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    Dead Stars Biographical Context

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    The document summarizes information about Manuel Arguilla, a famous Filipino author, and his short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife". It provides details about Arguilla's life and background, noting that he was born in 1911 in La Union to a farming family. It also summarizes key plot points and cultural aspects reflected in the short story, such as the Ilocano values of family approval, simplicity, and contentment. Finally, it suggests connections between elements in the story and Arguilla's own life experiences with his wife.

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    The document summarizes information about Manuel Arguilla, a famous Filipino author, and his short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife". It provides details about Arguilla's life and background, noting that he was born in 1911 in La Union to a farming family. It also summarizes key plot points and cultural aspects reflected in the short story, such as the Ilocano values of family approval, simplicity, and contentment. Finally, it suggests connections between elements in the story and Arguilla's own life experiences with his wife.

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    The document summarizes information about Manuel Arguilla, a famous Filipino author, and his short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife". It provides details about Arguilla's life and background, noting that he was born in 1911 in La Union to a farming family. It also summarizes key plot points and cultural aspects reflected in the short story, such as the Ilocano values of family approval, simplicity, and contentment. Finally, it suggests connections between elements in the story and Arguilla's own life experiences with his wife.

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    Dead Stars Biographical Context

    Uploaded by

    Jarian Como Deveza
    The document summarizes information about Manuel Arguilla, a famous Filipino author, and his short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife". It provides details about Arguilla's life and background, noting that he was born in 1911 in La Union to a farming family. It also summarizes key plot points and cultural aspects reflected in the short story, such as the Ilocano values of family approval, simplicity, and contentment. Finally, it suggests connections between elements in the story and Arguilla's own life experiences with his wife.

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    Group Name: Team 1

    Leader: Jarian Deveza


    Members who participated: Symon Pasco
    Lemuel Madriaga
    Kate Hernandez
    Members who didn’t: Trisha Almiranez
    Redge Cipres

    Biographical Context

    The learners will be asked to do the following activities:

    (1) Conduct a background check on a famous Philippine author named M​anuel


    Arguilla by identifying his ​life story ​including his b​irthdate, birthplace, parents
    names, family background.

    (2) Investigate on how the author’s life was reflected in the provided excerpt of
    Arguilla’s ​“How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife”​ in terms of his love
    companion, character’s name, and the author’s Ilocano culture. Note: You don’t have to
    read the text, you just have to CONDUCT A RESEARCH or SCAN some ANALYSIS
    online :)

    Write your answers here:

    1)

    Manuel Arguilla was an Ilocano writer who wrote the famous short story “How my brother
    Leon Brought home a Wife”. He’s born on June 17, 1911 in Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union,
    Philippines.

    Manuel Arguilla was the second of four children of Crisanto Arguilla, a farmer
    and carpenter, and Margarita Estabillo, a potter. The eldest was Aurelia while the third and
    fourth were Salvador and Gualberto.​ T ​ heir mediocre living was not a hindrance for Manuel to
    attain his dreams especially in literature.

    As a writer, his famous works were compiled in a book entitled How my Brother
    Leon Brought Home a Wife (And Other Stories) published by Philippine Book Guild in 1940.
    These stories were written when he was 22-29 years old. This collection of stories won first
    prize in short story category during the first Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940​.
    When the Japanese invaded the country in 1941, Arguilla join the freedom forces
    of the country and led a division of the Marking's Guerillas. He was captured by the Japanese
    in 1944 and was imprisoned in Fort Santiago together with his family. His family was later
    freed but Manuel was sentenced to death. He was executed on October 1944 at age of 33.

    Manuel Arguilla, an Ilocano pride. His shown love to the country as a teacher, a
    writer, and a freedom fighter was a virtue of patriot who offered his talents and life for the
    country.

    2)

    Maria, from Manila, is a woman of sympathy. She is committed to Leon even though
    she is worried that Leon 's family would accept her in spite of her social status, knowing that
    Leon and his family live in a rural area of La Union. They even tested Maria to see whether
    she was worth being the wife of Leon. It is somehow a revised version of his life that links this
    to the life of the author, where he, from La Union, went to Manila and married a girl named
    Lydia Villanueva.. Arguilla, just like Maria, was concerned if he would be accepted by Lydia's
    family.

    It reflects the culture of Ilocanos for being simple, hardworking, and​ ​have high
    respects to their parents​. It shows that parents are very hard to impress as well as getting
    their trust. One should prove their worth if you want your parents to have a permission to
    marry your chosen loved one. Another value within the story is living a life of contentment.
    Ilocanos are well known to be simple yet they are contented for what they have. They are
    happy with small things and appreciate what they have and how they live life.

    The name of the main character, Leon, could have been taken from the author’s
    name, Manuel. It could also simply mean Noel spelled backwards. The story mentioned that
    Leon and Maria had lived in Ermita, Manila. Because of this, Maria may refers to Lydia
    because she and Manuel lived in the same place.

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