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JRI Orion-STEM C-21st Lit-Group 6

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Gemma celebrates her birthday with only her friend Claire after being forgotten by her boyfriend and family. During their conversation at a restaurant, Claire reveals that she is a lesbian and had a past girlfriend who died. Later, Gemma realizes her confused feelings for Claire and tries to catch up to her, but ends up injured in an accident.

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ISANG PUMPON NG ROSAS ALICE TAN GONZALES

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ALICE TAN GONZALES  She has produced critically-acclaimed masterpieces evidencing her passion for both Philippine and Hiligaynon literature. She has received numerous writing grants from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and is an authority on West Visayan folk literature, particularly the Hiligaynon komposo or ballad. She graduated from the University of St. La Salle-Bacolod with a bachelor’s degree in English.

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 She earned her Master’s degree in Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University, and her Ph.D. in English Studies major in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She presently serves as a faculty member at the University of the Philippines Iloilo campus where she inspires and guides her students in the fields of Literature and Communication. Born and bred in Bacolod, she became a resident of Iloilo City after marrying her husband who is a native of Passi.

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Characters  Gemma – the protagonist in the story, who just want to find her true love.  Claire – gemma’s gay friend, who is always there to support gemma with her problems.  Mamang  Papang  Larry – gemma’s present boyfriend.  Ronald – gemma’s first boyfriend  Toto Andoy

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Setting  it is 8:00 in the evening when Gemma and Claire went to the new restaurant called “Best of Friend” just to celebrate Gemma’s Birthday.  Gemma went home at 11:00 in the evening

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Plot Summary  It is Gemma’s Birthday that day but then she doesn’t have anyone to celebrate it with, first her boyfriend doesn’t remember her birthday he even went to Antique just to attend an opening of a clinic. Her family seems not to care about her specially her father because he often thinks about her daughters love life, the only person left is her friend Claire .

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 After calling her they both went to a restaurant called “ Best of Friends” and they talk about the things that make them depressed but most of the time they talked about the problems of Gemma when it comes to her past and present relationship. And she was surprised when Claire announced that she is a lesbian and also had a past relationship with a girl but a car accident happened that killed her girlfriend.

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 The time passed by fast and they went home on 11:00 in the evening, Gemma requested Claire for her to stay in her house for a moment and drink the champagne that she had in her but Claire refuse to do so, after talking for a bit Claire decided to go home and she did and left Gemma confused with her feelings about her friend. After a couple of minutes thinking about her emotion she decided to run after her friend but a sad thing happened and she found herself lying down on the road gasping for air but then darkness came over her.

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Climax - As they talked about Gemma’s past relationship, Claire also confessed about sexuality and having an ex- girlfriend who sadly died from a car accident leaving Claire alone. Rising Action - Gemma called Claire and they both decided to go to a new restaurant called "Best of Friends", they went there and Gemma started to talked about her problems in life specially her past relationship with different men. Exposition - That day is Gemma's birthday but she doesn't seem to have to celebrate it with her boyfriends priopity is not her, she is also not in good terms with her family, and the only friend she has is her officemates but all of them have their own schedules except for Claire. Falling Action - Gemma was shock about what she heard from her friend but then she was jealous about her friend story which is about finding her true love which basically never happened to her . They talked more until 11:00 pm came and they decided to go home, Claire took Gemma home and taked for a bit. Resolution - A minute after Claire decided to go home, Gemma was left confused about her feeling about her friend but then she made her decision and go after friend but as she run through the road a light flash in her eyes and after that she found herself lying on the floor until the darkness came over her.

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Conflict  Gemma was having a problem about deciding wether she would still continue her relationship with her boyfriend Larry or just break up with him and find another man who is more suitable and more caring that him.

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Theme  This story tells us about a person who is having an adequate love, a person who does not seem to have a very happy and carefree relationship with a man. This story shows us how others deal with different types of problem specially when a person who is very close to you died or leaves you behind.

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Symbolism  The story uses Roses as its symbol, when a person gives you a flower it typically means that that person love you, congratulating you for something that you have achieved, that person likes to give roses as a gift, but in the story the Roses were symbolizing that as long as you love that person you should give her roses specially if there is something to celebrate but if you stop sending or giving it to her it basically means that the person you are having the relationship with is bored now and want to break up with you.

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Plot Device  Flashback - There are many parts in the story where they did their own flashbacks regarding their past relationship, memories with their dead loved ones and some tragic happening in their past.

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Point of View  The story uses the first person point of view type where the main character is the one who is narrating which is Gemma.

