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    The short story "The Virgin" by Kerima Polotan is about a 34-year-old woman named Miss Mijares and her relationship with a carpenter. Miss Mijares had dedicated her early years to caring for her family and valued her virginity, which prevented her from having relationships. She becomes emotionally attached to the carpenter but is upset to discover he has a son. However, her feelings for the carpenter do not change and she learns to accept his son. The carpenter brings order to Miss Mijares' life and changes it for the better by helping her express herself freely. Her preserved virginity is a symbol of her dignity but was always meant to be surrendered to the right man.

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    The short story "The Virgin" by Kerima Polotan is about a 34-year-old woman named Miss Mijares and her relationship with a carpenter. Miss Mijares had dedicated her early years to caring for her family and valued her virginity, which prevented her from having relationships. She becomes emotionally attached to the carpenter but is upset to discover he has a son. However, her feelings for the carpenter do not change and she learns to accept his son. The carpenter brings order to Miss Mijares' life and changes it for the better by helping her express herself freely. Her preserved virginity is a symbol of her dignity but was always meant to be surrendered to the right man.

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    The short story "The Virgin" by Kerima Polotan is about a 34-year-old woman named Miss Mijares and her relationship with a carpenter. Miss Mijares had dedicated her early years to caring for her family and valued her virginity, which prevented her from having relationships. She becomes emotionally attached to the carpenter but is upset to discover he has a son. However, her feelings for the carpenter do not change and she learns to accept his son. The carpenter brings order to Miss Mijares' life and changes it for the better by helping her express herself freely. Her preserved virginity is a symbol of her dignity but was always meant to be surrendered to the right man.

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    The short story "The Virgin" by Kerima Polotan is about a 34-year-old woman named Miss Mijares and her relationship with a carpenter. Miss Mijares had dedicated her early years to caring for her family and valued her virginity, which prevented her from having relationships. She becomes emotionally attached to the carpenter but is upset to discover he has a son. However, her feelings for the carpenter do not change and she learns to accept his son. The carpenter brings order to Miss Mijares' life and changes it for the better by helping her express herself freely. Her preserved virginity is a symbol of her dignity but was always meant to be surrendered to the right man.

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    JOHN MARK SALDO 11-WISDOM EAPP

    The Virgin
    (by: Kerima Polotan)

    The Virgin by Kerima Polotan, she wrote this short story on 1952. The
    Virgin, won two first prizes: of the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards and
    of the Palanca Awards. “The Virgin” is a story about a woman named Miss
    Mijares that was about 34 years old, And the carpenter. This short story talks
    about how important virginity to a woman, and filipina should be proud to
    maintain her virginity.

    In 34 years, Ms. Mijares had never been committed in a relationship, when


    she was younger love does not cross her mind, and she always think about
    going and graduating to college. She also needs to take care of her niece and
    her mother; her duties did not allow her to be in a relationship. The first
    encounter of Ms. Mijares and the carpenter is at the job interview, Ms. Mijares
    thinks that she is superior to others. She uses polite language to communicate.
    She dedicated her early years for her mother, she valued her family more than
    herself. She really suffers from the death of her mother and it changes her
    personality, she had learned how to dress herself, she became soft hearted and
    open to others. She’s emotionally attached to the carpenter that she became
    angry when she knows that the carpenter has a son, she thought he was
    single. But this didn’t affect her feelings for the carpenter, she soon accepts
    that the carpenter has a son and never complains about it.

    The virgin deals how Ms. Mijares life was change by the carpenter, after all
    the things that happened to her when she was younger that caused her to be
    cold, and have a strong personality. Ms. Mijares is now free from all her
    problems because of the carpenter who brought order in her life, the carpenter
    fixed the life of Ms. Mijares, her love for the carpenter change her life for the
    better. She has gone through the protesting stage and now she is able to
    express herself, her own feelings, and her own desires. She is now capable of
    going beyond her social roles as she reveals that she is ready to surrender
    herself to the carpenter. Her virginity is a symbol of dignity; however it is a part
    of the women’s purpose to have a man who will be able to consume that long
    preserved virginity.
    Us a new generation we must read this story, because it well teach us how
    to value what we already have, than what we want to have. It also teaches us to
    have clear priority, just like Ms. Mijares, even if she somehow suffers from her
    experiences, but at least she knows her priority. I think the one knowledge that
    I want to share with you is always think the possible outcome of your every
    decisions.

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