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    Short Story Analysis (Our Lady Dinagat)

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    The short story "Our Lady of Dinagat" by Leoncio P. Deriada tells of how the Virgin Mary protects the island of Dinagat. As the people of Dinagat become corrupt and neglectful of their religious duties, a powerful typhoon threatens to destroy the island. However, Mary performs a miracle when she returns a borrowed necklace to its owner, revealing her protection of the island. The story highlights the unconditional love of God even for those who stray from their faith.

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    Short Story Analysis (Our Lady Dinagat)

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    The short story "Our Lady of Dinagat" by Leoncio P. Deriada tells of how the Virgin Mary protects the island of Dinagat. As the people of Dinagat become corrupt and neglectful of their religious duties, a powerful typhoon threatens to destroy the island. However, Mary performs a miracle when she returns a borrowed necklace to its owner, revealing her protection of the island. The story highlights the unconditional love of God even for those who stray from their faith.

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    The short story "Our Lady of Dinagat" by Leoncio P. Deriada tells of how the Virgin Mary protects the island of Dinagat. As the people of Dinagat become corrupt and neglectful of their religious duties, a powerful typhoon threatens to destroy the island. However, Mary performs a miracle when she returns a borrowed necklace to its owner, revealing her protection of the island. The story highlights the unconditional love of God even for those who stray from their faith.

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    Short Story Analysis (Our Lady Dinagat)

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    The short story "Our Lady of Dinagat" by Leoncio P. Deriada tells of how the Virgin Mary protects the island of Dinagat. As the people of Dinagat become corrupt and neglectful of their religious duties, a powerful typhoon threatens to destroy the island. However, Mary performs a miracle when she returns a borrowed necklace to its owner, revealing her protection of the island. The story highlights the unconditional love of God even for those who stray from their faith.

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    Our Lady of Dinagat

    by: Leoncio P. Deriada

    Reporter: Gwynne Wabe


    Riddles:

    • A deep well full of knives

    •  It dies everyday, then lives every year

    • Just within range of sight, yet unreachable

    • It's here, its here, but you can not see. 

    • I have a friend and he is with me everywhere I go.


    About the Author:
    Leoncio P. Deriada is a Filipino writer and professor emeritus of creative writing and
    literature at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas in Iloilo. Fictionist, poet, and
    playwright. Leoncio P. Deriada is known as the father of contemporary West Visayan
    literature. He earned his MA in English at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro, and his
    PhD in English and Literature from Silliman University in Dumaguete. He was an award-
    winning fictionist, poet, and playwright, producing stories such as The Road to
    Mawab and The Day of the Locusts, and plays such as The Dog-Eaters and Medea of
    Siquijor. Known for being a prolific writer in various languages – he wrote in English,
    Filipino, Hiligaynon, Kiniray-a, and Cebuano – Deriada was a champion for writing in
    one’s mother tongue.
    Leoncio P. Deriada
    The story started in a way of stating how the island of Dinagat was
    being protected by the flowing skirt of the Immaculada Conception,
    the towering saint. Then the people try to abuse the goodness of the
    saint Immaculada Conception. Because of the Lady of Immaculada
    Conception, the island was not freaquently visited by a typhoon.
    People are starting to be corrupt and evil. Men went cockpit, boys
    gambled and drunk. Then the women gasified most of their time,
    neglecting their children. They even forgot to honor the lord’s day
    because of laziness after dancing late Saturday nights. Dinagatnons'
    negligence to the religious activities led to the destruction in the
    island due to the strong typhoon and how the Mary showed her first
    miracle.
    Two nights before the fiesta of Our lady Dinagatnon, Nang Tinang, a rich
    matron in Surigao was approached by a young girl in her house. The girl
    asked if she could borrow a jewel from Nanang Tinang because she is one
    of the participant or one of the dancers for the fiesta. Fortunately, Nang
    Tinang let her borrowed the golden necklace with crucifix as a locker but
    she forgot to ask the name of the little girl. Later then, she realized that
    she is still confident that the girl will return her jewel for she promised to
    her and she will visit Dinagat on the fiesta. So, she would meet her there.
    On the fiesta eve, Nang Tinang arrived in Dinagat and stayed with lola Ana,
    one of the devotees of the Lady. In the afternoon of the eve, Nang Tinang
    went to the church to see the group of the dancers and also to look for the
    girl who borrowed her jewel. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to see the girl.
    Worried Nang Tinang went to the Immaculada Conception to pray and cry
    for help to find the girl who borrowed her necklace. As she lift her face to
    see Mary. While looking to the face of Mary, she was surprised and realized
    that the face of Mary was very much alike to the girl who borrowed her
    necklace.
    After that, Nang Tinang went home. As she arrives, she checked her

    jewelry box and shockingly saw that the borrowed necklace was back

    in place. She taught that nobody could return it hurriedly or just for a

    day since she rode the first trip from Dinagat to Surigao.
    ANALYSIS
    Author: Leoncio P. Deriada Theme:

    Characters: • Unconditional love of God

    • Nanang Tinang Setting:

    • Young girl • Dinagat Islands

    • Lola Ana
     PLOT

     RISING ACTION

     FALLING ACTION

     CONFLICT

     CLIMAX

     POINT OF VIEW
    Thank you for
    Listening!!!

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