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. A Critical Analysis on Amador Daguios Wedding Dance, Gegorio Brilliantes Distance to

Andromeda and Nick Joaquins May Day Ee An !ccasional "a#er "resented to Dr. $ulgencio %.

&oriano De#artment o' Englis( and )umanities College o' Arts and &ciences Central *u+on &tate

niersity -n "artial $ul'illment o' t(e equirements o' t(e Course *iterary Criticism By/Catu0ig, ona Calderon Marc(, 1234

1. -. &yno#sis A. %(e Wedding Dance %(e Wedding Dance is a story o' *umnay and A5iyao, 5(o

as mem0ers o' a tri0e in Cordillera, (ae to con'orm to t(e dictates o' t(eir culture. A'ter seen

(arests, *umnay and a5iyao are still c(ildless. Not (aing a c(ild creates a #ro0lem 5it( t(em.

*umnay, as a 5oman is e6#ected to 0e sus#ected as in'ertile. A5iyao (as to look 'or anot(er 5i'e

een i' (e loes *umnay so muc(. At t(e day o' A5iyaos5edding to Malidumay (e #aid isit to

*umnay 'or t(e last time and inited (er to come to (er 5edding. %(ey are 0ot( 5retc(ed.

*umnaytried to 'ig(t 'or (er (us0and. &(e 5anted to de'y t(e un5ritten la5 o' t(e tri0e 0esides

t(ey 0ot( loe eac( ot(er. During t(e course o' t(eir conersation A5iyao e6#lains (is o##osition

to (is marriage to ot(er 5oman 0ut is de'eated 5it( cultural dictates. A5iyao called 0y t(e loud

sound o' t(e gongs goes 0ack to t(e ceremony. *umnay considered 0reaking into t(e ceremony

0ut ends u# alone in t(e com#any o' 0ean #lants. %(e loe 'or t(eir tri0e reigned oer A5iyao.

*umnay 0ecomes t(e image o' a 5oman 5(ose qualities as a good 5i'e and t(e 0est dancer

among all t(e ot(er 5omen in t(eir tri0e mean not(ing i' s(e cannot 0ear a c(ild. B. Distance to

Andromeda Distance to Andromeda is a story a0out a 0oy named Ben 5(o 5ent to a moie (ouse

to 5atc( 5it( (is 'riend "e#e. %(e moie 5(ic( t(ey 5atc(ed is a0out suriors o' t(e Eart( 5(o

5ent to trael or 7ourney in outer s#ace in searc(

4. o' a ne5 #lace to lie in. A'ter t(e moie t(ey (ae 5atc(ed Ben t(inks o' staying 'or one

more screening 0ut "e#e (is 'riend stood to leae already in t(e aisle 5aiing at (im. W(en t(e

t5o are already outside t(ey still linger 0e'ore t(e moie (ouse looking at t(e #(otos tacked on

t(e dis#lay 0oard. As Ben looks again at t(e #ictures (e 'eels again 5(at (e (as 5atc(ed. Ben

cannot get oer it. %(e t5o crossed t(e street a5ay 'rom t(e t(eater to t(e main street. %(ey come

to t(e #la+a 5(ere c(ildren are roller8skating around t(e kiosko. %ito, anot(er 'riend comes 0y.

%(ey talked a0out s5imming and 0asket0all until t(eir conersation s(i'ts to t(e moie Ben and

"e#e (ae 5atc(ed. %ito does not go to t(at kind o' #icture, so 'antastic (e says, so untrue to li'e.

