REGION III

CENTRAL LUZON
(1960’s) “Faith, Love, & Dr. Lazaro by
Gregorio Brilliantes
 Gregorio Brilliantes was born in Camiling, Tarlac, in 1932 and
was educated at the Ateneo de Manila. He was executive editor of
the Philippines Free Press and editor-in-chief of Asia-Philippines
Leader, and since 1972 has been an editor and writer for various
other publications, including Veritas newsmagazine, National
Midweek and Philippine Graphic. Known as Palanca Award Hall
of Famer and a multi-awarded fiction writer, is also on of the
Philippines most popular writers in English .
Summary

 The short story is about Dr. Lazaro, a man who is very dedicated to his
passion. The story begin when Dr. Lazaro, who is sitting in upstairs
veranda, receives a late night call from Pedro Esteban, about a newborn
with Tetanus and needs an immediate help. For him, the situation is
helpless but he’ll be there. He called Ben, his son, and let him drive to a
gas station near San Miguel. While on the road, he talked to Ben about his
driving skills, and suggest courses for the lad. Arriving at the station, they
had traveled by barefooted and took a rowboat towards a Esteban’s house.
Upon arriving, Dr. Lazaro immediately checked the baby but he failed to
save it. Ben kneeled and baptized the child. Sadness filled the humble abode
of Esteban. Esteban give a little amount of money and promised to pay him
someday with fruits and chickens. Esteban escorted them back to the car. Dr.
Lazaro and Ben took the path across the field. The subject of conversation is
shifted to the baptism. The two discussed God and Church. Dr. Lazaro had
realizations, that ones, the beliefs never appealed to him, but that night, he
felt the subtle pressure around his heart, as though he had been deprived of a
certain joy.
ANALYSIS

1. PLOT
2. CHARACTERS AND
CHARACTERIZATION
3. POINT OF VIEW
4. SETTING
5. CONFLICT
6. LITERARY DEVICES
7. THEME
 EXPOSITION
The characters where introduced- Dr. Lazaro,
Mrs. Lazaro, Ben and Pedro Esteban. The situation about the
newborn with Tetanus was mentioned immediately

PLOT
RISING ACTION
Dr. Lazaro and his son drove the road to the
gas station. The two had a conversation about Ben’s life while
he was away and the course that he must get for college. Dr.
Lazaro suggested medicine and engineering and Ben told that
he’ll have all the summer to decide.
CLIMAX
The two reached the gas station, where they met
Pedro Esteban who called in the middle of the night. They
headed to the house of Esteban but even Dr. Lazaro arrived on
time, it was too late to save the baby.
FALLING ACTION

Dr. Lazaro said that there's nothing

more that he can do . Esteban’s wife began to cry.
Ben baptized the baby.

RESOLUTION
PLOT
Dr. Lazaro and Ben drove back to their
home. Dr. Lazaro realized that everything around
him- his family, the people, his faith, love, and time
were all gone.
 CHARACTERS AND
Dr. Lazaro – a country doctor; lost CHARACTERIZATION
his faith to God; his passion ate his
time; a dedicated man

Ben Lazaro - a believer of God and

Church

Mrs. Lazaro - devoted and a

religious woman

Pedro Esteban and Family - have

high hopes for their baby.
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Third
Person
Limited
SETTING CONFLICT

• San Miguel MAN VS

• Night HIMSELF

• Province
LITERARY DEVICES

 From the upstairs veranda, Dr. Lazaro had a view of stars, the country darkness, the lights on the
distant highway of the edge of town. The phonograph in the sala played Chopin- like a vast sorrow
controlled, made familiar, he had want to think. But as he sat there, his lean frame in the habitual
slack repose took after supper, and stared at the plains of night that had evoked gentle images and
even a kind of peace (in the end, sweet and invincible oblivion), Dr. Lazaro remembered nothing, his
mind lay untouched by any conscious thought, he was scarcely aware of the April heat; the pattern
of music fell around him and dissolved swiftly, uncomprehend.
 Then the road was pebbled and uneven, the car bucking slightly; and they were speeding between
open fields, a succession of narrow wooden bridges breaking the crunching drive of the wheels. Dr.
Lazaro gazed at the wide darkness around them, the shapes of trees and bushes hurling toward them
and sliding away and he saw the stars hard glinting points of light yards, black space, infinite
distances; in the unmeasured universe, man’s life flared briefly and was gone, traceless in the void.
He turned away from the emptiness.
LITERARY DEVICES

