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   immigrate to US -> 1946 Phillipines gains independences -> Bulosan arrives in
   between
 - Context between Bulosan's arrival in 1930 and publication of book in 1946:
-  The Great Gatsby -> Emblematic of Roaring Twenties; not a huge hit immediately
-  -> Fitzgerald explores the life of striving outsider -> critique of American
-  promise (upwards mobility, second chances)
+  The Great Gatsby -> Emblematic of Roaring Twenties; not a huge hit
+  immediately -> Fitzgerald explores the life of striving outsider -> critique
+  of American promise (upwards mobility, second chances)
 - Context 2: The Good Earth -> American born Pearl S. Buck, daughter of
   Chinese, grew up in China, Wrote her most famous novel about inhabitants of a
   Chinese village. Shaped ways in which Americans viewed Chinese in America
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   Filipino reality for Western audience, split between young and older/wiser
   Bulosan
 - What is Bulosan doing besides just talking about nature? Why is he
-  concentrating on it? -> in conversation with specific type of literary style ->
-  the "pastoral"
+  concentrating on it? -> in conversation with specific type of literary style
+  -> the "pastoral"
 - The pastoral is a literary tradition -> traditionally, poems about shepherds
-  -> beauty of life, waking up early, farming, etc -> idealized lives of the poor
-  -> tension between cultivated author and low born subjects -> Bulosan
+  -> beauty of life, waking up early, farming, etc -> idealized lives of the
+  poor -> tension between cultivated author and low born subjects -> Bulosan
   deconstructs pastoral through realism
 - Social Realism -> unvarnished and unfiltered economic racial injustice ->
-  working class figure as hero -> scrutinizing ills of society -> reality without
-  illusion -> one problem: emphasis on collective vs. individual
+  working class figure as hero -> scrutinizing ills of society -> reality
+  without illusion -> one problem: emphasis on collective vs. individual
 - Do for Filipinos in America what Lange tried to do for working class -> book
   as work of pastoral social realism
+
+## Lecture 2 (10/10)
+
+- AH is a biography in the "social realist" mode -> leaves home in the
+  Phillipines after beaten down by harsh realities of life -> tries to maintain
+  optimism about American Dream as he continues through his journey
+
+## Section
+
+- Pastoral
+- Realism -> depict life as it truly is, complexities, imperfections, etc,
+  verisimilitude
+  - Social realism -> see peoples' struggles, critiques about causes/reasons,
+
+### Writing assignment
+
+Then, please write up why Carlos portrayed them in this particular manner.
+
+Each individual should write your own answer. Please write the name of the woman you are analyzing.
+
+1. Mary Strandon
+2. Marian
+3. Judith
+
+Mary Strandon was portrayed as a kindly woman who gave Bulosan work and allowed him to read

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