W(ile t(e t5o, es#ecially Ben cannot get rid o' t(e moie on t(eir minds and cannot (el# 0ut to

t(ink o' it and ask questions like 9Do you t(ink #eo#le 5ill eer get to t(e moon:; %ito er0ally

o##osed t(em t(inking t(at t(ose 5ere cra+y talks since t(ey are unreal. %(e t(ree 0oys #art

5ays. Ben 5alks (ome alone. !n t(e 0ridge (e suddenly 'eels lonely. )e recalls t(e ie5 o' t(e

(eaen t(roug( t(e #ort (oles in t(e moie. C. May Day Ee May Day Ee is a story t(atinoles t(ree generations. %(e 'irst generation is t(e generation o' Agueda and Badoy, t(e

second generation is t(e generation o' Aguedas daug(ter and t(e t(ird generation is t(e

generation o' Don


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(orri0le mirror. Don Badoy sur#rised 5it( it asks (im 5(y and (e ans5ers (im t(at (is mama

once told (im t(at (is grandmot(er, Do@a Agueda, once sa5 t(e deil in t(e mirror. %(e story

s(o5s (o5 a certain 0elie' o' t(e mystic May day ee c(anged t(eir lies 'oreer.

. --. -nter#retation A. %(e Wedding Dance %(e Wedding Dance tells t(e reader 9t(at t(ere could

0e a con'lict 0et5een your #ersonal loe and loe 'or ones #eo#le tri0e and culture, and in

some cases culture #reails.; %(e story clearly demonstrates (o5 t(eir culture #reents *umnayand A5iyao 'rom loing eac( ot(er and liing toget(er as (us0and and 5i'e.%(eir loe 'or eac(

ot(er is reealed t(roug( t(eir conersation. A5iyao, no matter (o5 it #ains (im to leae *umnay

(as to con'orm to t(e social dictates. *umnay, no matter (o5 muc( s(e loes A5iyao c(ose to

gie in to t(eir un5ritten la5. %(ere could also 0e an underlying t(eme o' t(e story t(at is loe as

sel'8 sacri'ice. %(e cou#le, *umnay and A5iyao (as to gie u# 'or t(eir loe not only 0ecause o'

5(at t(eir culture dictates 0ut alsoto sae eac( ot(er 'rom t(e scorn o' t(e society. -n A5iyaos

case (e (ad 0een mocked 0eing c(ildless 0ecause a man to 0e considered a man s(ould (ae a

c(ild. B. Distance to Andromeda %(e Distance to Andromeda tells t(e reader 9t(at li'e is a

7ourney and t(ere'ore it inoles o' de#artures and arrials until 5e reac( t(e $-NA*

DE&%-NA%-!N.; %(e story mani'ests (o5 li'e is a 7ourney es#ecially in t(e moie Ben and "e#e

(ae 5atc(ed. %(e suriors o' Eart(, t(e last men and 5omen o' t(is 5orld ride in a rocket and

trael outers#ace in searc( o' anot(er #lace o' air and

F. greenness. As t(ey trael t(ey see t(roug( t(e #ort(oles t(e #lanets and stars until a glo0e o'

s(ining 5ater and green8s(ado5ed land a##ears t(roug( t(e ie5#orts. %(ey (ae 'ound a ne5

5orld to lie in. %(ere is a 7ourney inoled. %(ere is a de#arture on Eart( and t(ere is arrial as5ell, arrial in t(eir ne58'ound 5orld. %(e story s(o5s t(at i' you leae you 5ill arrie

some5(ere, t(e destination. %(ere is al5ays a destination 'or eery leaing. -n t(e case o' Ben

and "e#e, t(ey arrie at t(e moie (ouse and 5atc(ed. A'ter t(e moie t(ey (ae to leae,

alt(oug( Ben still 5anting to stay 'or anot(er screening t(ey really need to leae and so t(ey

leae. -n li'e no matter (o5 long you 5ant to stay i' it is already your time to go, you 5ill (ae to

leae. W(en t(e t5o arried at t(e #la+a t(ey see %ito and talked 'or a 5(ile. %(e t(ree t(en #art

5ays to go (ome. Just like in li'e 5e meet #eo#le 0ut t(en t(ere 5ould come a time 5(en 5e

really needed to #art. Ben (eaded (ome alone and suddenly (e 'eels lonely. )e 'eels like a tiny0oy standing 0et5een t(e dark rier and t(e lig(ts in t(e sky. )e 'eels lonely 0ecause (e does not

5ant to go (ome 7ust yet 0ut (e needed to leae to arrie to (is 'inal destination. C. May Day Ee

