...Tragedy at Lumba’s Bend Delfin Fresnosa -( May 23, 1916 - December 19, 1988) -A Fictionist Born in Gubat, Sorsogon. He is the son of Alejandro Fresnosa and Florencia Espano. He married Asuncion Epino with whom he had nine children. Tragedy at Lumba's Bend Tone: Sad Turns out sadly for the characters because of the distressing misfortune of their love ones. Theme: Tragedy .Plot: Flashback Setting: Backdrop Mines on Mountain side Early Morning Characters: First Person - Narrator Demetrio's Gang Pepito's Gang Pepe Critical Approaches/Historical Approach The story was presumably written in 1930's, during American colonization and Pre-Japanese era where mining industry seem to ascend. Biographical Approach Having experienced joblessness and hunger in the city, he thought of the city as without conscience and soul and believed those of lowly origin to be the real people. Marxist Approach Shows the struggles of the poor as stated in the story with regards to the decision of two families to hoard the money that the company will be paying rather than burying their love one's remains. Feminist Approach Men worked on the mines, w/c signifies the strength of men and their duty as head and breadwinner of their family. Psychoanalytical Approach The story tends to explain the appeal of the work and how actually was the life for the poor in that era regarding on how the company on the story handles the situation with the use of their money and how does it affect the decision...
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...Tragedy at Lumba’s Bend By: Delfin Fresnosa Five men were killed early this morning by a prematurely-exploded blast. Words flew fast in the village, and before long there was a crowd gathered near the scene of the accident. However, not one of them could come very near because the rocks and earth on the mountain side still rolled every now and then. We know were working in the mines did not yet know that there had been an accident. We only came to know of it when we are having our mess. Possibly it was either Demetrio’s gang or Pito’s gang that had perished, but as yet we could not be certain. After the mess we fell to work again, but many of those who were personally acquainted with men of Demetrio’s or Pito’s gang could not work very well. I myself was a great friend of Demetrio, and I could not keep my thoughts away from him. When my shift came, I crawled out of the hole and found that several of my friends had already volunteered to dig out the bodies. As soon as we entered the village, we were met by a number of excited women and children. They told us that only one of Demetrio’s men had escaped death, and even he was in a very serious condition. He had been taken to the hospital….So it was really true that Demetrio had died. We passed by the hut where we boarded, and I felt a pang. I could only stare vacantly at the old woman who was looking out of the window. She was our occasional washer woman, and now she had brought a clean suit to the hut so that by the time...
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...Tragedy at Lumba's Bend Tragedy at Lumba’s Bend By: Delfin Fresnosa Five men were killed early this morning by a prematurely-exploded blast. Words flew fast in the village, and before long there was a crowd gathered near the scene of the accident. However, not one of them could come very near because the rocks and earth on the mountain side still rolled every now and then. We know were working in the mines did not yet know that there had been an accident. We only came to know of it when we are having our mess. Possibly it was either Demetrio’s gang or Pito’s gang that had perished, but as yet we could not be certain. After the mess we fell to work again, but many of those who were personally acquainted with men of Demetrio’s or Pito’s gang could not work very well. I myself was a great friend of Demetrio, and I could not keep my thoughts away from him. When my shift came, I crawled out of the hole and found that several of my friends had already volunteered to dig out the bodies. As soon as we entered the village, we were met by a number of excited women and children. They told us that only one of Demetrio’s men had escaped death, and even he was in a very serious condition. He had been taken to the hospital….So it was really true that Demetrio had died. We passed by the hut where we boarded, and I felt a pang. I could only stare vacantly at the old woman who was looking out of the window. She was our occasional washer woman, and now she had brought a clean suit to the...
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