PRE-READING ACTIVITY
Familiarize yourself about the Philippines in 1958 to 1960 and 2013 to 2015. Please follow the directions below.
Pick a year (1958, 1959, 1960, 2013, and 2014 to 2015).
Research the following:
One-headline making crime in that particular year.
- Baguio Massacre.
Who was the perpetrator of the crime?
- The perpetrator is Philip Tolentino Avelino.
Who was the victim of the crime?
- The victims of Baguio Massacre are: Jacquiline Kate Marquez Nociete (19 years old), Joey Nociete (9 years old), Jonalyn Lozano (Housemaid) (32 years old), Joey Dave Deguzman (7 years old), Dave Deguzman and Raymundo Delmundo (8 years old).
Who were the witnesses to the crime?
- The one witness the neighbor of nociete family. According to them they saw Avelino come around the same time the victims believe were killed.
What were the details to the crime? Include how the person was victimized.
- Evening of April 9, all the victims found dead with multiple stabs in different part of their body in a rented apartment.
When was the exact time and date of the crime?
- The exact date is April 6, 2014 around 1-5 afternoon.
Where did the crime happen?
- The massacre happend in Baguio, Kayang Hilltop at the Nociete's Residence.
Why did it happen? What was the motive of the perpetrator?
- It happened beacuse of Samantha (Not her real name) Nociete amily employee. The motive of the perpetrator is not kill the nociete family. He just want to visit and talk to Samantha because of their break up but the nociete' s family refuse to let avino inside thats why avino began to treat against the Nociety family.
DISCUSSION
Define reportage.
- a genre of journalism, operatively and brightly to "transfer" from the scene, a genre of journalism, giving quick visual representation of the event through the prism of worldview of the author, his party or witness.
(Poznaya.org)
Name some writers of modern reportage.
Mel Tiangco - GMA Network.
Mike Enriquez - GMA Network.
Pia Arcangel - GMA Network.
Maki Pulido - GMA Network.
Jessica Soho - GMA Network.
Arnold Clavio - GMA Network.
What are the elements of reportage?
- Good journalism interprets events by contextualizing elements such as historical background and causality, presenting readers with material for a more enlightened interpretation of world affairs
Compare reportage with newspaper report or news item. What are the differences and similarities between the two?
- newspaper or on radio or television that is about something that happened or that gives information about something. : a written or spoken description of a situation, event, etc. : an official document that gives information about a particular subject. While Reportage is a special, factual, relatively extensive, and featurized narrative account by a journalist concerning an event or a person presented in a book, newspaper, magazine, radio, and other medium.
(Brainly.com)
What do you expect from a reporter? When is a reporter credible to you?
- I expect them to report what is truth and reporters must not be bias.
- A reporter becomes credible when he/she is not bias and they based in facts and they haved evidence.
What is your opinion and stand on gun control and gun ownership in the Philippines?
- Im not against implementing guns in philippines bacause how can we protect ourselves to the bad persons like thieves if they implemented gun ban and how can we ensure our safetiness when we go outside if we don't have gun? What can we if someone suddenly attack us? That why guns should not be ban in philippines.
How do you define crime of passion?
- crime of passion, in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as sudden rage rather than as a premeditated crime.
(Wikipedia.org)
CONVENTIONS
Analysis
What can you say about the use of dialogues in The House on Zapote Street?
- The dialogue is just like a true story and it happened in real life.
Do you think the conversations were accurate or did Nick Joaquin imagine them as being said by the people/characters?
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What kind of personality did these people/characters have?
Pablo Cabading
- The Strict father.
Anunciacion Cabading
- The Underdog Mother.
Lydia Cabading
- The follower and loving daugther.
Leonardo Quitangon
- The loving and kind husband.
Analyze the relationship these people/characters with one another:
Pablo and Anunciacion
- Husband and Wife Relationship
Pablo and Lydia
- Father and Daugther Relationship
Pablo and Leonardo
- Son in law and Father in law Relationship
Lydia and Anunciacion
- Daugther and Mother Relationship
Lydia and Leonardo
- Wife and Husband Relationship
Lydia and the Quitangon family
- A good daugther in law
Leonardo and the Quitangon family
- Relatives of leonardo
After analyzing the characters, do you believe that they were real people? Why or why not?
- Yes because it happens in real life. There are many fathers who is machismo. They feel like they have a power to do what they want even if it is not right.
Why do you think that the peoples personalities and relationships lead to the crime? What is the biggest motivation?
- Because of the selfishness of Pablo Cabading and he's bad manners. (mas gugutuhin pa niya na walang makinabang sa anak niya kaya pinatay niya na lng ito)
CONNECTIONS
Lydia was afraid of her father. Who are you afraid of in your family?
- I'm afraid to my Father because he is scary when he is angry.
What forms of punishment did Lydia receive? Have you ever been punished? What forms of punishment are you familiar with?
- Lydia murder by her father because they left in the house on Zapote St. The most painful punishment that I received to my father is hitting in my butt and pinching in my belly.
Who has the power to make you change your decisions even at the last minute?
- I'm the only one who could change my decision because I'm the only one has the power to change it even in last minute.
When are you allowed to have a steady date?
- When I'm at the right age and have a stable job.
Many courted Lydia, but only Leonardo was approved by Pablo. Do your parents have to know who is courting you?
- Yes, because its there rights as parents to know whom you dating with.
After reading The House on Zapote Street, what did you feel about the story?
- Sad because Lydia and Leonardo can't live a happy life and their life became miserable because of the selfishness of the father of Lydia. The beautiful house on Zapote St. became a murder site.
If you were Lydia, in that same situation, what would you do? What would be your choices?
- I will leave on my father's house and I will not let him decide for myself because I'm on my right age and I'm already married. I have my own decision for myself and for my own good.
If you were Leonardo, given the same weaknesses, what would you do to protect Lydia and your relationship?
- We will escape in that house that there's no freedom and privacy or I might hurt his father accidentally to protect my wife and fight for our relationship and for our freedom.