%(e story May Day Ee tells t(e reader 9t(at time moes in our li'e 5it(out sto# and as it #asses

0y, t(e (eart and mind 'orget and distracted 0ut i' reminded 9it; remem0ers.;

?. As Don Badoy Montoya isited (is old (ome, memories o' (is yout( came 0ack. )e recalled

(o5 (e 'ell in loe 5it( Agueda, a young 5oman 5(o resisted (im. Agueda learned 'rom

Anastaciat(at s(e 5ould 0e a0le to kno5 (er 'uture (us0and 0y reciting an incantation in 'ront o'

a mirror. &(e sa5 Badoy in t(e mirror. %(ey got married. W(en Don Badoy sa5 (is grandson,

=oltaire, in 'ront o' t(e mirror, (e remem0ers Agueda. Don Badoy #onders on loe t(at (ad 0een5asted.Badoys (eart 'orgot (o5 (e loed Agueda in t(e #ast. But as (e sees =oltaire in 'ront o'

t(e mirror (e remem0ers eeryt(ing a0out Agueda, a0out t(e mystic Mayday ee o' 3>


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Distance to Andromeda 'ollo5ed a traditional #lot structure, it used 'ores(ado5ing t(oug(. %(e

outcome o' t(e con'lict is (inted or 'ores(ado5ed

>.0e'ore t(e clima6 and ending o' t(e story. %(e descri#tion o' t(e moie at t(e 0eginning o' t(e

story is a 'ores(ado5ing o' 5(at is a0out to (a##en to Ben in t(e end o' t(e story. %(ere is are#etitie designation in t(e narration o' t(e story. %(ere is a re#etitie re'erences to t(e moie, to

t(e sky and t(e stars t(at make t(e readers curious 5(at t(ese (as got somet(ing to do 5it( t(estory. W(ile May Day Eemade use a #lot tec(nique o' a 'rame story, t(ere is a single scene or

eent in t(e 0eginning and ending o' t(e story 5(ic( is a mystic May day ee. %(ere is a

0ackground narratie t(at e6#lains t(e 5orld o' t(e main story. &im#ly #ut, t(ere is a story 5it(in

t(e story. %(e mystic May ee 5as told in a story 0y Agueda to (er daug(ter, and (er daug(ter to

(er son. %(ese #ast eents told in t(e story add meaning to current circumstances in t(e story. %(e

course o' t(ree generations in t(e story made its t(eme. Alt(oug( t(ese t(ree s(ort stories made

use o' di''erent #lot tec(niques t(ese t(ree are similar 5it( its sense o' sus#ense. %(ere are

elements in t(e stories t(at make readers continue reading and read 'or more. B. &etting %(e

c(oice o' t(e storys setting %(e Wedding Dance 'its t(e story #er'ectly. %(e trium#( o' culture

and tradition oer #ersonal loe is em#(asi+ed 0y 'raming t(e story in t(e Cordilleras 0ecause t(e

Cordillera region is kno5n 'or its ric(ness in culture and its #eo#les o0edience and con'ormity to

t(eir tradition. &etting t(e story in t(e Cordillera region (ig(lig(ts t(e im#ortance o' 'ertility and

. gies t(e eents o' t(e story a realistic a##eal. !n t(e ot(er (and, t(e story Distance to

Andromeda took #lace in a moie (ouse, in t(e to5n o' %arlac. %(e setting also 'its t(e story

#er'ectly since t(e moie (as got somet(ing to do 5it( t(e t(eme o' t(e story. -t makes t(e storyrealistic. -' t(e 5riter c(ose to set t(e story outer s#ace and Ben is t(e one inside t(e rocket seeing

t(roug( t(e #ort(oles 5it( (is ery o5n eyes t(e story mig(t not seem realistic t(an it is. W(ile

May Day Ee5as set on a mystic May Day Ee o' t(e years 3>


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is muc( sym#at(y 'elt in t(e c(aracter o' *umnay. Making (er t(e ictim signi'ies t(e ill e''ect o'

t(e in'luence o' t(e society. Alt(oug( *umnay is descri0ed 0y (er (us0and as one o' t(e 0est

5ies in t(e 5(ole illage s(e admits t(at it done (er no good since s(e still cannot 0ear a c(ild.

