21st Century Literature from the Phillippines and the World

source:   https://incendiaryjaycee.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/zsd.jpg?w=634 Title: My Father Goes To Court Author: Carlos Bulusan Author's Background: Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913 - September 11, 1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart , but he first gained fame for his 1943 essay on The Freedom from Want . source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Bulosan Vocabulary: Anaemic - suffering from anaemia. Robust - strong and healthy. Molave - is a medium size tree which grows to 15 meters. Feeble - very weak. Morose - very serious, unhappy, and quiet. source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary Characters: The Young Narrator - the son of the Father The Father - the young narrator's Father The Young Narrator's siblings The Rich Man - who filed a complaint against the Narrator's family T

source:  https://quotefancy.com/quote/1060444/John-Adams-Did-you-ever-see-a-portrait-of-a-great-man-without-perceiving-strong-traits-of Title: Portrait of a Great Man Author: Manuel A. Viray Author's Background:   Manuel A. Viray (1917-1955) was a Filipino writer and a poet. His works include Shawl from Kashmir and Other Stories and Wounded Stag: 54 Poems. The author is not too well-known in RP because he spent the better part of his life in overseas assignments. source:  http://www.answers.com/Q/Who_is_Manuel_Viray Vocabulary: Capricious - changing often and quickly ; especially : often changing suddenly in mood or behavior. Spiraling - a winding or circling around a central point and usually getting closer to or farther away from t  shaped or moving like a spiral. Chauffeur - a person whose job is to drive people around in a car. Tyrannical - using power over people in a way that is cruel and unfair. Guile - the use of clever and usually dishon