*SORRY IF THE DESIGN/LAYOUT IS RUINED IN THE PRESENTATION~ Slideshare didn't have the fonts I originally used. :P ________________________________________ This is my report on Merlinda Bobis' short story, the sadness collector. I know you might get confused because my slides are usually for visual presentations only. I don't include additional info's I tell during the reporting proper. If you have any questions, just approach me on facebook/twitter. :) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003104801442 http://twitter.com/#!/Angel_ATweet

1. The Sa dne s s
Co l l e c t o r
By Merlinda Bobis
A REPORT
美雪月岡

2. MERLINDA BOBIS
(November 25, 1959 – present)
• Writer, performer, academic
• Born in Tabaco, Albay
• Completed her BA at Aquinas
University (Legaspi City)
• Got her post-graduate degree in
University of Santo Tomas and
University of Wollongong
(Australia)
• Senior lecturer at the University
of Wollongong

3. A WA R D S
• “Rita‟s LuLLaby” (play)
- Awgie for Best Radio Play (1998)
- International Prix Italia (1998)
• “white tuRtLe” (1999; short story
collection)
- Stele Rudd Awards for the best
collection of Australian Short
Stories (2000)
- Philippine National Book Award
(2000)
• “banana heaRt summeR” (2005;

4. A WA R D S
• Daragang Magayon Cantata (2007)
- Australian Classical Music Award
(Best Vocal/Choral Work of the
Year)
• Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni
Balagtas (2006)
• Manunulat ng Pilipinas (2006)
(
http://www.merlindabobis.com.au/a

5. MO S T
DI SCUSSED
T OP I CS
Feminism
Nationalism
Social issues
(e.g.
displacement, migration)

6. S U MMA R Y
The story tells about
Rica‟s pRobLems whiLe
growing up with her
father only because her
mother honors an
overseas contract as a
domestic helper.
to diveRt the chiLd‟s
attention, her father
creates a story about

7. F I GURE S OF
S P E E C“big Lady”
 Apostrophe –
H
 Hyperbole – “so she can be saved
fRom buRsting.”
 Hyperbole and Metonymy – “she
onLy comes to eat youR sadness.”
(sadness = tears)
 Metaphor – “she Likes
sadness, it‟s food.”
 Simile – “she‟s sad, Like heR

8. I MA G E R Y
 Auditory
 Visual
 Gustatory

9. S Y MB O L I S MS
 The Sadness Collector/Bed
time story
– ouR “souRce of comfoRt”
– Separating reality from
fantasy
 “she can‟t take you away fRom
me”
– Referring to custody
„LegaL‟

10. Personal
Interpretation