&(e is een t(e 0est dancer in t(eir tri0e and is enied 0y most 5omen and ca#tures mens

attention/ 9IDid not t(e man #raise (er su##le 0ody and t(e 5omen eny t(e 5ay s(e stretc(ed(er (andsI%onig(t all 5omen 5(o once danced in (er (onor, 5ere dancing no5 in (onor o'

anot(er 5(ose only claim

33. 5as t(at #er(a#s s(e could gie (er (us0and a c(ild.; %(ese lines strongly tell (o5 (er sole

de'iciency (as oers(ado5ed eeryt(ing. *umnay attem#ts to go to t(e 5edding ceremony and

'ig(ts 'or (er man. )o5eer, in t(e end, s(e did not (ae t(e courage to 0reak into t(e 5edding

ceremony. &(e ends u# in t(e mountain a5ay 'rom t(e ceremony. &(e (ears t(e sound o' t(e

gongs t(at seem to t(ank (er 'or (er sacri'ice. %(e ot(er c(aracter is A5iyao, *umnays (us0and.

*ike (er 5i'e, (is c(aracter re#resents t(e de'eat o' #ersonal loe and t(e ictory o' culture and

tradition. A5iyao re#eatedly e6#resses (is loe 'or *umnay, 0ut (e su0mits to t(e dictates o' t(e

culture in t(e end. &eeral as#ects o' culture are de#icted in (is c(aracter/ t(e su#eriority o'

culture, #roli'eration o' (is 'amily name and t(e conce#t o' mac(ismo. )e is not in 'aor o' 5(at

(e (as done, 0ut (e (as to do it. )is need to con'orm to t(eir tradition #ains (im as muc( as it

#ains *umnay. During (is 5edding ceremony (e #ays isit to *umnay and asks (er to come to (is5edding alt(oug( it is an emotional 0lo5 to (imsel'. )e utters 5ords 5(ic( are against (is

5is(es. -t (urts (im to leae *umnay, 0ut (e (as to/ 9I-t is taking a5ay (al' o' (is li'e to leae

(er like t(is.; As (e leaes (er, (e laments 5(y a man (as to (ae a c(ild. Dou0tlessly, t(e 'act

t(at (e isits *umnay on (is 5edding day asserts (is loe 'or *umnay.

31. A5iyaos 5ords tell a0out t(e su#eriority o' t(eir culture/ 9..- am ery sorry, 0ut neit(er o' us

can (el# itIHou kno5 ery 5ell t(at - dont 5ant any 5oman eit(er.. - do t(is 'or t(e sake o' our

tri0e.; A5iyao is a de#iction o' t(e so8called mac(ismo as 5ell 5(ic( is #roen 0y 0eing a0le to

(ae a c(ild/ 9..-' - did t(is it is 0ecause o' my need 'or a c(ild. Hou kno5 t(at li'e is not 5ort(

liing 5it(out a c(ild. %(e men (ae mocked me 0e(ind my 0ack. %(e last c(aracter is

Malidumay, t(e 5oman A5iyao is getting married to. Not(ing more aside 'rom t(at is said a0out

(er. )er c(aracter also em#(asi+es t(e 'unction o' a 5oman in t(e society, to 0ear c(ildren. )erc(aracter s(o5s con'ormity to tradition as 5ell 0ecause een t(oug( s(e kno5s t(at A5iyao is

only marrying (er 'or t(e sole reason o' (aing a c(ilds(e still marries (im regardless o' *umnay.

!n t(e ot(er (and, in t(e Distance to Andromeda t(ere are t(ree c(aracters as 5ell, Ben, "e#e and

%ito. %(e actions and dialogues also reeal t(e c(aracters nature like in %(e Wedding Dance.

