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    The story started when a daughter suspected that her father sold his tongue to the devil because he did not speak much at home. Her father said the devil ate his words, meaning he forgot what to say. Her father lost his job so he needed to appease his family more. The daughter imagined what the devil did with her father's tongue.

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    Lengua para Diablo

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    The story started when a daughter suspected that her father sold his tongue to the devil because he did not speak much at home. Her father said the devil ate his words, meaning he forgot what to say. Her father lost his job so he needed to appease his family more. The daughter imagined what the devil did with her father's tongue.

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    5. LENGUA PARA DIABLO

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    The story started when a daughter suspected that her father sold his tongue to the devil because he did not speak much at home. Her father said the devil ate his words, meaning he forgot what to say. Her father lost his job so he needed to appease his family more. The daughter imagined what the devil did with her father's tongue.

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    Lengua para Diablo

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    The story started when a daughter suspected that her father sold his tongue to the devil because he did not speak much at home. Her father said the devil ate his words, meaning he forgot what to say. Her father lost his job so he needed to appease his family more. The daughter imagined what the devil did with her father's tongue.

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    Poverty

    FIRST UP 1
    CONSULTANTS
    According to the Asian Development
    Bank, the major causes of poverty
    include:

    1. low economic growth


    2. a weak agricultural sector
    3. increased population rates
    4. a high volume of inequality.
    FIRST UP 2
    CONSULTANTS
    FIRST UP 3
    CONSULTANTS
    With poverty plaguing the country
    and employment opportunities being
    scarce, many Filipinos are unable to
    afford housing, which puts them in
    danger of turning to the streets for
    accommodation.
    In 2012, extreme poverty
    within the Philippines affected
    19.2 percent of the population
    or around 18.4 million people.

    FIRST UP 5
    CONSULTANTS
    This poverty line survived on 65.59
    pesos a day, making it extremely
    difficult to rise out of poverty and
    find affordable housing for Filipinos
    and their families.
    Hunger is one of the extreme effects of
    poverty in the Philippines. With little
    money to buy food, Filipinos are having
    to survive on very limited food; even
    when food supplies are stable, they are
    most accessible in other areas where
    people have enough income to purchase
    the food.
    FIRST UP 7
    CONSULTANTS
    And with such an unequal
    distribution of income, there is a low
    demand for food supplies in less
    developed areas that are home to
    low-income residents. 
    The quality of food is also
    decreasing — rice used to be the
    main source of food for Filipinos,
    but now it has largely been replaced
    with instant noodles, which is
    cheaper but less nutritious. As a
    result, malnutrition has become a lot
    more common.
    With poverty taking a toll on
    Filipinos, parents often can’t
    make enough money to support
    their families; children then
    have to be taken out of school to
    work in harsh conditions.
    FIRST UP 10
    CONSULTANTS
    Statistics show that around 3.6
    million children, from ages 5-17,
    are child laborers in the
    Philippines. This is 15.9 percent
    of the entire population.
    By
    MERLINADA BOBIS

    LENGUA PARA
    DIABLO
    Lengua Para Diablo is an excerpt
    from the book “Banana Heart
    Summer” written by Merlinda
    Bobis.

    Merlinda Bobis was an


    acclaimed Filipino-Australian
    writer and performer who has
    published in three languages. FIRST UP 13
    CONSULTANTS
    1. Lengua 11. Pricked

    VOCABULARY
    2. Murmured 12. Condiments
    3. Appeased 13. Luxuriating
    4. Cajoled 14. Piquant
    5. Mutter 15. Sautéed

    WORDS
    6. Wretched 16. Feted
    7. Scrupulous 17. Epicure
    8. Blanched 18. Sated
    9. Gruel 19. Affluence
    10. Scraped 20. Basted FIRST UP
    CONSULTANTS
    Lengua Para Diablo
    means “The Devil Ate
    My Words.”

    Lengua is a Spanish
    word meaning “tounge”
    FIRST UP 15
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    The story started when a daughter


    suspected that her father sold his
    tongue to the devil. Her father did
    not speak much in their house.

    FIRST UP 16
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    Her father said that “the devil


    ate his words” which means
    he forgot what he was about to
    say; that statement appeases
    his wife. Her father lost his
    job so he needed to conciliate
    more.
    FIRST UP 17
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    Her mother was always complaining


    about their hard situation so her
    father kept on promising that he
    would buy them the things that
    would make them comfortable.

    FIRST UP 18
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    The devil that ate his words was her


    father’s employer, who is a Spanish
    mestizo that owned several stores in
    the city. The employer fired her
    father who is a mason after he found
    a cheaper deal for the extension of
    his house.
    FIRST UP 19
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    Her father didn’t say any word about


    his job to placate his family; the
    devil really ate his words.

    FIRST UP 20
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    Her daughter was wondering what


    the devil did to her father’s tongue.
    She was thinking that her father’s
    tongue was cooked in mushroom
    sauce in the special Spanish way.

    FIRST UP 21
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    She also imagined that her father’s


    tongue was served on the devil’s
    platter with spices that gives an
    aroma of something rich and foreign.

    FIRST UP 22
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    She thought that her father’s tongue


    was luxuriating in a multitude of
    essences so she said that maybe he
    should also sell his esophagus and
    his stomach for him to be pampered.

    FIRST UP 23
    CONSULTANTS
    SUMMARY

    She also imagined being cooked and


    put inside the stomach of a rich man
    where she could know the feeling of
    too much affluence.

    FIRST UP 24
    CONSULTANTS
    LITERARY TECHNIQUE

     Use of metaphor

    • Tongue
    • Devil

    FIRST UP 25
    CONSULTANTS
    Culture Reflected

    Here in the Philippines, most


    families depend more on
    fathers than the mothers.
    Fathers provide more for their
    families’ needs and wants.
    FIRST UP 26
    CONSULTANTS

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