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ALAMAT NG GUBAT

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literary analysis of Bob Ong's literary piece Besa, Espiritu, Fonte, Santos, Papa

TABLE OF CONTENTS E-PORTFOLIO FOR ALAMAT NG GUBAT

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Biography of the Author (Bob Ong)

PAGE 8 Featured Story

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Editorial Section minimalist Featuring upcoming PAGE Interior1 designers of our time.

Brain Exercises

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Elements of the story

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Reflections and Social Issues observed

PAGE 6 Trivia

PAGE 10 Literary Context of the story

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Conclusion of the e-portfolio

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Alamat ng Gubat Summary

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Symbolism of the story

PAGE 13 - 14 Reflections

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Who is

Bob Ong?

Above: A Silhouette of a man which represents Bob Ong's Identity

Robert Ong or mostly know for Bob Ong is a pen name or pseudonym of a Contemporary Filipino Writer whose identity is not yet been revealed to the public due to reasons like wanting the “Average Filipino Life” rather than the fame that the author will get from his works. The authors personality can be based on his literary works because of his works that mostly tackle comical, witty, controversial, and contemplative characteristic of a Filipino Life. :

short history 1. In 1998, Bob Ong created a website called “Bobong Pinoy” and there he/she published his books that has later been discovered by online readers.

2. The author published his hard copies of his works and his works became articles, films, or a play.

3. Up to this day, Bob Ong is still active as an author and also a social media influencer for platforms such as twitter, youtube, facebook, and even tiktok.

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He authored and published 10 books and sold 250,000+ copies of his books.

BOB ONG'S

WORKS Fiction Books Macarthur (2007) This book is about the struggles of Filipino youth in dealing with the problems of today: drugs and vices, employment, education, social and economic status and family expectations Kapitan Sino (2009) Manglicmot, an average Electronics Technician in a town called Pelaez who became a Super Hero after learning his Special abilities.

Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan (2010) Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan is a 2010 mystery novel by Filipino writer Bob Ong It is Ong's first attempt in the horror/suspense genre.

Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin (2011) Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin is a series of satirical parody novel by Filipino writer Bob Ong. The book, which was written in a screenplay form, is divided into three parts.

Si (2014) A slow story about love, loss, and how these two things co-exist side by side Non-Fiction Books ABNKKBSNPLAko (2001) An author recollects memories of his childhood to early student days until his few years at work.

Bakit Baliktad Magpasa ng Mga Libro ang Pilipino (2001) A book about issues were tackled about races and Pilipinos Ang Paboritong Libro Ni Hudas (2003) A 7 chapter book with different story that is related to deadly sins such us a conversation scene between a man who had committed suicide and a person who is unknown wheter it is God himself or Lucifer.

Stainless Longganisa (2005) Stainless Longganisa is a semi-autobiographical book written by Bob Ong it follows the style used in Bob Ong's first three publications: the use of contemporary Filipino language to express the author's views on Filipino culture.

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Brain Exercises

Cross Word Puzzle

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questions 1. He/ She is the sidekick of leon

6.Who is the sidekick of Buwaya

2. Who’s the main character in the story

7.What type of animal is Tong?

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8.He is the brother of Tong

3. He’s the king of the jungle

9.He amazes tong with his collection of

4. What type of animal is Matsing?

turtle eggs

5. Who’s the greedy character in the

10.What animal was paid by doing

story?

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nothing *answers are in the last page*

trivias Alamat ng gubat is notable for being the first one to be a self-contained straightforward narrative rather than a collection of anecdotes.

What’s interesting about Bob Ong is that his identity is still hidden. So it means that we dont necessarily know the author’s gender, age, facial identity and even if “Bob Ong” is only one or

about the story and author

maybe a group of authors.

facts Believe it or not, Bob Ong also contributed to the successful literary work

Bob Ong uses convertional

called “Trese”. Bob Ong

writing style which is an

translated the first three

effective style because the

cases of trese along with the

characters makes you feel

journal entries of one of the

that they are talking to you.

characters of the story.