&ince t(e aut(or did not make any descri#tion a0out t(e c(aracters and did not made use o' many

e6c(ange o' dialogues as 5ell, 7ust sensi0le ones. Ben is a t(irteen year old 0oy 5(o 5ants to stay'or anot(er screening in t(e moie (ouse alt(oug( (e (ad already 5atc( one moie. Mean5(ile,

een i' (e already 5ent out t(e t(eater 5(en (is 'riend called (im (e still stood 0e'ore t(e t(eater

looking at t(e #(otos o' t(e moie on t(e dis#lay 0oard. )is c(aracter

34.#ortrays a c(aracter o' 5anting to stay a little longer, o' not 5anting to leae. -t is s(o5n in

t(e lines/ 9..Ben t(inks o' staying 'or one more screening 0ut (is 'riend "e#e stood u# to leae,

5aing to (im 'rom t(e aisle.; )e could not get oer 5it( t(e moie (e and (is 'riend 7ust

5atc(ed/ 9IBen looks u# at t(e #ictures, and (e 'eels again, dee# in a silence 5it(in (im, like

t(e i0ration o' inisi0le 5ires, t(e (um o' unierse, t(e moement o' t(e #lanets and stars.; 9-

5onder i' t(ere are #eo#le on Mars8 like in t(e comics.; 9Do you t(ink #eo#le 5ill eer get to t(e

moon:;.)e 5onders o' t(e outers#ace. )e al5ays looks u# to t(e stars and sky. Bens c(aracter

0eliees t(at li'e is a 7ourney at a certain #oint #eo#le 5ill end u# to t(eir 'inal destination. %(is is

s(o5n 5it( (is 'requent looking u# at t(e stars in t(e story. Anot(er c(aracter is "e#e, t(e 'riend
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o' Ben. )is c(aracter #ortrays t(e 5illingness to leae. )e is t(e one calling Ben and 5aiing at

(im to leae t(e moie (ouse. %(e last c(aracter is %ito, o##osite Bens c(aracter (e does not go

to t(e kind o' #icture Ben and "e#e like. )is c(aracter #ortrays a realistic 0eing. )e does not

0eliee to 'antasy, 'or (im t(ose are cra+y talks/ 9-' t(ere are any, says %ito, t(eyd look like Mr.

Cru+.; 9A((, no0odys going to land on t(e moon, says %ito, t(eres no air u# t(ere.; 9Moon,rockets(i#, Mars8 5(at kind o'cra+y talk is t(at:;

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le't suddenly young againK (e 5as a gay young 0uck again, lately came 'rom Euro#eK (e (ad 0een

dancing all nig(tK (e 5as ery drunkK (e s ste##ed in t(e door5ayK (e sa5 a 'ace in t(e darkK (e

called out...and t(e lad standing 0e'ore t(e mirror 'or it 5as a lad in a nig(t go 7um#ed 5it(

'rig(t and almost dro##ed (is candle, 0ut looking around and seeing t(e old man, laug(ed out

5it( relie' and came running.; =oltaire 5as e6actly doing 5(at Agueda did one May Day Ee o'3>


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5ill go 0ack to t(eir creator and it is t(eir 'ait( t(at 5ould 0ring t(em t(ere. -t can also re#resent

5(ateer it is t(at is signi'icant to #eo#le to arrie at t(eir 'inal destination, 5(ateer t(at 'inal

destination is 'or t(em. %(e outer s#ace/ -t is 5(ere t(e last #eo#le on eart( traelled. -t is 5(ere

t(ey see t(oug( t(e #ort(oles t(e stars, #lanets and t(e moon. %(ese t(ings t(ey sa5 re#resents

t(e multitude o' circumstances #eo#le 'ace in t(eir 7ourney to t(is li'e. -t includes t(e di''erent#eo#le t(ey see, di''erent #laces t(ey go and di''erent situations t(ey encounter. %(e skatersL

skaters rink/ 9-n t(e 5(ite lig(t o' t(e neon lam#s, t(e continuous rum0ling sound o' t(e skatersrises and 'alls 5it( t(e quality o' t(e cemented rink/ no5 (ollo5 and receding, no5 'ull and

ascending, going around, seemingly unending.; *i'e as a 7ourney is not al5ays a smoot( ride.

