PRISCA JOY R.

VELASO ENGLISH 235

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SYMBOLS:
Charing - symbolizes alarm clock in every morning.
Lucring – feeling rich-kid.
Money or abuloy – symbolize financial support
Pancit - long life
Wearing red attire – showing disrespect for the family of the dead or to the
dead himself/ herself.
Wearing black or white attire – symbolize mourning.
Tears fallen to the casket of the dead – symbolize bad luck.
Money on hand of the diseased – symbolize good luck or lucky.
Cut Rosary – it should be cut so that no one in the family member will not be
next to passed away.
Taking a bath in the house – when there’s a burial in the house, it is bad luck to
get shower or bath.
Cleaning the house – symbolize bad luck during burial.
Throwing coins- when you see a marching of the dead, throwing coins in a street
symbolizes fortune, help and respect for the family of the diseased person.
Back and forth of child on the top of the casket – so that the dead, not to visit
them.
Buried before 12 noon – symbolize bad luck in the family, loved one passed
away should be buried before 12 noon.
All the left over foods – should be distributed to all neighbors not in the member
of the family. It shows unlucky, when it will not be distributed.
CHARACTERIZATION:
Gina Alajar as Mameng – protagonist, dynamic character
Elizabeth Oropesa as Dolores – protagonist,dynamic character
Manilyn Reynes as Charin – protagonist, dynamic character
Roderick Paulate as Junee – flat
Dick Israel as Syano – flat
Perla Bautista as Pilar – flat
Rainier Castillo as Jimmy – flat
BJ Forbes –flat
Tony Cruz as Lolo Juanito – flat
Iren Liel Escano as Lucring - flat