Canal Dela Reina Book Review Essay Example

how it will affect to other people.

What does the name mean to you? Do you have a negative connotation associated with the name? What would you name the character instead? What would you use as a setting? Canal de la Reina is really a striking novel. I don’t think I don’t have the right to change the name of the characters, even the location or setting because in every angle that I looked, it really has a meaning and things that shows the truth and reality of life.

book? Is there anything that the author could have done to make what happened (or didn’t happen) more clear? I don’t think I was confused on what happened on the novel. The author really made a good story and it is eqasily understood. The story has a flow and that will makes you excited to read it and predict what will happen on the characters.

was talking about the Canal de la Reina after the typhoon and big flood that destroyed the houses in the area.

very talented writer because through her works, it shows the reality or what is really happening in our country.

Is there a character you hate, detest, and despise? Why? What traits could you change about the characters that would change how you think about them? Do you think that any of the characters represent real people? Does anything about a particular character seem to be related to the author’s true personality – who the writer is? The main characters in Canal de la Reina are the Marcial family and the De los Angeles family. The members of the Marcial family are Nyora Tentay (i. e. Senyora Tentay; the term senyora is theFilipino word for the Spanish term senora, meaning “Mrs. ”; nyora is the abbreviated form of senyora), Victor, Gracia, and Gerry. In the story, Nyora Tentay is depicted as the matriarch of the wealthy Marcial family and is labelled as the “queen of Canal de la Reina”. Apart from being the controller of the Marcial family, Nyora Tenday is a lender of money who charges hight interest rates. Victor is Nyora Tentay’s son. Gracia is Victor’s wife. Junior is Victor and Gracia’s son. On the other hand, the De los Angeles family is composed of husband and wife Salvador and Caridad. Leni and Junior are their children. Gerry Marcial and Leni de los Santos are lovers. The conflict between the Marcials and the De los Angeleses began when Nyora Tentay bought a piece of land owned by the De los Angeles family. Nyora Tentay did not buy the land directly from the De Los Angeles family. She bought it from the De los Angeles’ former caretaker. Nyora Tentay used bribery to assert her claim. A flood occurs at Canal de la Reina. Building

and structures have been damaged. Caridad found Nyora Tentay’s documents. Caridad returns the documents to Nyora Tentay, instead of using them against the latter. Because of Caridad’s good will, Nyora Tentay had a change of heart. Gerry Marcial and Leni de los Angeles gets married. Liwayway Arceo (1920-1999) was a multi-awarded Tagalog fictionist, journalist, radio scriptwriter and editor from the Philippines.

Arceo was the author of well-received novels such as Canal de la Reina and Titser. She also published collections of short storiessuch as Ina, Maybahay, Anak at iba pa, Mga Maria, Mga Eva and Ang Mag-anak na Cruz. Most of her books were published by Ateneo de Manila UniversityPress and The University of the Philippines Press. Arceo's story Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa was placed second in the Japanese Imperial Government-sanctioned Pinakamabuting Maikling Katha ng 1943 (The Best Short Stories of 1943). Arceo made her mark as a lead actress in a Japanese and Philippinefilm produced during World War II.

The film Tatlong Maria was produced by two movie companies: X'Otic Pictures of the Philippines and Eiga Hekusa of Japan in 1944. She also ventured into radio by Ilaw ng Tahanan, a long-running radio serial. Ilaw ng Tahanan became a television soap opera aired in RPN 9 during the late 1970s. Arceo's short story Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga was later turned into an award-winning film by National Artist Ishmael Bernal in 1975. Filipina thespian Elizabeth Oropesareceived a FAMAS Best Actress Award in 1976 for her role in the film.

Arceo received a CarlosPalanca for Short Story in Filipino (Filipino (Tagalog) Division) in 1962; a Japan FoundationVisiting Fellowship in 1992; a Gawad CCP for Literature given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1993; a Doctorate on Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of the Philippines in 1991; the Catholic Authors Award from the Asian Catholic Publishers in 1990, and the Gawad Balagtas Life Achievement Award for Fiction from

the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (Writers Union of the Philippines or UMPIL) in 1998.

In 1999, Liwayway Arceo received a Philippine National Centennial Commission award for her prioneering and exemplarycontributions in the field of literature. When she passed away, Filipino writers paid tribute to Liwayway A. Arceo during a memorial service held at the Loyola Memorial Chapel in Guadalupe, Makati City, Philippines on December 6, 1999.