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    Paz Marquez Benitez's short story "Dead Stars" follows Alfredo, who falls in love with Julia but feels obligated to marry his long-time fiancée Esperanza. Years later, Alfredo visits Julia and realizes his love for her had faded, like a dead star whose light continues to shine long after it is gone.

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    Paz Marquez Benitez's short story "Dead Stars" follows Alfredo, who falls in love with Julia but feels obligated to marry his long-time fiancée Esperanza. Years later, Alfredo visits Julia and realizes his love for her had faded, like a dead star whose light continues to shine long after it is gone.

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    Paz Marquez Benitez's short story "Dead Stars" follows Alfredo, who falls in love with Julia but feels obligated to marry his long-time fiancée Esperanza. Years later, Alfredo visits Julia and realizes his love for her had faded, like a dead star whose light continues to shine long after it is gone.

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    Paz Marquez Benitez's short story "Dead Stars" follows Alfredo, who falls in love with Julia but feels obligated to marry his long-time fiancée Esperanza. Years later, Alfredo visits Julia and realizes his love for her had faded, like a dead star whose light continues to shine long after it is gone.

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    DEAD STARS

    Paz Marquez Benitez

    SUMMARY:

    Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story that any Generation-Z teenager will never understand. Dead
    Stars, a story of pain and sorrow that love can give to an everlasting life of happiness.

    ANALYSIS:

    In the story, dead stars symbolize a dream for something that is nonexistent. The guy loved the
    girl. She was his dream, his star. He thought there was love there. But like a dead star which is so far 
    away, and whose shine could actually be the leftover traveling light from it, he was a long way from
    getting the girl, and the love he t hought was possible, never was.

    MAIN CHARACTERS:

    Esperanza ± fiancée of Alfredo for four years


    Julia Salas ± the daughter of Judge Del Valle; a young gi rl out-of-town
    Alfredo Salazar ± the main in the story; a bachelor over thirty
    Don Julian ± the father of Alfredo Salazar 
    Carmen ± the younger sister of Alfredo Salazar 

    PLOT:

    A. EXPOSITION

     Alfredo met Julia Salas in a out of town business. But rather Alfredo and his father, Don
    Julian, became close to Judge del Valle. In time, Alfredo fell in love with Julia. Julia did not have
    any affection to Alfredo. But Alfredo has an on-going relationship back at home.

    B. RISING ACTION

      At the azotea, Don Julian and Carmen talks concerning the on-going relationship of 
      Alfredo Salazar and Esperanza. Perhaps, the relationship between Alfredo and Esperanza for 
    four years gradually ready to disappear. Don Julian once said ³I supposed long-engaged people
    are like that; warm now, cool tomorrow. I think they are oftener cool than warm. The very fact that
    an engagement has been allowed to prolong itself argues certain placidity of temperament--or of 
    affection--on the part of either, or both.´

    C. CONFLICT

    Everyone takes it for granted that Alfredo will eventually marry Esperanza. But although
    he is ashamed to admit it, the intensity of his passion for Esperanza has faded and he is attracted
    to Julia, whom he meets at a dinner party. But he is aware that all his loved ones-including Julia-
    would disapprove of his failure to honor his understanding with Esperanza. So he and Esperanza
    get married and have a f amily.

    D. CLIMAX

    Then, eight years later, he goes on a business trip to the town where Julia, still
    unmarried, lives. He goes to visit Julia, whom he has never forgotten.
    E. FALLING ACTION

    But he is surprised to find that he no longer feels attracted to her. He compares the
    memory of his love for her to dead stars, whose glow is still visible from the earth for years after 
    they are gone.

    F. RESOLUTION

    Remember love is a choice not an obligation. Make sure to lend touch, gifts, time, acts of 
    service and last but not the least words of compliment. Every person understands love best when
    it is communicated in one of those ways.

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