Sheila Mae T. Geroche PHILLIT
AC122 Atty. Paul Gomez Hildawa

Literary Text: THE VIRGIN
Writer: Kerima Polotan-Tuvera

Literary worksheet No. 5
“Details of Character”

Analysis (Text, Context and Experience)

1. In two sentences, describe the physical characteristics of the protagonist.
Miss Mijares, who is the protagonist in the story, is a 34 year-old woman, slender, almost bony and likes to wear a thick row of ruffles that made her look as though she had a bosom. She had smooth, clear brow, thin cheeks, small, receding chin, lippy and sensual pout and curly hair.

2. Directly quote the lines from the story which gave you those characteristics.
“She was slight, almost bony, but she had learned early how to dress herself to achieve an illusion of hips and bosom... On her bodice, astride or lengthwise, there sat an inevitable row of thick camouflaging ruffles that made her look almost as though she had a bosom...”, “Her brow was smooth and clear and she was always pushing off it the hair she kept in tight curls at night. She had thin cheeks, small and angular, falling down to what would have been a nondescript, receding chin, but Nature's hand had erred and given her a jaw instead. When displeased, she had a lippy, almost sensual pout, surprising on such a small face.”

3. Describe the protagonist's goal, conflicts and background.
Miss Mijares worked at a job placement office for ten years that made her very unapproachable, impolite, and superior. All her life, she was just thinking about finishing her studies, taking care of her mother, and sending her niece to school. At some point in her life, she did think of love, having her own family, but unfortunately, it took many years for her parent to die and still bear her burdens for the family until that time. One problem that the protagonist encountered is when her mother died for she thought that all her time and