is the novel Fish-Hair Woman. About the creative process, she says: ‘Writing visits like grace. Its greatest gift is the comfort if not the joy of transformation. In an inspired moment, we almost believe that anguish can be made bearable and injustice can be overturned, because they can be named. Her father didn’t say any word about his job to placate his family; the devil really ate his words

        Summary

             Therewas a family there that used to live well and happily.But in a problem did not turn out well. Because her husband lost his job and he was the only one living with them.And he us so that only hope this family so that they can have something to eat.The man has a wife who always nag him. She always complain about the life they have. The wife complains about the food they have, how hot their place she is, how small the house they have. The man would just only cajole her with kisses and promise to give her more luxury and a bigger house. The wife is getting sick of their life. As she nags, the husband could only murmur that he has sold his tongue to the devil. He would not just say anything. He is a mason. However along with their neighbor, the narrator's Tiyo Anding and her father were sacked by their Spanish employer because he found a construction worker with a cheaper labor wage. For two days, he has not told his wife that he has lost his job. He was not saying anything and hardly eating anything. The narrator said his father has sold his tongue to the devil. 

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21st CENTURY LITERATURE  FROM THE AND THE WORLD

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