The Summer Solstice Nick Joaquin About the Author Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He is considered the most important Filipino writer in English, and the third most important overall, after José Rizal and Claro M. Recto. Joaquín
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SUMMER SOLSTICE Setting: The main events in the story happened in the Moretas residence and at their townsmini plaza and those happened during the night. Characterization: * Donya Lupeng Moreta- long-married woman with three children * Don Paeng Moreta- the highly moral husband of Donya Lupeng * Guido- young cousin to the Moretas who studied in Spain * Amada- the family cook and Entoy's wife * Entoy- the family driver Plot: The story happened during the St. John's Day, Doña
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THE SUMMER SOLSTICE Nick Joaquin THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, talking all at once. “How long you have slept, Mama!” “We thought you were never getting up!” “Do we leave at once, huh? Are we going now?” “Hush, hush
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“Summer Solstice, New York City”, by Sharon Olds is a poem that explains a scene in which a man wants to commit suicide by jumping off a building, but in the end police officers make him rethink his decision. The man is described as being on the ledge of a building when officers rushed towards him and prevented him from jumping. The poem portrays many issues including, setting, theme and symbolism that aids in comprehending the author’s purpose. Immediately, the title of the poem gives us a clue
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In the poem “summer Solstice, New York City,” Sharon Olds uses similes and metaphors to reveal the humans have a need to protect and preserve life as a community. Olds begins to use literary terms early in her poem to emphasize how protection is an important and recurring aspect in everyday life. When the suicidal jumper threatens to jump off the building, one of the police “put on a bullet-proof vest, a black shell around his own life,” (8-9). The policeman putting on the bullet proof vest portrays
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they do not. 17. North Celestial Pole (Ursa Minor), +89 15’50.8 18. RA: 5h 55m 10s DEC: 7 degrees 24.426’ RA: 5h 14m 32s DEC: -08 degrees 12’5.89’ 19. Left, the equatorial system is nearly the same just mirrored 20.Ecliptic Location: Winter Solstice Approximate date: Sept 22 RA: 0h, 6h, 12h, 18h DEC: 0, 23.45, 0, -23.45 21. The ecliptic is slightly above the celestial equator and crosses at the vernal equinox. The right ascension on the equinox increases by 1h,2h,3h while the ecliptic moves
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the summer was hot From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons,[1][2] but a variable seasonal lag means that the meteorological start of the season, which is based on average temperature patterns, occurs several weeks later than the start of the astronomical season.[3] According to meteorologists[4][5],summer extends for the whole months of June, July, and August in the northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January, and February
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other words, why is summer warmer than winter, etc. c. because the Earth’s axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees 4. What are the approximate dates of the equinoxes and solstices? Summer Solstice | June 21 | Winter Solstice | December 21 | Autumn Equinox | September 21 | Spring Equinox | March 21 | 5. What season is the Sun seen highest in the sky at noon? Lowest? d. Highest – June 21st –Summer Solstice- at noon e. Lowest – December 21 – Winter Solstice- (at noon?) 6
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Motions of the Sun – Student Guide Seasonal Motion Work through the explanatory material on Sidereal vs. Synodic and Seasons and the Zodiac. All of the concepts that are covered in these pages are used in the Paths of the Sun Simulator. For each of the following statements respond shorter, the same, or longer. A) If the Earth revolved more rapidly, its sidereal day would be _______________. B) If the Earth revolved more rapidly, it solar day would be ________________. C)
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LECTURE 2 Earth-Sun Relationships and Illumination of the Globe I. Earth-Sun Relationships: Why we have to understand? Because by understanding earth-sun relationships one will be able to determine the apparent path of the sun in the sky, the angles at which sun's ray (light) strike, the lengths of day and night, and the occurence of seasons. The earth is turning on its axis at the same time that it is moving in a path about the sun, and because the earth's axis is tilted with respect
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