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21st Century Assignment B

Miguel is an experienced tricycle driver in the Philippines who knows the streets and unwritten rules of the trade well. The story is told in the present tense to make the character's transformation more immediate for readers. Miguel goes about his daily routine, picking up familiar passengers on the streets. Though he feels competitive with the younger driver Sherwin, Miguel's pride leads him to race and he crashes, having a transformative realization to be more humble and put passengers' safety over his ego. Losing his protective sunglasses serves as a metaphor for him now "seeing" more clearly.

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21st Century Assignment B

Miguel is an experienced tricycle driver in the Philippines who knows the streets and unwritten rules of the trade well. The story is told in the present tense to make the character's transformation more immediate for readers. Miguel goes about his daily routine, picking up familiar passengers on the streets. Though he feels competitive with the younger driver Sherwin, Miguel's pride leads him to race and he crashes, having a transformative realization to be more humble and put passengers' safety over his ego. Losing his protective sunglasses serves as a metaphor for him now "seeing" more clearly.

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21st CLPW Lesson 10

ASSIGNMENT B

Name : Ashia Garcia

Answer the following questions in your own words.

We follow the story through the point of view of Miguel, the elder
tricycle driver. What do you think is the significance and effect of
telling the story in the present tense?

- The writer intended the story's action and happenings to be more


current because the present tense is generally linked with short stories.
It allows readers to see a character's transformation as it occurs.

What are the basic street life scenes Miguel reveals as he goes about
his day?

- Hewore a Ray-Ban to protect his eyes from the dust on the route. On
the streets, there were a number of familiar faces. Some passengers
are waiting for a tricycle to pick them up.

What do these scenes imply about the setting of the story?

- It suggests that if you live in a province, you should anticipate to see


different barangays and to see familiar people. Province life is a strict
society, and you will find it hilarious and comforting that everyone
knows each other's names.
How well does Miguel know his “vocation” of driving a tricycle? Point
out three important details from the text showing the dept of his
knowledge of this road trade.

- Miguel has been riding a tricycle for several years and relies on it to
support his family. He was also fully aware of the unwritten rule among
tricycle drivers that the person who arrives first at a location must be
permitted to be the first on the route back, a notion that is followed in
practice and recognized by all drivers.

Though indirectly, Miguel compares himself with Sherwin. How does


he feel about and react to their differences? Cite portions of the text
that show his attitude towards Sherwin.

- Miguel has always felt like Sherwin is one of his competitors because
he drives faster and younger than him. He even remarked, "This is
Miguel who is lived long enough in this world, a man of experience, a
man who knows a lot, all through his own efforts, even if he is a
dropout."

We can see that Miguel constantly talks to himself during the


encounter about the senselessness of racing against Sherwin. What
are the factors that compel Miguel to try to race?

- One of the factors is that he believed Sherwin was competing against


him, and his pride overtook him, and he did not want people to laugh at
him or brand him a loser.

The accident that flings Miguel to the soft plowed soil become for him
the pivotal point of transformation. What is the importance of Miguel
saying “Never again”? How did the near-tragic experience change
him?
- "Never again!" he declared at the end of the text. Miguel's statements
emphasized that he will never again let his pride to control his thoughts
and feelings. The tragedy served as a wake-up call for him,
demonstrating that pride does not serve him well.

In the last sentence, Miguel says that he “also lost his Ray-Ban which
had barred my eyes from seeing”. How does this reference to seeing
change, read alongside the character’s transformation?

- It means he missed the most important thing, which is to be humble


all of the time, and that pride will not help him. It teaches us a lot of
valuable lessons that we should implement in our lives, such as the
importance of not forgetting others.

What type of character is Miguel? Why?

- In the story, Miguel is a tricycle driver, and he must drive cautiously


and safely to his passengers' destinations, or else he would cause a lot
of difficulty. Before doing such actions, the author advises us to think
about it first.

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