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Benedicto, Marion Joyce

September 2, 2015

II- 2 Bachelor in English Education

Prof
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Hunger latches on peoples’ stomachs regardless of their
social status
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The later would be Nenita’s only choice, the heroine in Merlinda Bobis’ novel, entitled Banana
Heart Summer
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Ningning’s life (Nenita’s nickname) is made flavorful by the
people around her, of people living in Remedios street where her family’s hut settles
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Why not use a food
metaphor for them?
The Prickly Jackfruit
The very first character introduced by Nenita is no other than Nana Dora
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Residents of Remedios street has given their trust to Nana Dora to
serve them afternoon delights
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” Nenita learned that this attitude of Nana Dora could have been because she’s
living alone
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It was more triggered when Nenita asked about her children, if she
has any
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Nana Dora’s character is very much subtle than what was expected of her in the first
part of the novel
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She acted as another mother figure
of Nenita in the story even though she doesn’t really express her motherly love through her words
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The Man with Mussels
An unnamed Calcium Man was also mentioned in the novel
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He also smelled like dried fish and his hair colored dirty white
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Even though, he manages to sell those seafood in English
and lectures the buyers about its nutritional value, having Calcium which is good for their bones
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One afternoon, when Nenita decided to follow and help the Calcium Man to sell, she
saw the struggle of the man just to make his prospective customers buy his seafood
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Nenita knew that her Tiya Asun was actually pretending to haggle because she knows for a fact
that her Tiya Asun’s family were even poorer than them
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She felt bad for the Calcium
man because of his “bad business day”
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The Calcium Man, despite his old age, still struggles to make a way for his
living
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Also, the
Calcium Man shows his strong conviction and integrity despite of his status which is a very good
attitude for people to acquire
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Of course, out of her mother’s
quite contrary expression of love
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One night, when Nenita got home close to midnight, the paddle which was near at her mother at
that time, landed heavily on her body, causing her to have bruises
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Later that night, before they go to sleep, her mother comforted her and prepared her
something to eat
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But her mother’s way of love and punishing did not end there
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This
is because she was the first born child of her mother and father which reminds her mother of her
past
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She was forced to live under the harsh reality
of poverty together with their 5 more children
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Even living in poverty, Nenita’s mother managed to maintain her aristocratic
upbringing, being egoistic
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Knowing Nenita’s mother’s past, it gave more understanding to readers why
does she have to act that way
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The mother’s
character makes the readers realize that when one creates a decision, one must be able to face
whatever consequence awaits
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“The devil ate my
words
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As Nenita narrates, his father murmur that line whenever he felt like

disagreeing with her mother
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To add more awful taste in Nenita’s life, his father lost his job and whenever
her parents starts arguing, his father would just utter his famous line to halt the heating argument
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The father’s attitude of saying less words is also
showing that being man in their family is not easy for he always have to understand and carry the
burden of their life, especially carrying every blame of his wife throwing at him
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Her feelings for a Spanish-Chinese mestizo boy living in an “almost mansion” is as colorful
and sweet as Halo-Halo
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One day, she was able to get inside the Ching’s mansion because of Manolito’s humble
invitation
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The tempting ingredients such as the macupuno and the red jelly went to
Nenita’s throat but her and while savoring all the flavors in her mouth, Mrs
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She tried to explain herself but Mrs
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Manolito
saw the whole thing but did not do anything to stop his mother
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She realizes that it would impossible for Manolito to like a girl like her
because
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His character just reflects what most people about two people getting together
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