The short story "The Doll" by Egmidio Enriquez is about a young boy named Narciso who is often mistaken for a girl because he enjoys playing with dolls. His mother Doña Enchay calls him "Sising" and wants him to look like a girl, while his father Don Endong insists on calling him "Boy" and wants him to behave like a typical boy. Tensions arise between the parents over how Narciso should be raised. In the end, Don Endong breaks the doll to encourage Narciso to embrace his male identity, though Narciso continues to struggle with societal expectations of his gender.

1. The Doll By: Egmidio
Enriquez

2. Background of the Author
• Egmidio Alvarez Enriquez is an author from
Zamboanga City in the Philippines, his most famous
work includes The Devil Flowers, released in 1959,
and The Doll he written in 1953. “The Doll” by
Egmidio Enriquez is a simple, very beautifully
written story with a powerful message for the
parents of the world. It also exposes the
shallowness of the culture of machismo fostered on
the people of the area by their colonial masters.

3. • Emigdio Enriquez was born in the
year 1925. He is a Filipino by birth.
He started writing at the age of 20.
He is a novelist, story writer, and
playing with. Among his famous
literary works are Blood on the Moon,
A tale of Two Houses, Cachil Kudarat
(Sultan of Mindanao) or Cachil
Corrala, and Labaw, Donggon. All of
this short stories won palangca
awards in the year.
• He went at Ateneo de Zamboanga for his
elementary and secondary. Gained his
A.B. at Arellano University, went on to
study and gain a "Master of Fine Arts
Degree in Creative Writing" at the state
University of lawa though an
International Scholarship and a Fulbright
Grant. Earned a Guggenheim Fellowship
which he used to travel around Europe.
He then studied in the Universidad
Central de Madrid on a Zobel de Ayala
Grant. His short stories began to appear
in countless publication as early as
1939.
• When he came back to the Philippines, he taught and
directed at the University of the East for some years,
then went on to teach at De La Salle University.

4. Characters
• Narciso
-son of Doña Enchay and Don Endong
-also called as Sising by his mother but as Boy by his father
-Protagonist
-Round character
• Doña Enchay
- Mother of Narciso
-Wife of Don Endong
-Flat character
• Don Endong
-Father of Narciso
-Husband of Doña Enchay
-Flat character

5. Setting
• The setting of the story happened at their house.
• It is depicted in 1953
• Social Context
• People misunderstand him. They taught he was a girl
because he is always playing with the doll given to him by
his mother and also for having a long hair.
• Her mother prayed to Our Lady of Fatima because she wants
him to be a girl.

6. Plot Synopsis
• He was christened Narciso and his mother “Doña Enchay” called him
Sising but “Don Endong” or his father wants to called him “Boy”. It all
started when Narciso found the doll inside the cabinet of his mother.
And his mother wants him to look like a girl even though he is a boy.
Don Endong are always arguing Doña Enchang because she pushes
Narciso to be look like a girl.

7. • Because Don Endong wants to give the rights to Narciso to be a
boy and not to be embarrassed to the people. So his father broke
the doll for Narciso for him to be a boy. People are always think
that he is a girl so when he becomes a matured his father are
always there to say that he still a boy and still he can do what he
want and he can decide by his own. Also, have the right to love a
girl and to build his own family with someone.
Plot Synopsis

8. Plot Type & Plot Device
• For plot type, the author used a classic plot because the author begins
the story with an introduction or the background of what was happening
in the protagonist’s life.
• For plot device, the author used flashbacks because in the story, they
depicted flashbacks on what happened in the past.

9. Story Triangle

10. Conflict
• The conflict in the selection is Man vs. Self because he
didn’t know what his real gender is and he just depends on
the thought of his father because he can’t think by
himself.

11. Theme
• The theme of the selection is “What
you see is what you do.”
In order for Boy to be accepted
as a real man he based on his
father's teachings, he brutalizes the
woman in the story. He became
aggressive in order to please his
father even though he is having a
hard time dealing with his gender.

12. Symbolism
• The doll
-symbolizes gender
inequality where the gays
and the lesbians were
always been tormented in
the society.
-it also symbolizes his
appearance because of his
mothers wants. But it is not
the reason why you should
not follow what do you want
to be.

13. Point of Views
• The point of view of the short story
is third person point of view
because the point of view narrated
by the author. The author did not
use pronouns such as I, You and We
which are depicting first and second
person point of view.

14. References
• The Doll by Egmidio Enriquez retrieved at
http://www.sushidog.com/bpss/stories/doll.htm
• Picture of Egmidio enriquez retrived at
http://redgiecabalida.blogspot.com/
• Picture of a family retrieved at
https://www.cbhs.com.au/products/health-insurance/lifestage-
cover/family
• Picture of Man vs. Self retrieved at
https://siteoftheassassins.weebly.com/entry-4-conflict.html
• Picture of Barbie dolls retrieved at
http://barbie.mattel.com/shop/en-us/ba/pop-culture-dolls/barbie-
wonder-woman-doll-dwd82

15. Group 1- STEM 11-A
• Barbero, Paul Ian
• Dilig, John Christian
• Mateo, Angelo
• Sibayan, Vincent John
• Anduyan, Danica Monique
• Bautista, Ailen Paula
• Berja, Veronica
• Isidro, Anicelle
• Perona, Syrelle Dae
• Perona, Thea Alleina

16. Documentation