1. SWABE GROUP PRESENTS 2. WILL OFTHE RIVER ALFREDO GONZALES JR. 3. BRIEF BACKGROUND OFTHE AUTHOR Alfredo Q. Gonzales is an educator, essayist, and civic leader in the Central and Western Visayas. He has published two books of essays: "the Call of the heights" () and "the Bamboo Flower" "by my wife's ancestral home flows a river.
Almost every year I make an effort to trace its course back to its source," He says.
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In other places, the river seemed small or weak, but he knew that farther down, closer to the ocean it was strong and flowing.
6.Biography alfredo q gonzales wikipedia Three other majors were added namely: PE, Music, and Filipino. Nicolas Baban took over as Officer- in- Charge until After her retirement, Miss Petronilla Suarez took over serving until Enrolment declined but picked up again in and reached a thousand I until He likens the river to our lives, comparing the river's dedication to get to the ocean to our dedication as we encounter obstacles in our lives. Like rivers, our goals should be to continue and live for the rest of creation. A river's strength and determination would be less if their source were not the high and lofty mountains, and we would be less if our source and power did not also come from on high (read: God).
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7.Biography alfredo q gonzales wife Gonzales as dean in Wiki User. For Bacong was able to carry on, to continue its watery pilgrimage and reach the immensity and sublimity of the sea, only because its source is the vast and lofty mountains. When Dr.CHARACTERS OFTHE STORY - Bacong- the river -The Author - Student Friend - Author’s elder son
8. SETTINGS OFTHE STORY - Ancestral House The River - 9. CONFLICT OFTHE STORY MAN AGAINST HIMSELF - Internal conflicts involve the character experiencing opposing needs, desires or values. Sometimes, these battles represent conflict between a character's mind or subjective knowledge and their heart or feelings.Biography alfredo q gonzales jr The conflict also highlights the theme of man's struggle to control nature versus nature's ability to shape and influence human life. On the other hand, think of other lives that, like our river, kept their way even to the end of their course. Leonor Fernandez also a CP librarian. Study now See answers 5. THEME OFTHE STORY Alfredo Gonzales Jr. explores themes of nature, resilience, and human connection to the environment, using the river as a powerful symbol of life's ebbs and flows. SYMBOLISM OFTHE STORY The significance of this essay is that it gives wonderful symbolisms about life.
The mountains symbolize the Divine source, the river as one’s goal in life and the stones as the obstacles that hinder us in our earnest attempts to success.
MORAL LESSON OFTHE STORY Our life should be like that of the river in the essay which flowed in continuity no matter how many the stones there are.
There are only two ways to face challenges in life and that is to either overcome them or undercome them.
Biography alfredo q gonzales mdBiography alfredo q gonzales obituaryBiography alfredo q gonzales deathTo overcome means to surpass the trials while to undercome means to just allow some things to pass and just stay calm amidst all the hardships. The most important thing to remember is to enjoy this road of life by appreciating all the moments of the trip along the way. “If you cannot overcome an obstacle, you can undercome it.”
AMERICAN PERIOD INFLUENCES ONTHE STORY: • Architectural structure in houses • The influence of famous people like Galileo, Beethoven, Stevenson, Cecil Rhodes • The existence of Ministry in the Philippines • The use of English language in the story