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This document is a worksheet for analyzing the linguistic stylistic features of the literary work "Carino Brutal". It provides background on the assigned group members and summarizes the plot of the story, which is about the brutality faced by a bakla (transgender woman) named Vanessa during the Marcos regime in the Philippines. Vanessa's dead body is found hanging from a tree with many bruises and injuries, showing how the LGBTQ community faced discrimination and violence at that time. The worksheet then analyzes specific linguistic features used in the story, including repetition, inversion, and symbolism, and discusses their meanings and how they portray details about Vanessa and the society.

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Literary Analysis for Students

This document is a worksheet for analyzing the linguistic stylistic features of the literary work "Carino Brutal". It provides background on the assigned group members and summarizes the plot of the story, which is about the brutality faced by a bakla (transgender woman) named Vanessa during the Marcos regime in the Philippines. Vanessa's dead body is found hanging from a tree with many bruises and injuries, showing how the LGBTQ community faced discrimination and violence at that time. The worksheet then analyzes specific linguistic features used in the story, including repetition, inversion, and symbolism, and discusses their meanings and how they portray details about Vanessa and the society.

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ELANG 107 – JCV WRKSHT #1 – 2ND SEM 2019-2020

Stylistic Analysis of a Literary Work


Worksheet # 1
(Collaborative Work)

Assigned Literary Text: CARINO BRUTAL


Members of the Group:
1. Archie John Blas
2. Jamie Daria
3. Cristel Bagaoisan
4. Regine Ulit
5. Shaira Tamayo

I. Overall Interpretation of the Literary Work


This literary work written by R. Zamora Linmark is all about the brutality to a Bakla during the Marcos Regime. In that time, Bakla were being chased. One
day, Vanessa’s body was found hanging on the Balete tree with a lot of bruises on her body, especially on her penis. Vanessa, as part of the LGBTQ
community, it means that they have no right in the community, they arebeing discriminated. Lala witnessed how Vanessa was hanged on the tree that
serves as a precaution or warning, as she tries to avoid having the same fate as Vanessa.

II. Linguistic Stylistic Features


Linguistic Feature Story Part Passage Meaning
1. Repetition Par 3 Vanessa was a bakla who The repetition of the word bakla emphasizes the
preferred sex with straight description of the character. The narrator wants
men. Bakla. Biniboy. to emphasize that she is not just a typical bakla.
Businessgirl. A puta con buevos. She was called into different terms but it all equal
Add these names up in to “beauty”.
whatever language and they
ELANG 107 – JCV WRKSHT #1 – 2ND SEM 2019-2020

equal “Beauty”.

One day, she came home from


school with bruises and swollen
Par 11 lip because the boy she had a
crush on hand punched her in
the face and called her Bakla!
2. Inversion Par 2 Nobody’s mistress. Everybody’s Vanessa is a popular bakla in their place for she
whore has many titles gained from her past
competitions, and she is also beautiful that makes
every man want to have her. But despite that
fact, she is not committed to married men but she
is a whore to everybody- having sex with straight
men (supported on the par 3)
3. symbolism Par 16 Vanessa’s ankle catches Lala’s Having that tattoo means that Vanessa have
eye. BNG. Lala doesn’t been to jail which the narrator does not does not
remember Vanessa having elaborate the reason why Vanessa got imprisoned
tattoo or getting involved with or does he really got imprisoned.
the Bahala Na Gang, or any
gangs for that matter.

A tattoo could only mean she’d


spent time in jail where she’d
had to choose which gang
would protect her—Sigue Sigue
Sputnik, Low-Waist, OXO,
Commando, Bahala Na. All in
ELANG 107 – JCV WRKSHT #1 – 2ND SEM 2019-2020

exchange for sex.

Par 3 Vanessa’s long, ash-blond The mentioned bruises and brutality that
tresses have been shaved off. happened to Vanessa symbolizes how the
Her bra and torn panties stuffed murderer loathed Vanessa too much which made
in her month. The cord of her him or her kill him in such a very brutal way.
hip pads, drooping over her
back like cape, is coiled around
her neck. Slash marks and stab
wounds on her torso. Cigarette
burns on her inner thighs. Her
penis, severed.
4.
5.

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