Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
-->[[spoiler:"''Dear Luis, Did you know I once won the 100-metre dash? Please forgive me. Ester.''"
to:
-->[[spoiler:"''Dear Luis, Did you know I once won the 100-metre dash? Please forgive me. Ester.''"''"]]
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ester Dantes, Don Eduardo's daughter, and Luis' sometime LoveInterest.]]
to:
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ester Dantes, Don Eduardo's daughter, and Luis' sometime LoveInterest.LoveInterest, by overdosing on sleeping pills.]]
Added DiffLines:
* GoodbyeCruelWorld: [[spoiler:Ester leaves two suicide notes, one for her parents and a pretty short one for Luis.]]
-->[[spoiler:"''Dear Luis, Did you know I once won the 100-metre dash? Please forgive me. Ester.''"
-->[[spoiler:"''Dear Luis, Did you know I once won the 100-metre dash? Please forgive me. Ester.''"
Changed line(s) 36 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the [[UptownGirl rich daughters of their respective employers]]. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]], begetting a son in the process.
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both Their respective novels pick up their lives during the postwar Third Republic, when both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the [[UptownGirl rich daughters of their respective employers]]. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]], begetting a son in the process.
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* LatinLover: Luis, the Basque/Ilocano mestizo, is a pretty mild version of this, but he's still pretty affectionate towards Trining, and makes a few green (i.e. dirty) jokes towards her, though more so after they're married. His father Don Vicente, even more Basque, is even more so, having had affairs with various women in his youth and still going to whorehouses in his later years—not to mention the two main chicks in his life: his Spaniard wife, and Nena, with whom he sires Luis.
to:
* LatinLover: Luis, the Basque/Ilocano mestizo, is a pretty mild version of this, but he's still pretty affectionate towards Trining, and makes a few green (i.e. dirty) jokes towards her, though more so after they're married. His father Don Vicente, even more Basque, is even more so, having had affairs with various women in his youth and still going to whorehouses in his later years—not to mention the two main chicks in his life: his Spaniard wife, and the Ilocana Nena, with whom he sires Luis.
Added DiffLines:
* FictionalDocument: One of Luis' poems, titled "Calvaria", is presented at the start of the novel. It also "reproduces" several letters he writes to his various loved ones.
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Ester mentions once that Luis' antics will drive her to suicide. She eventually makes good on that statement.]]
to:
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Ester [[spoiler:During one of their arguments Ester mentions once that Luis' antics will and selfcentredness might well drive her to suicide. She eventually makes good on that statement.]]
Added DiffLines:
* EverybodySmokes: Something of an EnforcedTrope in Dantes' office meetings. Whenever he calls together his staff and editors he passes around black cigarettes to everyone and personally lights them—even for nonsmokers. Then again, this was TheFifties.
Added DiffLines:
* LatinLover: Luis, the Basque/Ilocano mestizo, is a pretty mild version of this, but he's still pretty affectionate towards Trining, and makes a few green (i.e. dirty) jokes towards her, though more so after they're married. His father Don Vicente, even more Basque, is even more so, having had affairs with various women in his youth and still going to whorehouses in his later years—not to mention the two main chicks in his life: his Spaniard wife, and Nena, with whom he sires Luis.
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the [[UptownGirl rich daughters of their respective employers]]. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the [[UptownGirl rich daughters of their respective employers]]. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].cousins]], begetting a son in the process.
* TitleDrop: During the brothers' last meeting before the Huks move in on the Asperri house, taking advantage of the gap in defences while the current detachment is called away and Luis is awaiting its replacement.
* TitleDrop: During the brothers' last meeting before the Huks move in on the Asperri house, taking advantage of the gap in defences while the current detachment is called away and Luis is awaiting its replacement.
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the rich daughters of their respective employers. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the [[UptownGirl rich daughters of their respective employers. employers]]. And both even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].cousins]].
* UptownGirl: Ester Dantes, daughter of one of the country's biggest oligarchs. Trining also counts for being Don Vicente's niece.
* UptownGirl: Ester Dantes, daughter of one of the country's biggest oligarchs. Trining also counts for being Don Vicente's niece.
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both got involved (to different degrees) with the rich daughters of their respective employers. And both of them [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men with Ilocano origins who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve a lot of writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty.faculty (though Luis was a student, while Tony was a professor). Both got involved (to different degrees) with the rich daughters of their respective employers. And both of them even [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both have gotten involved with the rich daughters of their respective employers. And both of them [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both have gotten got involved (to different degrees) with the rich daughters of their respective employers. And both of them [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both even had sex with their cousins but also got involved with the rich daughters of their respective employers.
to:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both even had sex with their cousins but also got have gotten involved with the rich daughters of their respective employers.employers. And both of them [[KissingCousins had sex with their cousins]].
Deleted line(s) 14 (click to see context) :
*
Added DiffLines:
* IntrepidReporter: Though not just a line reporter but editor of his own magazine, Luis generally fulfils this function, especially with his writing social justice pieces that often reveal a bias in favour of the downtrodden and oppressed, like the Huks which his brother Vic leads, and against the rich and powerful, such as his father and the government that's out to get the Huks.
Added DiffLines:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute / ExpyCoexistence: Luis is this to [[Literature/ThePretenders Antonio Samson]]. Both are young men who grew up with intimate experience of poverty. Both left their poor circumstances, studied and eventually got jobs that involve writing. Both quit their respective universities after they're snubbed by the faculty. Both even had sex with their cousins but also got involved with the rich daughters of their respective employers.
Showing 15 edit(s) of 38
