GAME OF THRONES

George Raymond Richard Martin Jon Arryn

a.k.a 'George R.R Martin', or 'GRRM -The Lord of the Eyrie; Defender of the Vale; Warden of
the East; Hand of the King and Keeper of the Gates of
(Sept. 20, 1948-present)
the Moon

-Served as the Hand of the King to King Robert before

•An American novelist, whose works center on his sudden death. He is described as calm, wise, kind,
and trustworthy. He is an inspiration to Ned.
Science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

•Responsible for the book series; "A Song of lce

Cersei Lannister
and Fire".
-The Light of the West, Lady of Casterly Rock, Queen of
•Also a screenwriter and television producer. the Seven Kingdoms, and wife of King Robert I
Baratheon.
•Hailed as the "American Tolkein"
-She is known to be ambitious and greedy for power,
subtle, Cunning, impatient, and short tempered. She
also uses sex as her weapon in order to obtain whhat
A depiction of powerful and ambitious families fighting
for a throne in order to rule the Seven Kingdoms, where she wants.
there are lies, treachery, love, war, loyalty, risks, incest,
etc, willing to mix them together in order to win the
game of thrones. Joffrey Baratheon

-He is the eldest son of Queen Cersei and the bastard of

King Robert I. He has an uncontrollable temper and is
CHARACTERS known to be vicious, reckless, cruel and a sadist. He
often blames others for problems due to his irrational
behaviour and decisions.
Eddard 'Ned' Stark

-Head of the House Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and the

Jaime Lannister
Warden of the North. A close friend to King Robert I
Baratheon, who then made him the Hand of the King. •known as the Kingslayer
-He is known to have an unwavering sense of honor and •He is the twin brother of Queen Cersei Lannister.
justice, and is considered to be noble, kind, and
reserved, though some see him as cold and •Raised at the age of fifteen to the Kingsguard of the
contemptuous. Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, Jaime became the
youngest member in the history of the prestigious
knightly order. He earned the derogatory nickname
"Kingslayer" when he treasonously slew Aerys near the
King Robert Baratheon
end of Robert's Rebellion.
-The head of the House Baratheon of King's Landing.

-As a King, he is known to be a drunkard, fool, ignorant,

and easily persuaded, yet he is brave and strong. He is
also well loved by his soldiers. He loves hunting and he
is known to be an expert in it. He often waits for his
prey to come closer before he attacks, yet it turned out
to be his end.
Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish Ser Barristan Selmy

•The Master of coin in King •the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard of King
Robert's small council. Robert I.
•A cunning and clever man who •He is considered the most skilled and respected
knights in the Seven
is at the same time ambitious and
Kingdoms, who is dutiful, honourable, and galant. He
used his intelligence in order to
hates tricks and scheming.
advance his power and status. He

is well-versed in manipulation Grand Maester Pycelle

and has a gift got political

improvisation. •The Grand Maester who served 40 years in the King's

Landing and the Small Council.

Lord Varys
•He is responsible for the medicine and poisons in the
Citadel. He is someone whoo vows to anyone in order
to suit his needs, but is loyal to the House Lannister.
•The King's Spider, The Eunuch, and the

Master of Whisperers.
Sandor Clegane
•A mysterious man who is also a master of disguise,
who can change his smell, appearance, andd costume
to become "TM HONEST. ITS THE WORLD THAT'S AWFUL"
unrecognizable. He is seen as an omniscient •Nicknamed "The Hound" for having a
character being able to obtain secrets from fierce nature and unquestioning obedience
spies he calls "little birds". He has earned the to his masters (the Lannisters).
reputation of being untrustworthy and •A very fearsome and gruesome man, who
distasteful due to aiding rivals and enemies. has a bad temper, and is a sworn shield to
However, he claims to value order, stability, Cersei and then Joffrey.
and peace, and professes loyalty to those who

work for those goals.

CHAPTER 45

-Ned is in doubt if he will tell to Robert

about the affair of Cersei and Jaime.

-Ned meets Cersei in Godswood and

clarifies it then she admitted it.

-Ned told to Cersei to flee with her

children instead of facing Robert's wrath. Jacques Rancière, “Politics of Literature” (2011)

-Cersei doesn't want to leave.

WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES, YOU WIN How people see politics
OR YOU DIE. THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. - Cersei
"the practice of power or the embodiment of collective
wills and interests, and the enactment of collective
ideas.”
CHAPTER 47
Vs.

-Robert returns from his hunt but then, It is the specific intertwining of being,
wounded. ways of doing, and ways of speaking.
-Dying Robert asks Ned to write his will and

named him "Protector of the Realm" How politics should be seen

-Varys asks them who gave the wine to the king The cluster of perceptions and
because of confusion. practices that shape this common
-Ned is determined to proclaim Stannis world.
Baratheon as the true heir to the Iron Throne • “It is a way of framing, among sensory data, a specific
sphere of experience… a partition of the sensible,
and he consulted Littlefinger about it. visible, and the saysayable."

CHAPTER 49 The Politics of Literature

-Robert dies.

-Ned summons the council but then the "Literature is necessary to politics above all when it
council had decided to name Joffrey as gives a voice to the one who doesn't have a voice, when
it gives a name to the one who doesn't have a name,
the new king. and especially to all that political language excludes or
tends to exclude... Literature is like a ear that can hear
-Ned shows the will of Robert but then more than Politics; Literature is like an eye that can
perceive beyond the chromatic scale to which Politics is
tore it by Cersei.
sensitive." - Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature
-Littlefinger betrays Ned.

POLITICS & LITERATURE

•Social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or

power.

•The activities and affairs involved in managing a state

or a government.
Game of Thrones and its Poltical Involvement

•It's a man's world

•Douthat's writing triggered a response in Esquire from Male characters unapologetically beat women, rape
Corey Atad, who suggested that "Game of Thrones" is them and throw them away as if they're old sofas. (not
political without being inherenty conservative or liberal. with Daenerys and Arya)
As Atad rightly noted, he show happens to be thriving
ata moment "when everything - even fantasy shows
about sex and dragons - is dragged into politics."
•Political paralysis jeopardizes the future

leaders spend more time fighting one another than

•At its core, Douthat's theory that liberals who enjoy helping their subjects. Feuding leaders ignore the real
"Game of Thrones" are engaging in a form of subtle existential threat to their world.
hypocrisy - is pretty inane. To accept it would mean that
a fan of the "Dirty Harry" movies, for example, must be
inwardly sympathetic to the idea that police should be •A nation lives beyond its means
able to beat and torture suspects.
National debt, in the United States as in Westeros,
scares political leaders. In "Game of Thrones," all
leaders dread the Iron Bank's motto:The Iron Bank will
•Sometimes, a dragon really is just a dragon.
have its due."

•Race still matters

The Politics In 'Game Of Thrones' Are Realer
says the show also reinforces some stereotypes about
Than Fans Realize, Says George R.R. Martin black and brown men in its depiction of the Dothraki
people, a nomadic, brown skinned tribe portrayed as
hypersexual and hyperviolent. Saladin Ahmed.

•Game of Thrones as a political meme has been so

overused in the last decade, it's nearly become a cliché.
From CNN using it to explain Obama's second term in Hillary Clinton—Khalessi
2014 to European political comparisons, this has been
Dorald Trump—Joeffrey Barratheon
going on all decade.

•The 2016 election saw Hillary referred to as

And it realy has the potential to destroy our world. And
"Khaleesi" and Trump compared to Joffrey (Martin
we're ignoring that while we worry about the next
agrees with that one.) And don't even get started on the
election and issues that people are concerned about,
theories of immigration and the Wall.
like jobs. Jobs are a very important issue, of course. All
of these things are important issues. But none of them
are important if, like, we're dead and our cities are
How 'Game of Thrones' is like America under the ocean. So really, climate change should be
the number one priority for any politician who is
capable of looking past the next election. But
unfortunately, there are only a handful of those.
•Only elites can play the game

Social mobility
Winter is coming—Climate Change
was extremely limited by modern standards,
"You say you love your children above all
else and yet you're stealing their future in
front of their very eyes."

"This is the biggest crisis humanity has

ever faced. This is not something you can like on
Facebook."-Greta Thunberg

"We have not comehere to beg world

leaders to care. We have run out of
excuses and we are running out of time."-Greta
Thunberg

"People are suffering. People are dying. Entire

ecosystems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a
mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and
fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you."

Greta Thunberg
16-year-old environmental activist to world leaders at
the United Nations climate summit

SYNTHESIS

Could literary work like Game of Thrones make an

impact in the thinking or behaviour of our leaders or
even the masses? How?

"Literature has to serve as a moral

control of politics."- Yewgeny Jevtushenke

TALUMPATI Mga Kasanayan sa Paghabi ng mga Bahagi ng
Talumpati

•Isang buod ng kaisipan o opinyon ng isang tao na

pinapabatid sa pamamagitan ng pagsasalita sa 1. Introduksyon
entablado para sa mga pangkat ng mga tao.

– dito sinasaad ang layunin ng talumpati. Mahalaga ang

•Magalang na pananalita sa harap ng publiko patungkol isang mahusay na panimula upang:
sa isang napapanahong paksa. Mapukaw ang kaisipan at damdamin ng mga nakikinig
Makuha ang interes at atensyon
Maihanda ang tagapakinig sa gaganapin pagtalakay sa
paksa
HULWARAN SA PAGBUO NG TALUMPATI
•Mailahad ang balangkas ng paksang tatalakayin
maihanda ang kanilang puso at isipan sa mensahe
1. Kronolohikal na Hulwaran

2. Diskusyon o Katawan
-ang ma detalye o nilalaman ng talumpati ay – dito nakasaad ang mahahalagang punto o kaisipang
ginagamitan ng mga hakbang na may tiyak na nais ibahagi sa mga nakikinig
pagkakasunod-sunod ng pangyayari o panahon.
•Tiyakin ang KAWASTUHAN,
KAAKIT-AKIT at KALINAWAN ng mga detalye.
2. Topikal na Hulwaran •Tandaan ang mga sumusunod:

-Gumamit ng angkop at tiyak na salitang mauunawaan

-ang paghahanay ng mga materyales ng talumpati ay Umiwas sa madalas na paggamit ng mahahabang
nakabatay sa paghahati sa mga tiyak na paksa. hugnayan
Hal. Ang kultura ay maaaring hatiin sa espisipikong Maging direkta sa pagsasalita
paksa;sosyolohiya, antropolohiya,at maging uri ng Gumamit ng mga halimbawa at patnubay sa
heograpiya pagpapaliwanag ng paksa.

3. Hulwarang Problema-Solusyon 3. Katapusan

– Dito ilalahad ang pinakamatibay na katwiran o

argumento. Dito nakasaad ang pinakakongklusyon ng
-Kalimitang nahahati sa dalawang bahagi ang talumpati. Kalimitang maikli ngunit malaman.
pagkakahabi ng talumpati
Ang paglalahad ng suliranin at ang pagtatalakay sa
solusyon na maaaring isagawa.
Mga Uri ng TALUMPATI ayon sa Layunin Ayon sa KAHANDAAN:

1. Nagbibigay ng impormasyon o kabatiran 1. Biglaang Talumpati (Impromptu)

-Ipabatid ang paksa, isyu o pangyayari -walang paghahanda

Malinaw at makatotohanan ibinibigay ang paksa sa oras ng pagsasalita

Hal. State of the Nations Adress(SONA)

2. Maluwag (Extemporaneous)

2. Panlibang -nagbibigay ng ilang minuto para sa sa pagbuo ng

ipapahayag na kaisipan batay sa paksang ibingay bago
-Magbigay ng kasiyahan sa mga nakikinig nito , ito ipahayag.
kailangang lahukan ito ng mga birong nakatatawa na
may kaugnayan sa paksang tinatalakay.

Hal. Talumpati sa isang salusalo, pagtitipong sosyal at 3. Manuskrito(Manuscript)

pulong
-ito ay ginagamit sa mga seminar’ o programa sa
pagsasaliksik kaya pinag-aaralan itong mabuti.

3. Pampasigla -limitado ang oportunidad na maiangkop ng

tagapagsalita ang sarili sa okasyon,nawawalan ng
-Magbigay ng inspirasyon sa mga nakikinig ugnayan ang tagapagsalita sa tagapakinig dahil sa
Makapukaw at makapagpasigla sa damdamin at isipan pagbabasa ng manuskrito.
Hal.araw ng pagtatapos sa paaralan

4. Isinaulong Talumpati
4. Panghikayat
-Mahusay ring pinag-aralan at hinabi bago bigkasin sa
-Hikayatin ang mga tagapakinig na tanggapin ang harap ng tagapakinig.
paniniwala ng mananalumpati sa pamamagitan ng
pagbibigay-katwiran at mga patnubay. -May oportunidad na makipag-ugnayan sa tagapakinig
Hal. Sermong naririnig sa mga simbahan, kampanya ng sapagkat hindi binabasa.
politiko
-Ang kahinaan nito ay pagkalimot sa nilalaman ng
manuskritong ginawa.

5. Pagbibigay-galang

-Tanggapin ang bagong kasapi ng samaha o Katangian ng Isang Mahusay na Mananalumpati

organisasyon.

-Ginagawa rin ito bilang pagtanggap sa isang bagong

opisyal na natalaga sa isang tungkulin. -May magandang personalidad

-Malinaw magsalita

6. Papuri -May malawak na kaalaman sa paksang

Magbigay ng pagkilala o pagpupugay sa isang tao o
tinatalakay
samahan.
Hal. Paggawad ng medalya o sertipiko ng pagkilala sa -May kasanayan sa pagtatalumpati
isang taong nkapag-ambag nang Malaki sa isang
samahan, Pagkilala sa isang taong namatay (eulogy). -Mahusay gumamit ng kumpas
GABAY SA PAGSULAT NG TALUMPATI PAGSULAT NG MEMORANDUMAT AGENDA

TUON MEMORANDUM O MEMO

•Bakit ako magsusulat ng talumpati -Kasulatang nagbibigay ng kabatiran tungkol sa

Ano ang paksa? gagawing pulong o paalala tungkol sa isang mahalagang
impormasyon, gawain, tungkulin o utos.
•Ano ang mensaheng nais kong ipahayag?

•Ano ang gusto kong mangyari sa aking mga

tagapakinig? -Dito nakasaad ang mga layunin ng isasagawang pulong.

•Ano ang kahalagahan ng paksang tatalakayin ko?

-Ang pagsulat ng memo ay maituturing ding sining,

kadalasang maikli lamang na ang pangunahing layunin
TAGAPAKINIG ay pakilusin ang isang tao sa isang tiyak na alituntuning
dapat isakatuparan.

•Sino ang aking mga tagapakinig?

-Naglalahad ng impormasyon tungkol sa isang
•Bakit sila makikinig sa talumpati?
mahalagang balita, at pagbabago sa mga polisiya.
•Anong mahahalagang bagay ang nais kong baunin ng
tagapakinig?
Ayon kay Dr. Darwin Bargo (2014) sa kanyang aklat
Writing in the Discipline ang mga kilalang institusyon ay
PAGSULAT gumagamit ng mga colored stationery

•Paano ko pupukawin ang atensyon ng tagapakinig? •Puti-pangkalahatang kautusan, direktiba,o

impormasyon
•Anong lengguwahe ang gagamitin ko?
•Pink o rosas- request o order na nanggagaling sa
•Ano ang tono ng aking talumpati? purchasing department

•Ano ang estilong ilalapat ko sa pagsulat ng talumpati? •Dilaw o luntian- para sa mga memo na na
nanggagaling sa marketing at accounting department.
•Paano ko aayusin ang organisasyon ng talumpati?

Sa pangkalahatan,ayon din kay Dr. Darwin Bargo(2014)

may tatlong uri ng memorandum ayon sa layunin nito.

a. Memorandum para sa kahilingan

b. Memorandum para sa kabatiran

c. Memorandum para sa pagtugon

Katangian ng memo (Sudprasert,2014) English for the KAHULUGAN NG AGENDA
Workplace 3

•Listahan ng mga tatalakayin sa isang pormal na

1. Makikita sa letterhead ang logo o pangalan ng pagpupulong
kompanya, institusyon o organisasyon, lugar kung saan Layunin ng dokumentong ito na bigyan ng ideya ang
matatgpuan ito at minsan numero ng telepono. mga kalahok sa mga paksang tatalakayin at sa mga
usaping nangangailangan ng atensiyon
Nakasaad dito ang mga aksyon at rekomendasyong
inaasahang pag-usapan sa pulong.
2. Gumagamit ng ‘Parasa/Para kay/kina/Mula ka’

•Karaniwan na ang nagpapatawag ng pulong

3. Sa bahagi ng Petsa, iwasan ang paggmit ng numero
(president,CEO, director, tagapamahala, pinuno ng
gaya ng 11/25/19. Isulat ang buong pangalan ng buwan
unyun at iba pa) ang responsible sa pagsulat ng agenda,
o dinaglat na salita nito kasama ang araw at taon.
na madalas makipagtulungan sa kalihim dahil siya ang
Nobyembre 25,2019.
responsible sa pamamahagi ng mga agenda sa lahat ng
kalahok sa pulong.

4. Ang bahagi ng Paksa ay mahalagang maisulat ng

payak, malinaw at tuwiran upang agad maunawaan ang
Mahalagang Ideya!
nais ipanatid nito.
Ang agenda ay parang mapa. Nagsisilbi itong gabay na
nagbibigay ng malinaw na direksiyon kung paano
5. Kadalasang ang ‘Mensahe’ ay maikli lamang ngunit mararating nang mabilis ang patutunguhan.
kung ito ay detalyadong memo kailangang magtaglay ito
ng sumusunod:

MGA NILALAMAN NG AGENDA

a. Sitwasyon

b. Problema
1. SAAN AT KAILAN IDARAOS ANG PAGPUPULONG?
c. Solusyon
ANO ORAS ITO MAGSISIMULA AT MATATAPOS?
d. Paggalang o pasasalamat

-Upang makarating sila sa itinakdang oras at lugar

6. Ang huling bahagi ay ang ‘Lagda’ ng nagpadala.
Kadalasang inilalagay ito sa ibabaw ng kanyang
pangalan sa bahaging ‘Mula Kay’… -Upang makapagsimula na ang pulong sa lalong

madaling panahon

-Bawat minuto ay mahalaga para sa mga kalahok, kaya

kailangang
2. ANO-ANO ANG MGA MGA PAKSANG MADALAS TINATALAKAY SA

LAYUNING INAASAHANG MATAMO PAGPUPULONG

SA PULONG?

-Pag-apruba sa katitikan ng pag pupulong

-Dito sinasagot "bakit tayo magkakaroon ng

pagpupulong?" -Mga kailangang linawin sa nakaraang pag

pupulong

-Kailangang malinaw ang layunin upang mapaghandaan

ng bawat kalahok ang mga mangyayari sa pagupulong
-Regular report

-Puntong tatalakayin
3. ANO-ANONG MGA PAKSA O

USAPIN ANG TATALAKAYIN?

-Iba pang bagay na nais pag-usapan

-Maaring maikli lamang o detalyado, depende sa

- Petsa ng pag susunod na pagpupulong
pangangailangan

-Minsan ipapaliwanag na ito kaugnay na email,

ngunit lahat ng pag-uusapan ay kailangan nasa

MGA HAKBANG SA PAGSULAT NG
agenda
ISANG EPEKTIBONG AGENDA

1.) Lumikha ng adyenda ng iyong pulong 3 araw

4. SINO-SINO ANG MGA LALAHOK

SA PAGPUPULONG?
2.) Magsimula sa simpleng mga detalye.

-Tanging ang mga taong talagang kailangang umupo ang

dapat na nasa listahan 3.) Layunin ng pagpupulong.

-Huwag aksayahin ang mga panahon ang mga 4.) Panatilihin ang adyenda sa mas mababa sa

inaanyanahang lumahok na hindi naman kailagan limang (5) mga paksa.

5.) Oras bawat paksa.