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Writing A Parable
LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE: AFRO-ASIAN
LITERATURE
Objectives
to Increase understanding and recall of what is read including facts and
importance of the main idea,
participate in the discussion and perform the given task cooperatively; and
to create a parable using Asian setting and characters.
The Author
is a Chinese–American writer. Her works
frequently deal with the lives of people living
in poverty in Southeast Asian countries. She
grew up on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
She mentioned in her biography, "I think of
Chinese as the language of my heart; Thai is
the functional language of my hands; and
Minfong Ho English is the language of my head."
Writer
Ma Boonruen’s
Restaurant
While Ma Boonruen is savoring her Saturday afternoons, she saw the old bottle-woman
limping down the street carrying a basket filled with duck eggs. The bottle-woman asked
Ma Boonruen if she wanted to buy her duck eggs, Ma Boonruen however was still annoyed,
was being sarcastic and rude to the bottle-woman and denied the duck eggs, saying it is
worthless to her since all her customers preferred chicken eggs until she gave the bottle-
woman 22 bottles in exchange of the duck eggs to make her go away. Just then, a truck
came over. The man in the truck came out and offered Ma Boonruen a business. A business
where she can give him bottles as much as she can and get paid. One baht for one bottle.
At first, Ma Boonruen rejected until she accepted the deal of one fifty baht per bottle. Ma
Boonruen gave the bottles (what was supposed to be for the bottle-woman) to the man.
After the man got into his truck and roared off, Ma Boonruen gave the duck eggs back to
the bottle-woman. Not even a single sign did the bottle-woman weakly placed the duck
eggs into her basket and left with no words. Ma Boonruen even offered her a piece of
chicken but she didn’t mind it and continued walking. Ma Boonruen felt guilty and looked
at the sign of her restaurant: Ma Boonruen’s Restaurant. A fine sign, nice and bright. But
somehow the bright red lettering seemed paler now to Ma Boonruen and more faded.
In your opinion, what does it take to be successful in any field?
Writing A Parable
Parables
A Parable
fable, parable, and allegory, any form of imaginative literature or
spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or
listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the
literal surface of the fiction.
Unlike a short story, a parable is brief and concise. It illustrates
some religious truth or lesson in fewer words. Unlike fables, a
parable uses human characters, not animals or inanimate objects.
Exercise!
Using Asian setting and characters, write your own parable
that illustrates and teaches any of the following virtues:
·faith humility
·hope ·diligence
·charity ·courage
·justice · loyalty
·sincerity ·mercy
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Rubric for Writing a Parable
Total of 24 pts
Target 6 pts Fair 4 pts Poor 2 pts
Mechanics Target Fair Poor
0-2 grammatical errors. 3 grammatical errors 5 or more grammatical errors
Ideas Target Fair Poor
Ideas were communicated quite The story seemed to be a
Ideas were expressed in a
clearly; however, the organization collection of unrelated
clear and organized manner.
could have been better. sentences and scenarios.
Imagery Target Fair Poor
Parable contains vivid imagery Parable contains some Parable contains little or no
that helps create a picture in the
imagery imagery
readers mind.
Moral/Lesson Target Fair Poor
Story contains a moral or lesson Moral or lesson is not fully Story contains no moral or
that the audience can consider developed lesson to be learned
Takeaways!
Thank you
for listening!
Mr. Jon-vic A. Figueroa
