This document provides character descriptions and a plot summary for the short story "Turtle Season" by Timothy R. Montes. It introduces the main characters - Captain Raul Daza, his wife Daisy who is having an affair, and their friend Professor Edwin Hernandez. The story revolves around Captain Daza struggling with marital issues and impotence. It describes the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action of the plot, which involves the characters watching a cult film and Captain Daza confronting issues with his marriage and masculinity.

1. Turtle Season
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2. Timothy R. Montes
An author from Region 8

3. Biography
Timothy R. Montes,a Palanca
awardee, is a fictionist who
grew up in Borongan

4. He has studied in
Silliman University
(Dumaguete City) and
UP Diliman

5. He teaches in the
creative writing
program of UP
Mindanao
(Davao City).

6. Timothy R. Montes
has written: 'The black
men and other stories'

7. Characters Of Turtle Season
•Captain Raul Daza
•The Curator
•Lt. Alan Salazar
•Martin
•Daisy
•Prof. Edwin Hernandez

8. Captain Raul Daza
A guy who is impotent and
his wife (Daisy) is cheating
on him

9. The Curator
The Guy who showed
them the movie.

10. Lt. Alan Salazar
Rookie of the year:
a perfect
unobtrusive spy.

11. Martin
Captain Daza’s
favorite waiter.

12. Daisy
Captain Daza’s
beautiful wife who
is having an affair

13. Prof. Edwin Hernandez
Captain Daza’s
Friend who is
good at giving life
advices.

14. Setting
• Island of Mundano
•The weather was clear

15. Plot Summary
The story revolves
around Captain Daza
and his struggles.

16. Exposition
When the characters were
introduced after they
watched a movie

17. Rising action
When Lt. Salazar
came barging in with
the cults’ movie called
Hosea Rysal

18. Climax
When Captain Daza got
into an argument with his
friend Prof. Hernandez.

19. Falling Action
When Captain Daza
said he doesn’t need
any help and went
home.

20. Resolution
When Captain Daza
confronted his wife about
having an affair.

21. Conflict of the story
Man Vs. Self
Captain Daza can’t decide what
he is going to do with his life

22. Theme of the Story
Everything that shines isn’t gold.
Everyone thought Daisy was a good
wife but boy they were wrong.

23. Symbolisms in the story
•The movie Hosea Rysal stands for our national hero’s
name Jose Rizal
•The Turtle season stands for Captain Daza’s need for
aphrodisiac because he is impotent
•At the end, when the writer said that the turtles came out
of the sea it means that Captain Daza’s isn’t impotent
anymore.

24. Point of view
The Point of View is
Third Person

25. References
http://www.sushidog.com/bpss/stories/turtle.htm
upmin.academia.edu/TimothyRMontes
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