Neert(eless, it is not al5ays a toug( ride. %(e skaters and skaters rinks signi'y t(e u#s and

do5ns o' li'e. -t is not al5ays eeryday t(at 5e are on to# and ice

12. ersa. %(e 'alls are t(e trials and c(allenges 5(ile t(e u#s are t(e 7oys and ictories o' li'e.

%(e stars, sky and t(e moon/ -n t(e story Ben al5ays look u# to t(ese, so t(ese sym0oli+e t(e

'inal destination. -n t(e story it reminded Ben o' t(e moie (e 5atc(ed, in real li'e it 5ill also 0e

a reminder t(at all #eo#le 5ill surely 0e 5(ere t(ey are su##osed to 0e. W(ile on t(e story May

Day Ee t(e sym0ols used are t(e mirror, t(e cane and t(e candle. %(e mirror/ -t is t(e most

im#ortant sym0ol in t(e story 0ecause t(e story reoles around it. %(e mirror is t(e sym0ol o'

trut( since 5(at you see is 5(at you get. -t is t(roug( t(e mirror Do@a Agueda sa5 Don Badoy.Alt(oug( it 5as 7ust a su#erstition t(at 5(o s(e 5ill see 5ill 0e (er (us0and, in t(e end it turned

out to 0e true to (er 0ecause t(ey got married. &(e let (ersel' con'ines to (er 0elie' o' t(e mystic

May day ee.%(e mirror resem0les, suggests and associates somet(ing more and somet(ing else.

$or one, t(e mirror sym0oli+es t(e illusory loe 0et5een Agueda and Badoy. W(en t(ey 'irst met,t(e mutual #(ysical attraction 5as strong as may 0e con'irmed in t(e recollection made 0y 0ot(.

!n t(e #art o' Agueda, (er #(ysical attraction 5as eident in seeing t(e young Badoys 9ery

0lack and elegant; mustac(es, 9(is 'ine clot(es, (is 'las(ing eyes, (is curly (air; as t(ey 5ere

re'lected in t(e mirror. !n t(e #art o' Badoy, (is #(ysical attraction 5as eident in seeing t(e

young Aguedas 9c(arms,; 9tremendous 0eauty,; t(e 9eyes s(e (ad,; 90are s(oulders gold in t(e

candlelig(t and delicately 'urred,; 9t(e mo0ile insolence o' (er neck, (er taut 0reast,; (er

13. enc(anting 9'ire; and 9grace,;9(er (air t(at 5as like 0lack 5aters; as t(ey 5ere re'lected int(e same mirror. )o5eer, t(eir attraction 0eing 'ounded on somet(ing so su#er'icial as #(ysical

a##earance, t(eir loes roots are not anc(ored dee#ly so t(eir 'eelings 'or eac( ot(er did not

endure. Just a 'e5 years a'ter t(eir c(ance meeting 0y t(e mirror on a May Day Ee, 5it( t(e

#roduct o' t(eir marital union still a ery young girl, Agueda is already re'erring to (er (us0and

as t(e 9deil; and attac(es negatie descri#tions to (im like (aing 9a scar o' sin,;

mustac(es9dirty and greying and smelling (orri0ly o' to0acco,; and (orns and tails. Badoy (ast(e similar antagonistic attitude against (is 5i'e, 5(om (e re'ers to as a9(orri0le,; 9dark, 'atal

creature; o' a 95itc(; 5(o 9tortured; (im and 9ate (is (eart and drank (is 0lood.; %(is

reersal o' Agueda and Badoys initial #assionate #ronouncements to5ard eac( ot(er im#lies t(at

like a mirror re'lecting analmost8similar yet actually 'alse image, t(e skin8dee# loe t(ey (adalready disillusioned t(em. %(e cane/ -n t(e story t(e 5alking cane is used 0y Don Badoy. -t

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