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    MAGNIFICENCE

    Magnificence is a short story by the cebuano


    writer estrella D. Alfon (1917-1983). It's one of
    the stories contained in her short story collection

    Estrella D. Alfon (1917-1983)


    Freytag’s Pyramid
    describes the five
    key stages of a story,
    offering a conceptual
    framework for writing
    a story from start to
    finish. These stages
    are:
    1.Exposition
    2.Rising Action
    3.Climax
    4.Falling Action
    5.Resolution
    Estrella Alfon
    Estrella D. Alfon (July 18, 1917 – December 28, 1983) was a Filipina
    author who wrote in English. She held an AA degree from the
    University of the Philippines and was a member of the UP Writers
    Club.In spite of having only a basic A.A. degree, she was eventually
    appointed as a professor of Creative Writing at the University of
    the Philippines, Manila. She held the National Fellowship in
    Fiction post at the U.P. Creative Writing Center in 1979. She
    would also serve on the Philippine Board of Tourism in the 1970s.
    Magnificence
    Vicente, a young man who worked as a bus conductor during the
    day, offered to help a young girl and her brother with their Math
    and English language assignments. In the evenings, he would go
    to their house, and over a huge study table, he would help them
    solve fractions and mull over language phrases. He also bought
    them pencils which were all the rage at the siblings' school.
    However, it turned out that there was a dark motive behind
    Vicente's kindness and gentleness towards the two kids.
    Magnificence
    One evening during a tutoring session,
    Vicente tricked the boy into leaving the room
    and then proceeded to molest the girl. The
    mother caught him performing the deed.
    Angered by what she saw, the mother
    slapped Vicente many times and drove him
    out of the house. The story ended with the
    mother tucking her daughter in her bed.
    Exposition
    The story starts with a man named Vicente, who comes
    to the house of the two children, Oscar (a little boy) and
    an unnamed little girl, to tutor them. The family trusted
    the man because even though he was just a conductor,
    he appeared to be gentle and kind, and it seemed like
    there was nothing to fear when he was around.
    Rising Action
    One evening, Vicente came earlier than usual. The
    children immediately put their lesson down and told
    him the envy of their classmates from the pencils he
    gave them. He then asked Oscar to get him a glass of
    water.
    Climax
    Vicente got the trust of the little girl because he gave him
    three pencils (he only gave two pencils to Oscar) . He
    then held the little girl by the arm, took her up lightly and
    held her to sit down on his lap. Then the little girl kept on
    squirming and for some reason, she felt uncomfortable.
    Vicente’s face was wet with sweat and his eyes looked
    strange.
    Falling Action
    The girl jumped away from Vicente’s lap then her
    mother came down the stairs holding their “merienda”
    or snack for them. She sends the children upstairs and
    then she talked to Vicente. She slapped him a couple
    of times, without him resisting or defending, then
    sends him away.
    Denouement
    The mother bathed the little girl and dressed her
    in new clothes. The little girl went to sleep. The
    mother then took the pencils and the clothes her
    daughter have worn and put it aside for
    tomorrow. Tomorrow came and she put it in the
    fire.
    Test your skills!
    1. What figure of speech is established in the first line
    of the short story?
    2. Why pencils are recurring objects in the story?
    3. How does the short story reveal gender roles?
    4. Cite lines in the story that suggests foreshadowing.

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