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    1) "Dead Stars" is a 1925 short story by Paz Marquez Benitez that explores a man named Alfredo Salazar's changing feelings in his relationships. 2) Alfredo is engaged to Esperanza but meets Julia, the sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle, and finds himself drawn to her. 3) After spending time with Julia, Alfredo's feelings for Esperanza fade and he considers canceling his wedding. However, he ultimately goes through with marrying Esperanza due to social pressures and expectations.

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    1) "Dead Stars" is a 1925 short story by Paz Marquez Benitez that explores a man named Alfredo Salazar's changing feelings in his relationships. 2) Alfredo is engaged to Esperanza but meets Julia, the sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle, and finds himself drawn to her. 3) After spending time with Julia, Alfredo's feelings for Esperanza fade and he considers canceling his wedding. However, he ultimately goes through with marrying Esperanza due to social pressures and expectations.

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    1) "Dead Stars" is a 1925 short story by Paz Marquez Benitez that explores a man named Alfredo Salazar's changing feelings in his relationships. 2) Alfredo is engaged to Esperanza but meets Julia, the sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle, and finds himself drawn to her. 3) After spending time with Julia, Alfredo's feelings for Esperanza fade and he considers canceling his wedding. However, he ultimately goes through with marrying Esperanza due to social pressures and expectations.

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    1) "Dead Stars" is a 1925 short story by Paz Marquez Benitez that explores a man named Alfredo Salazar's changing feelings in his relationships. 2) Alfredo is engaged to Esperanza but meets Julia, the sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle, and finds himself drawn to her. 3) After spending time with Julia, Alfredo's feelings for Esperanza fade and he considers canceling his wedding. However, he ultimately goes through with marrying Esperanza due to social pressures and expectations.

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    Name: Donna Jhoy S.

    Cama
    Course and Section: BSE- English 3B
    Subject: EL114- Survey of Afro-Asian Literature

    Dead Stars
    By: Paz Marquez Benitez
    An Short Story Synopsis by: Donna Jhoy Cama

    Dead Stars, written by Paz Márquez Benitez and published in the Philippine Herald in
    1925, was the first Filipino modern English-language short tale. She was part of the first
    generation of Filipinos to be educated in the United States, where English was the medium
    of instruction. The narrative is essentially a collection of the difficult situations that every
    man must face in his life. Alfredo felt caught between doing what was right and doing what
    he really wanted to do. The narrative is about a love that you never anticipate, a love that
    you discover at the end Alfredo loves in his true love, but he doesn't expect his love for Julia
    to fade after many years. Alfredo Salazar is the central character in this short novel, which
    centers on his love life. He is a man who believes in real love and want to discover
    happiness as a result of it. Esperanza is the first lady he falls in love with.
    Esperanza is the first woman whom Alfredo fell in love but his love for the lady fades as
    Julia came. Alfredo is a lawyer and he was the main character of the story. Esperanza
    considers him as the love of her life. Esperanza was a stunning, graceful, quiet woman who
    stood out from the crowd. She adored Alfredo and entrusted him with her entire heart.
    They were engaged for four years and are planning to get married in just a few months.
    Both of their families are familiar with one another, and as a result, they begin a loving
    connection. Their relationship started off with a lot of excitement, love, and happiness.
    However, like with most long-term relationships, their feelings for one other evolve with
    time. While Julia Salas is the Judge's sister-in-law, and Alfredo's father's acquaintance. Julia
    is a positive and upbeat individual with her own goals and ambitions.
    One day, Carmen and Julian have a conversation regarding on Alfredo and Esperanza’s
    engagement and wedding. Carmen asked why does Alfredo seemed not ready or even
    having a firm decision about their wedding. But Don Julian answered that it is mostly
    normal for those partners who are in long-term relationship, he didn’t think that something
    wrong is happening between the two. There were invited for six weeks in the house of
    Martinez that was occupied by Judge Del Valle. Then, there he meet Judge Del Valle’s sister-
    in-law Julia. At first he was mistaken of her name and thought that she was Judge’s sister so
    he is calling the young woman as Ms. Del Valle but Don Julian later tell Alfredo that she is
    not the sister like he was pertaining. He felt that he needs to apologize for what happen to
    the young lady.
    When Alfredo first sees her, he is immediately drawn to her. On his father's visit to her,
    he strikes up a discussion with her and is drawn to her allure. He's so enamored with
    Esperanza that he doesn't tell her about his engagement. There were times that when they
    go to church Alfredo will not wait for Esperanza anymore because he wanted to saw Julia
    more often. Julia's family was invited to his family's coconut farm near their beach one day.
    It's an opportunity for them to spend some quality time together, but it's also the time for
    them to say their goodbyes. Julia intends to leave town and return to her hometown.
    Alfredo's heart was broken, and he was more bewildered than ever. He was thinking of
    canceling the wedding and choose Julia over his fiance but what other people say also
    matters to him.
    Alfredo dealt a double blow upon his return home. He overhears Esperanza and her
    friend discussing devotion and commitment. Alfredo detects a yearning to converse. He
    believes that there is a cause for desiring and that honesty is preferable than dishonesty.
    Esperanza quickly admits that she was aware of his romance with Julia. She urges him to call
    off the wedding in order to satisfy his passion and heart's pleasure. The wedding, on the
    other hand, goes on as planned, and Alfred yields to logic. He realizes that everything he
    went through together with Julia has fallen to just a memory. Alfredo travels to Julia's
    hometown on a work trip. Alfredo comes across Julia while he is there. He has never
    forgotten his affections for her, but he has come to terms with his marriage to Esperanza
    over time. He quickly notices that nothing is the same as it was before. Julia has also
    changed and has lost something.

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