The Cherished Daughter Mother, I am eighteen this year and still without a husband. What, Mother, is your plan? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than five full quan, five thousand areca nuts, five fat pigs, and five suits of clothes. Mother, I am twenty-three this year and still without a husband. What, Mother, dear, is your plan? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than three full quan, three thousand areca nuts, three fat pigs, and three suits of clothes. Vocabulary: Magpie - used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person who collects things, especially things of little use or value, or a person who chatters idly. Matchmaker - a person who arranges relationships and marriages between others, either informally Mother, I am thirty-two this year and still without a husband. What, Mother, darling, is your plan? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than one full quan, one thousand areca nuts, one fat dog this time, and one suit of clothes. Mother, I am forty-three this year. Still without a husband. Mother, look, Mother, Will you please just give me away? -- Anonymous (c. 1700 AD) -- trans. Nguyen Ngoc Bich from World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity or, in certain cultural communities, as a formal occupation. Areca nuts - the astringent seed of an areca palm (Areca catechu), which is often chewed with betel leaves. Suit of Clothes - a set of garments (usually including jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color Understanding: 1. Do you believe that the daughter is cherished? Defend your answer. Upon reading the story, I believe that the daughter has been cherished by her mother. Why? Kasi makikita naman natin dun sa poem and based sa speaker kung gaano nag-care yung mother sa daughter nya. At the age of 18 nagkaron na ng desire yung daughter na magpakasal pero diba ang nangyare, chinallenge nung mother nya yung mga suitors nya and nagset ng mga standard or requirements equivalent dun sa worth ng anak nya, but as years passed by and 43 yrs old na yung daughter, hindi pa rin sya nakakapagasawa or naiikasal kahit na nilessen na yung mga standard. We can see or feel naman talaga yung love at adoration ng mother sa daughter nya kasi parang ginawa nya yon out of selfishness kasi gusto nya ikeep yung daughter sa kanya at the same time gusto nya rin iletgo para makuha ng daughter nya yung desire nya. 2. What is the present day equivalent of magpie from the context? In the present time, magpie is a talkative person or a person who gossips a lot. Mga marites dyarn eme 3. What culture of the Vietnamese is shown in the poem? The Vietnamese culture present in the poem is yung pagiging protective ng mga parents among their children especially when it comes sa marriage, na I guess it is really normal sa mga family. Sa culture kasi nila about weddings,usually arranged marriages. 4. Comment on the value of challenges of the mother. So dun sa poem, nabasa naman natin na nagthrew ng challenge yung mother dun sa mga matchmakers na nagsimula sa five areca nuts, five full quan, five fat pigs and five suit of clothes. Na hanggang sa mag-age yung daughter na-less or nabawasan na yung value nung mga items na yon and diba para sa mga suitors it was easier for them na and the difficulty of that challenge is depending on the age of the daughter so the mother realizes that her daughter’s value to suitor become low. 5. How do you feel for the daughter at forty-three? I feel bad and sad for the daughter.Kasi diba her social life is affected because of her mother being overprotective just to keep her company. Kung titingnan sa perspective nung daughter, makikita na ang selfish ng mother nya just to keep her from being happy and to live her life. And dun naman sa perspective ng mother is ginawa nya lang kung ano yung sa tingin nyang deserve ng anak nya sa buhay. But para dun kasi sa daughter, she begged na para makapagasawa sya but it was already too late that at the age of 43, she still has no husband or her own family. Valuing: 1. What family, economic, education, and social values should be cherished based on the poem? The value that can be cherished from the poem is the daughter’s obedience to her mother. It is a sign of being family oriented and she values or it really matters to her, her family’s opinion. She still follows her mother at the age of 43 and does not even complain. In the economic aspect, the value of challenges determines the value of their economic concerns. The social values we could cherish from the poem is the love of a mother and control when it comes to their daughter’s family concerns. 2. Does obedience always give optimistic result? No, it does not always result in favorable outcomes. The daughter is old enough to decide for her own, yet she obeyed her mother that she ended up growing old alone and without a family. Obedience is not bad, but if you know what’s best for you and you do not intend any harm, I think it is also important to speak up your reasons to disobey and to seek for understanding. Sound Device: 1. What sound device is used in the poem? The sound device used in the poem is repetition. This is the repeating of any words, phrases, sentence, or lines within a poem. 2. Expound on the use of repetition. The repetition was used to show the progress of the situation. It was used to give importance to the age of the daughter in the story. 3. Do you appreciate the poem through its sound device? Why or Why not? Yes, repetitiveness was an effective sound device used in the poem as it shows the importance of the age of the character in the poem in the delivery of the message. Poetry type: 1. What poetry type is The Cherished Daughter? Support your answer. - Could be lyrical or dramatic poetry since it gives us much emotions upon reading the poem and we can feel the desperation of the daughter, wanting to get married at the age of 18. The daughter is longing to get married, however, because of their culture and respect to her mother, she needs to follow and obey what her mother ought her to do. The Cherished Daughter is an example of dramatic monologue for the daughter is speaking to her mother to reveal her specific intention through a monologue. In the poem “the Cherished Daughter” for instance, the daughter reveals aspects of her desperate temperament especially from the line ‘Mother, look Mother, will you please just give me away?’ It is a voice of a daughter asking if obedience always gives an optimistic result of the mother cherishing her too much, indeed, children have to obey their parents. However, there are other beliefs valuing legal age that a person has the right for his/her own decision making. SOCIAL STATUS (challenges) Symbolism: - Quan - Letting go of what you value the most Voice of desperation of the daughter Everything has its own time. The making-meaning of the poem •‘The Cherished Daughter’ is bound up in the culture rather than the stylistics of it. In Vietnam, considering the social status of the families should be considered when choosing a marital partner. During 1700, it is expected that the family will have a major voice in the selection of wives and husbands of their children. As portrayed by the mother, she never let her daughter get married unless her standard will be sufficed. The Cherished Daughter: Interpretation •The author used repetition (‘Mother, I am eighteen this year and still without a husband. What, Mother, is your plan?’) to emphasize the feeling of a daughter longing to get married at the right age, however, because of the cultural value and respect to her mother, she needs to follow and obey what she ought her to do. It shows the daughter’s desperation in some part, trying to break the chain from her mother. SCRIPT/FLOW: *READ THE POEM* Proceed sa konting intro. Explain the vocabulary terms. Nica: INTRO Who can summarize the poem or what is the poem all about? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Nica: (Explain or magsasabi rin opinion) Shane: Do you believe the girl is cherished? Why or why not? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ………………………………………… Shane: (discuss yung perspective at yung answer nya) Nica: How do you feel for the daughter at the age of 43? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Nica: Kung ikaw yung nasa posisyon nung anak, what will you do? Nica: Is having strict and protective parents gives us the lack of freedom we wanted? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Nica: (discuss) Shane: So diba nadiscuss satin last meeting yung mga sound devices, kung nakinig talaga kayo don, ano yung sound device na ginamit sa poem? And why? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Shane: (explain) Shane: What poetry type is the Cherished Daughter? Why? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Shane: (explain) Nica: So upon reading the poem, ano yung naging insight nyo or lesson perhaps na nakuha nyo sa poem? —---------magtatawag or may sasagot—-----------After: ……………………………………….. Nica: (magsasabi rin ng sagot nya) Shane: (magsasabi rin ng sagot nya) Nica: So that concludes “The Cherished Daughter” Thank you for your active participation and listening.
