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When the Elephants Dance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

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Essay Topics

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Comparing and contrasting the novel’s three narrators, define heroism.

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Provide a close reading of any of the four embedded stories told in the Karangalan cellar. Research the folklore and myths of the Filipino culture and analyze how the story uses that indigenous culture.

3.

The novel celebrates the Filipino character. Using each of the three narrators, define Holthe’s perception of the essential nature of the Filipino character. 

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