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ALAMAT NG GUBAT

SHORT SUMMARY

ALAMAT NG GUBAT SUMMARY By: Bob Ong The main character in the story, named "Tong" goes into the jungle to find puso ng saging for his dad because they believe that it's the only way to cure his dad's sickness.

In his pursuit for a cure, he encounters a variety of creatures along the road, each with its own unique qualities and personality.

Alamat ng Gubat, published in 2003, is the fourth installment in the works published

by Bob Ong. Bob Ong is a Filipino author best known for his depitcions of Filipino life, culture, and society. His books are always a reflection and commentary on the Philippines’ past and current issues.

The characters in the book include Buwaya, who demands a bribe before providing assistance; Palaka, who forces himself to be with Bibe simply because the latter is wealthy; Leon, who appears to be a good-hearted fellow but eventually reveals her true identity, that he only used Tong to track down the other animals in the forest who are hiding from them due to fear of being eaten; Langgam and Tipaklong argue about whether to continue their planned uprising (along with other insects) against the animals, with the former concerned that what they do will affect all of his investments, while the latter is not concerned because he has nothing to lose. Ulang, who believes he is being paid to do nothing; Manok and Pagong, from whom Daga stole eggs that Tong returned; Aso, who is known to vomit and eat his vomit and repeat the cycle, and the one who assisted Tong in his search for a cure; Kuneho, who challenged Tong, Aso, and Pagong to get the bud for his personal use; Tong's brother Katang betrayed him as a form of vengeance for their unresolved issues in the past; and Matsing who exposed Tong to the realities of Tong's father's illness and talked to Tong about making a change in society. Aside from Tong's search for the cure, the book also includes characters such as Tong's father, Buwaya, Leon, Aso, Kuneho, Pagong, and Tipaklong, each of whom claims to be the true king.

In the end, Tong successfully found the puso ng saging with the help of matsing. Tong found out that his father is not really ill, his father acts numb about the poor state of his kingdom and he’ll use the bud to continue being so. After knowing the true state of his father, Tong ends up eating the puso ng saging.

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FEATURED STORIES

Manny Pacquiao, fits the best as our featured story. Here's why!

When Manny was 16 years old, he snuck onto a ship to Manila and pretended to be 18 in order to compete in professional boxing.

Manny's narrative begins with his family struggling to make ends meet and living in poverty. Similar to Tong, he leaves their castle to seek find the Heart of Banana in an effort to save his ailing father.

Similarities of Tong and Manny

Similar to Tong, he leaves their castle to seek find the Heart of Banana in an effort to save his ailing father. The obstacles that Tong and Manny that they must

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ABOVE: Manny Pacquiao gestures to fans after his WBA welterweight title fight against Yordenis Ugas

overcome are similar in both of their travels. However, in the end, they both achieve their goals. In many weight classes, including flyweight, featherweight, super featherweight, light welterweight, and welterweight, Manny won numerous prizes.

While Tong obtained his Banana Heart. The two of them overcame their challenges and made friends and allies along the way.

In 2016, Pacquiao was ranked second on ESPN's list of top boxers, pound-for-pound, of the past 25 years.

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WHAT ARE LITERARY ELEMENT? CHARACTERS SETTINGS

It is an essential characteristic of all works of written and spoken narrative fiction. Literary elements include plot, theme, character and tone.

POV THEMES

ELEMENTS OF THE STORY CHARACTERS 1. Tong - main character of Alamat ng Gubat 2. Pagong - A turtle who helps Tong find the puso ng saging.

3. Aso - known to vomit and eats his vomit 4. Kuneho - A rabbit who joins Tong in his adventure in finding the banana blossom.

5. Buwaya - A crocodile who tried to eat Tong.

6. Daga - sidekick of Leon 7. Leon - is the leader of the evil gang in the jungle 8. Maya - sidekick of Buwaya 9. Katang - the brother of Tong 10. Palaka -A frog who forces himself to be with bibe.

11. Langgam - Argues with tipaklong 12. Tipaklong - Part of the insect group 13. Bibe - Known to be rich 14. Paruparo - An insect who forgets where she came from 15. Ulang - Paid by doing nothing 16. Manok - Egg supplier

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In the story, the name of the place where the story took place is called Saging Republic. The Saging Republic is a messy place where different animals inhabited each part of the place like the sea far away from the jungle and also the jungle itself. The time and weather of the Saging Republic was not clarified in the story though after analyzing, we concluded that it happened on a very warm weather with a lush environment and the story also happened ages ago.