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Members Sarah Flordeliz Ella Paguio Michaella Rodriguez Erol Factoran Vince Valenzuela

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JRI Orion-STEM C-21st Lit-Group 6

  • 1. ISANG PUMPON NG ROSAS ALICE TAN GONZALES
  • 2. ALICE TAN GONZALES  She has produced critically-acclaimed masterpieces evidencing her passion for both Philippine and Hiligaynon literature. She has received numerous writing grants from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and is an authority on West Visayan folk literature, particularly the Hiligaynon komposo or ballad. She graduated from the University of St. La Salle-Bacolod with a bachelor’s degree in English.
  • 3.  She earned her Master’s degree in Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University, and her Ph.D. in English Studies major in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She presently serves as a faculty member at the University of the Philippines Iloilo campus where she inspires and guides her students in the fields of Literature and Communication. Born and bred in Bacolod, she became a resident of Iloilo City after marrying her husband who is a native of Passi.
  • 4. Characters  Gemma – the protagonist in the story, who just want to find her true love.  Claire – gemma’s gay friend, who is always there to support gemma with her problems.  Mamang  Papang  Larry – gemma’s present boyfriend.  Ronald – gemma’s first boyfriend  Toto Andoy
  • 5. Setting  it is 8:00 in the evening when Gemma and Claire went to the new restaurant called “Best of Friend” just to celebrate Gemma’s Birthday.  Gemma went home at 11:00 in the evening
  • 6. Plot Summary  It is Gemma’s Birthday that day but then she doesn’t have anyone to celebrate it with, first her boyfriend doesn’t remember her birthday he even went to Antique just to attend an opening of a clinic. Her family seems not to care about her specially her father because he often thinks about her daughters love life, the only person left is her friend Claire .
  • 7.  After calling her they both went to a restaurant called “ Best of Friends” and they talk about the things that make them depressed but most of the time they talked about the problems of Gemma when it comes to her past and present relationship. And she was surprised when Claire announced that she is a lesbian and also had a past relationship with a girl but a car accident happened that killed her girlfriend.
  • 8.  The time passed by fast and they went home on 11:00 in the evening, Gemma requested Claire for her to stay in her house for a moment and drink the champagne that she had in her but Claire refuse to do so, after talking for a bit Claire decided to go home and she did and left Gemma confused with her feelings about her friend. After a couple of minutes thinking about her emotion she decided to run after her friend but a sad thing happened and she found herself lying down on the road gasping for air but then darkness came over her.
  • 9. Climax - As they talked about Gemma’s past relationship, Claire also confessed about sexuality and having an ex- girlfriend who sadly died from a car accident leaving Claire alone. Rising Action - Gemma called Claire and they both decided to go to a new restaurant called "Best of Friends", they went there and Gemma started to talked about her problems in life specially her past relationship with different men. Exposition - That day is Gemma's birthday but she doesn't seem to have to celebrate it with her boyfriends priopity is not her, she is also not in good terms with her family, and the only friend she has is her officemates but all of them have their own schedules except for Claire. Falling Action - Gemma was shock about what she heard from her friend but then she was jealous about her friend story which is about finding her true love which basically never happened to her . They talked more until 11:00 pm came and they decided to go home, Claire took Gemma home and taked for a bit. Resolution - A minute after Claire decided to go home, Gemma was left confused about her feeling about her friend but then she made her decision and go after friend but as she run through the road a light flash in her eyes and after that she found herself lying on the floor until the darkness came over her.
  • 10. Conflict  Gemma was having a problem about deciding wether she would still continue her relationship with her boyfriend Larry or just break up with him and find another man who is more suitable and more caring that him.
  • 11. Theme  This story tells us about a person who is having an adequate love, a person who does not seem to have a very happy and carefree relationship with a man. This story shows us how others deal with different types of problem specially when a person who is very close to you died or leaves you behind.
  • 12. Symbolism  The story uses Roses as its symbol, when a person gives you a flower it typically means that that person love you, congratulating you for something that you have achieved, that person likes to give roses as a gift, but in the story the Roses were symbolizing that as long as you love that person you should give her roses specially if there is something to celebrate but if you stop sending or giving it to her it basically means that the person you are having the relationship with is bored now and want to break up with you.
  • 13. Plot Device  Flashback - There are many parts in the story where they did their own flashbacks regarding their past relationship, memories with their dead loved ones and some tragic happening in their past.
  • 14. Point of View  The story uses the first person point of view type where the main character is the one who is narrating which is Gemma.
  • 15. Members Sarah Flordeliz Ella Paguio Michaella Rodriguez Erol Factoran Vince Valenzuela