The single room contained the odors he often encountered but had remained alien to, stirring
an impersonal disgust: the Souris decay, the smells of the unaired sick. An old man greeted
him, lisping incoherently; a woman, the grandmother, sat crouched in a corner, beneath a
famed print of the Mother of Perpetual help; a boy, about ten, sprawled on a mat. Esteban’s
wife, pale and thin, lay on the floor with the sick child beside her.

SYMBOLS
1. Darkness or Loss of Light
2. Flashlight
3. Cave of Esteban’s Hut
4. Adam and Apple
IRONY
 Dr. Lazaro
Lazaro’s name was derived from the Bible but he is not a believer of God.
He is a doctor, a supposed giver of hope but he himself is immersed to darkness

THEMES
1. Faith allows people to believe in the impossible.
2. Science and faith are two opposing forces.
3. Love requires the force of time.
National Capital Region (NCR)

1. Spanish period (Poem): “ Love of Country by Andres

Bonifacio
2. Spanish period: “The Primer of the Katipunan” by
Emilio Jacinto
Andres Bonifacio
 He wrote the “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa” using his
pen name Agapito Bagumbayan.
 Bonifacio and other officially “founded” the
Katipunan, Or Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangan
Katipunan ng mga anak ng Bayan.
 He wrote the Sampung Utos ng mga Anak ng Bayan
and later on adopted Emilio Jacinto’s Kartilya ng
Katipunan as the teachings of the Katipunan.
 He is known as the “Ama ng Himagsikang Pilipino”,
“Dakilang Maralita” and “Ama ng Katipunan”.
 Born in November 30, 1863 at Tondo, Maynila.
Love of Country by Andres Bonifacio
Emilio Jacinto “Utak ng Katipunan”
 Born on 15 Decembre, 1875, at Tondo Maynila.
 His wife is Catalina de Jesus
 His father is Mariano Jacinto and her mother is Josefa Dizon
 He attended San Juan de Letran College, and later
transferred to the University of Santo Tomas to study law.
 At the age of 19, the secret society called Katipunan.
 He became the advisor on fiscal matters and secretary to
Andres Bonifacio. He was later known as “Utak ng
Katipunan.
 Wrote for the Katipunan newspaper called Kalayaan and
used his pen name “Dimasilaw”
The Primer of Katipunan or Kartilya is written on 1892 by Emilio
Jacinto
KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN
ENGLISH TAGALOG

1. The life that is not consecrated to a 1. Ang kabuhayang hindi ginugugol sa

lofty and reasonable purpose is a isang Malaki at banal na kadahilanan
tree without a shade, if not a ay kahoy na walang lilim, kundi
poisonous weed damong makamandag

2. To do good for personal gain and 2. Ang gawang magaling na nagbubuhat

not for its own sake is not virtue sa pagpipita sa sarili, at hindi talagang
nasang gumawa ng kagalingan, ay di
kabaitan.
3. It is rational to be charitable and love ones 3. Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang pagkakawang
fellow creature, and to adjust one’s conduct, gawa, ang pag ibig sa kapwa at ang isukat ang
acts and words to what is in itself reasonable bawat kilos gawa’t pangungusap sa talagang
katwiran

4. Whether our skin be black or white, we are all

born equal: superiority in knowledge, wealth 4. Maitim man at Maputi ang kulay ng balat,
and beauty are to be understood, but not lahat ng tao’y magkakapantay; mangyayaring
superiority by nature ang isa’y higtan sa dunong, sa yaman, sa
ganda; ngunit di mahihigtan sa pagkatao.
5. Ang may mataas na kalooban inuuna ang puri
sa pag pipita sa sarili; ang may hamak na
5. The honorable man prefer honor to personal kalooban inuuna ang pagpipita sa sarili.
gain; the scoundrel, gain to honor