Short Story Reviews =D

source Title: A Night in The Hills Author: Paz Marquez Benitez Author's Background:  Born in 1894 in Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon). Marquez – Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English language short story, Dead Stars, published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. she was among the first generation of Filipino people trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. source Vocabulary: azotea - a flat roof or platform on the top of a house or other building. widowerhood - the fact or state of being a widower. kaingin - employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbrush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer. clambered - climb or move in an awkward and laborious way. stalwart - loyal, reliable, and hard-working. Characters: Gerardo Luna - main protagonist of the story, a jewelry store salesman who is middle-aged, and always aspired to go to the forest. His wife - a woman whose m...

source Title: The Rainy Day Author:  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author's Background: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.  His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841).  Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. source Interpretation:       The poem shows that Life can be cruel, dark, and make your days sad. Life may give you problems that will really stress you out, but as it says on the third stanza, like every other rain, there is always a sunshine or a rainbow that will follow, and that sometimes, you will need to experience the reality, that your days will not always go the way you want to,...