Dead Stars Conflict

Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 38

Jesus, the great teacher and

our Lord, You were sent by


the Father to teach us that
He is the source of all that is
good, the foundation of
wisdom and knowledge.
Gathered today, we ask you
to send Your Holy Spirit to
help the learners understand
our lesson, guide them in
everything that they learn
from their teachers, and keep
them good, active, and
attentive.
We ask this prayer through
you, who live and reign with
the Father and the Holy
Spirit, God forever and ever.
Amen.
OBJECTIVES

Identify conflict as it appears in literature.


Distinguish between Internal and
External conflict, and their subcategories.
Introduction to
What is Conflict?

Conflict - is the struggle


between opposing
forces that creates
tension or suspense in a
story.
Categories of Conflict

External Conflict – Internal Conflict –


struggle between a struggle that takes
character and an place inside a
outside force character’s mind
Heads
or tails?
Types of Conflict

External Conflict –
struggle between a
character and an
outside force
External
Man vs. Man
The most straightforward type of conflict pits
the protagonist directly against another
character with apparently opposing aims.
External

Man vs. Nature


This type of conflict pits a story's main character
or characters against a natural force such as a
flood, predatory animal, or disease epidemic.
External

Man vs. Society


In many stories, the protagonist battles an
unjust element of government or culture.
External

Man vs. Technology


Humans and machines are at odds.
External

Man vs. Technology


The main character is up against supernatural
beings like the aswang and the manananggal of
Philippine folklore.
Types of Conflict

Internal Conflict –
struggle that takes
place inside a
character’s mind
Internal
Man vs. Self
Some literary conflicts take the form of a
character struggling to overcome fear,
addiction, emotional damage or other
crippling personal issue.
Conflict Game
Practice

Decide what type of conflict is


being illustrated in the
following pictures
1. Man vs. ?
2. Man vs. ?
3. Man vs. ?
4. Man vs. ?
5. Man vs. ?
Practice

Now that you have mastered


pictures, let’s try some
text!
6. Man vs. ?

“I don’t care who you talk


to!” screamed Sarah to
West. “I just wish I had
never met you!”
7. Man vs. ?

Two children are


adopted by an aunt
who plots to steal
their inheritance.
8. Man vs. ?

Unhappy with her


appearance, a
young girl
struggles with an
eating disorder.
9. Man vs. ?

When his father is badly hurt


during hike deep in the
Montana wilderness, a young
boy must make his way
back to civilization to get
help.
10. Man vs. ?

A star figure-skater must


conquer her fear and get
back on the ice after a
terrifying accident.
Dead
Stars
By: Paz Marquez- Benitez
The Author
• Paz Marquez- Benitez
was born in 1894 in
Lucena City, Quezon to
the prominent Marquez
family.
• authored the first Filipino
modern English language
short story, Dead Stars,
published in the
Philippine Herald in 1925.
Dead
Stars
Characters
• Alfredo Salazar - son of Don Julian, a more than 30 years old
man and a bachelor. He is engaged to Esperanza but him still
fleeting to Julia Salas.
• Esperanza - wife of Alfredo Salazar. She is a homely woman,
literal minded and intensely acquisitive. She is one of those
fortunate women who have the gift of uniformly beauty.
• Julia Salas - sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle. She is the other
girl of Alfredo Salazar that remains single in her entire life.
• Don Julian - an old man, a father of Alfredo Salazar and
Carmen.
• Carmen - sister of Alfredo Salas.
• Judge Del Valle - brother-in-law of Julia Salas.
• Donna Adella - sister of Julia Salas. She is small and
plump, a pretty woman with a complexion of a baby with
a expression of a likeable cow.
• Calixta - note-carrier of Alfredo Salazar and Esperanza.
• Dionisio - husband of Donna Adella.
• Vicente - husband of Carmen.
• Brigida Samuy - She is the illusive woman whose Alfredo
is looking for.
Plot
Introduction
At Don Julian's house Carmen was asking Do Julian about
Alfredo
and Esperanza. Alfredo reminiscence how we met Julia Salas.

Rising Action
He had gone neighboring with Don Julian to judge Del Valle's
house. He met Julia Salas. All the time he was calling her Mrs.
Del Valle which led to him to embarrassment. Coming to the
judge's house became often. Then he realized he was in love
with Julia in spite his engagement Esperanza.
Plot
Climax
After the procession of
The Lady of Sorrows Alfr
with Julia. It was whe edo caught up
n Julia found out ab
wedding so he congratu out Alfredo's
lated him
Alfredo needs to make
a very difficult situation
choose what he WANTS . Would he
to? Or would he choose
to? what he HAS

Falling Action
Julia didn't want Alfredo
not to honor his unders
Esperanza. She said go tanding with
odbye. He went home
And there, the last word to Esperanza.
has been said.
Plot
Denouement

Alfredo and Esperanza get married. After eight


years, he was searching for a lady named Brigida
Samuy a lady important for his defense in the
court-in Sta. Cruz, Julia's hometown. He went to
Julia's house and he found her there. Still
unmarried. And he realized that his love for Julia
was like a Dead Star. It was non existent.
Symbolism

 Dead Stars symbolize a dream for something that


is nonexistent. She was his dream, his star. He
thought he's in love. But like a dead star which is so
far away, and whose shine could be the leftover
traveling light
from it, he was a long way getting the girl and
he realized that he is no longer is attracted to
her.
It is not easy for Julia to stay away
from Alfredo because she had learn
to fall inlove with him for the past
years.
But she thinks of Alfredo’s sake and
respect Esperanza’s feelings.
Then again, she remains single.
Alfredo’s feelings towards Julia is
like a “Dead Star”, maybe its not
shining anymore but the memories
of them together will be in his heart
FOREVER..

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy