6. Describe the episode between Tonyo and Minang. The reader has to read between the lines to understand that in a few sentences, Pineda succeeds in telling a love story with a happy ending. What is the story? Discuss.
7. Do you agree that “those who have gone ahead are full of regret, while those left behind struggle to get ahead”? What is the purpose of using that saying in the story? Are you aware of other sayings that express a similar idea?
8. How would you interpret the last scene in the story? Are you prepared for that ending? