Y Miss Phathupats

“Y Miss Phathupats” by Jose
Crisostomo Soto
Pare, Erika Djhemnuelle C.

Terado, Dexter Dave
Author’s background
 Was born in Santa Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga (January 27,
1867)
 journalist, poet, playwright and known as the Father of
Pampanga Literature.
 his pen name is “Crissot”
 he wrote a number of lyrical poems, historical dramas,
humorous plays and philosophical essays, and "sarsuwelas,"
the most famous of which is "Alang Dios" or There is no God
(1901).
 He translated some Spanish literature into Pampango,
including Lovers of Teruel Faust and Nero and the Gladiators.
 He was also a contributor to the revolutionary paper La
Independencia.
 He joined the Katipunan during the 1896 Revolution and
worked with Maximo Hizon in promoting Pampango ideals.
He participated in several battles against the American troops
in 1898 under General Tomas Mascardo's forces.
 Soto married twice. His first wife was Julia Amaida who bore
him 6 children. Julia died in 1903. His second wife Rosario
Palma bore him 4 children.
 He died on July 12, 1918 at the age of 51.
Background of the Text
 The story is satirical in nature, comic yet very graphic in its
sharp parody of the colonial mentality of Filipinos.Yeyeng
turned Miss Phathupats actually symbolizes what the
Filipinos have become after our history of colonization: a
people, culture, and language waging a losing war against
Western acculturation.
 It also features a caricature of Filipino assimilation to Western
culture, Miss Phathupats with her thick kolorete is a spoof
character, a Pinay assuming the airs of American superiority
by disguising her brown skin under layers of whitening
cream.
Vocabulary words
1. Ginataan, cooked with coconut milk
2. Bitso-bitso, fried cake made of rice flour
3. Shrugged, raise (one's shoulders) slightly and
momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or
indifference.
4. Extremity, the furthest point or limit of something.
5. Enticed, attract or tempt by offering pleasure or
advantage.
6. Lurid, very vivid in color, especially so as to create an
unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.
7. Refined, elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste.
8. Wariness, caution about possible dangers or problems.
9. Kolorete, blusher or rouge
10. Suman sa Ibus, – A ubiquitous variety of suman in the
Philippines, the glutinous rice is washed, and is then mixed with
salt and coconut milk. The mixture is poured over pre-made coil
containers of young palm leaves called Ibus or Ibos, and fixed
with the leaf's central shaft. This is then steamed using water
mixed with "luyang dilaw“ giving it that distinctly yellow colour
and served either with a mixture of shredded coconut and sugar,
or latik (reduce coconut milk until white lumps form and
simmer until golden brown).
Summary
 Yeyeng came from rural areas and poor that he sells bread,Yeyeng
was full of make ups on her face.Yeyeng met an American who
always bought her kakanin but because yeyeng doesn’t understand
English language and she speaks kapampamngan they don’t
understand each other. The American teacher was encouraged
yeyeng to study English. After learning for 8 months yeyeng was
already good in English speaking. She never speak Kapampangan
anymore because she had really forgotten that’s she said it’s tough
on the tongue. For this reason he classified as Miss Phathupats, due
to the size of her waist and squeezed like kakanin on leaf more
consistently ridiculed her as well as she’s putting lipstick on her
face just to fit his actions.
 One day, there is an occasion in Country X, which was
attended by Miss Phathupats and there it whispered in public
that she was not intelligent to speak in kapampangan
anymore. Eventually everyone’s laughed at her and because
she was so upset she spoke bad words in Kapampangan. And
everone knew that she was really one of the Kapampangan
and those who heard laughed so hard. Miss Phathupats cried
and and when she wiped her face, her natural color revealed
caused more laughter of those who had seen him.
Connection to Reality
 We always think that fitting in is already a must for us,
but in the end we just try to fit into society even though
we don’t belong in it. Colonial mentality is relevantly
shown in the story in which she tries to cover herself
with makeup and not showing the beauty of her being a
Filipino. In which discrimination was imminent and she
was criticize as “black” or “american negra.”

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