Alamat ng Gubat's point of view is omniscient. The narrator of the story is aware of the world, the characters' thoughts, and the occurrences especially to our country that has been greatly affected by poverty and corruption.

Social class has been greatly observed in this story and somehow, all Filipinos can relate to this including the author himself, Bob Ong. Though Bob-Ong hasn’t really shared his experience when it comes to these certain issues, we can still conclude that the author has experienced being in a specific class where there are limitations and hardships. We dont necessarily know if Bob Ong’s purpose for the main character is to relate himself to Tong who was oppressed by the higher classes but it still represents most Filipinos who belongs to the low and middle class.

The theme of this story follows the journey of a person trying to save their father or loved one in every way possible. The story also portrays social scaling since the story portrayed that Tong was a little animal that has been oppressed by several large animals whilst other animals aided Tong in order to help his dying parent. Yet, even though the theme of the story is a bit serious, Bob Ong tried to add entertainment to the story thru the use of conversational writing style and also witty lines from the characters of the story.

What are the

literary context?

We listed the literary context that has only been portrayed throughout the story and we also based this contexts according to Bob Ong’s understanding and perspective of the story.

sociological context

Bob Ong’s main theme for this story is the occurrence of social class or a division of a society based on social and economic status. Throughout the story, Bob Ong showed us that social class is a two-sided coin wherein social class can be used to take advantage while on the other part, social class can be used to abuse it.

historical context The story has been heavily influenced by the historical background of our country.

The Maginoos, the Hispanic Colonization in the Philippines, and even the current state of our country can be considered as events where social class is ongoing on the society of the country. These occurrences shaped the story of Bob Ong’s literary piece.

political context The political context happened through out the story. The used animals to portray the oppressor and the insects to represent the oppressed. The story can be related to certain events that has to deal with corruption. Corruption has been occuring even in the early ages of our country. The author believes that ccorruption can be done in many ways such as extortion, bribery, and many more.

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What are the

symbolism observed in the story?

silver coins The silver coins was heavily shown throughout the story especially when the buwaya asked some silver coins from tong before he answers his question.

Silver coin symbolizes greediness. Greed is a strong desire and dangerous as it makes people do things which can be harmful and even deadly.

symbolism of characters Tong He symbolizes the hospitality of the Filipinos.

Pagong - symbolizes the kindness of the Filipinos.

Aso - symbolizes those who can be easily influenced.

Buwaya - He symbolizes the greediness of the Filipinos.

Daga - Symbolizes those who follow the “leons” and do whatever they ask to do in order to stay on their good side.

Leon - symbolizes a pretentious Filipino who displays kindness in front of others but acts differently when they are not looking.

Maya - symbolizes the loyalty of the Filipinos.

Katang symbolizes the selfishness and jealousy of some Filipinos

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symbolism of settings Jungle - This is equal to our country, the Philippines in a sense that there are always problems that arise.

Underwater - This represents the remote provinces where people must travel for proper medication.

editorial cartoon

description We want to show how difficult it is to get the puso ng saging in the editorial cartoon. The animals around Tong demonstrate that in order to obtain the puso ng saging, he must surpass the animals in the forest. Tong is a representation in real life as people who require medical care but must work hard to obtain the right medication since those in higher positions (animals in the forest) make it difficult for them.

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REFLECTIONS

In the book Alamat ng Gubat, the exploits of Tong, a sea-dwelling crab who was instructed by his queen mother to seek down the banana bud in the mountains in order to heal his father, are chronicled. He encounters various creatures with various characteristics and stories along the road as he looks for a cure. In this book it shows the different types of people that you would encounter just like in real life. It shows the state of our political and community. The story is full of symbols that Bob Ong wants to show us that is happening in our country. Whereas our country is the forest and the politicians are the big animals who have the power to do what they want in the forest.

