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SYMBOLISM

  • Food – a sign of hospitality Filipinos originally have; Philippine resources

  • Dinuguan – war

  • Indio Priest – Filipino/s refusing to embrace the colonization of Spaniards

  • Monja Barraquias – typical Spaniard/s who don’t/doesn’t have any ideas what Filipinos are and eager to learn the way of living of their living

  • Fray Villalobos – on of the many Spaniard priests, awed by the Filipino culture, who wants to explore more but may take their resources shown the way he eats different food every Saturday

IMAGERY

The story creates an imagery that describes and makes the reader imagine how the food looks like. Also, it instructs its readers to envision themselves preparing and cooking such meals. The story briefly describes the situation of the story and its setting through frequent use of adjectives.

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