We can relate the jungle to our society today wherein it is also a jungle filled with people whose always involved into corruption, greed, and opression but amidst these people, there are also people who are good-hearted people that has the will to help people especially the oppressed.

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SOCIAL ISSUES The social issues present in this literary piece are corruption which can be found in the characters of Buwaya and Maya, in which they symbolize corruption in their own ways. The story's characters all exhibit what is known as a crab mentality. They made the decision to collaborate because nobody could climb the banana plant.

However, the same act also allows the animals to expose their motivations, as they frequently fail in their attempts to escape difficult circumstances due to friends or family members who keep drawing them back in.

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conclusion and summary E-PORTFOLIO FOR ALAMAT NG GUBAT

Overall, Alamat ng Gubat is a great and awe-inspiring literary piece that Filipinos should read.

Aside from its great illustrations and funny or witty lines, Alamat ng Gubat has delivered an important message to Filipinos whose not fully aware if thus certain issues. The piece is also suitable for teenages or older audiences which we highly recommend for you to read.

The literary piece stands out on its own. The story is well-presented. despite it being only a short story book, the book offered its characters with considerable profundity. We admired the author's unique strategy for treating weighty subjects in a way that isn't overly scary to read.

Every character, circumstance, and dialogue contains symbols that have deeper meanings.

Additionally, the books strike a wonderful mix between humor and values. The book examines politics, culture, and society in the Philippines. The book discusses how most of the time we get numb to the problems that are recognized to exist in our society, particularly the Filipino society. On how, while having the ability to effect change, we yet decide not to Bob Ong’s life is fascinating and he serves as an inspiration for thousands of literary authors whose starting themselves into creating their own pieces.

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references

Bob Ong. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://sites.google.com/view/sibobpo My Thoughts About Alamat ng Gubat by Bob Ong (Book Review #60). (2017 January 9). BONGBONGBOOKS. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://bongbongbooks.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/my-thoughts-about-alamat ng gubat-by-bob ong book review-60/ Lloyd, A. (2014, June 13). Character Analysis: Alamat ng Gubat by Bob Ong. Coffee Bokeh. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://cotfeeandbokeh.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/character analysis alamat ng gubat-by-bob-onal Alamat ng Gubat by Bob Ong.(od.). Retrieved October 15.2022. from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1433328.Alamat ng Gubat Descartes V.A.P.B.(2019. January 19 Alamat ng Gubat (Legend of the Forest). THE CLEANERS. Retrieved October 15.2022. from https://a938892495.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/alamat ng gubat Bob Ong Books List of books by author Bob Ong. (nd). ThriftBooks. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/bob ong/315533/ Bob Ong Books List of books by author Bob Ong. Ind. TriBooks. Retrieved October 15 2022. from https://www.thrittbooks.com/elbob ong/315533/ Stat. N(2019 May 19). The Manny Pacquiao story. Boxing News. Retrieved October 15.2022. from https://www.boxdngnewsonline.net/the-manny pacquiao story Beginner Boxing Gloves 100 - Red. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.decathlon.ph/p/8388958/boxina/beginner-boxing-gloves-100-red

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ALAMAT NG GUBAT

E-PORTFOLIO

literary analysis of Bob Ong's literary piece

GROUP CONTRIBUTION Q1

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Q3

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Biography of the Author (Bob Ong)

Featured Stories of the Author

Trivias & Brain Exercises

Summarization of the literary work

Short biography of Bob Ong

Featured stories of Bob Ong

Short but fun Brain Exercises and Trivia

Whole summary of Alamat ng Gubat

Assigned: Papa

Assigned: Besa

Assigned: Besa, Espiritu, and Santos

Assigned: Espiritu & Fonte

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Elements, Literary Context, and Symboism of the story

Editorial Cartoon and Description

Reflections and Social Issues observed

Summarization and Conclusion

Editorial page of the portfolio that includes Cartoons and Description

Realizations from the story and social issues observed in Alamat ng Gubat

Summary of the whole portfolio and sources

Assigned: Fonte & Santos

Assigned: Everyone

Explaining the elements, literary context, and symbolism found in the story Assigned: Everyone

Assigned: Papa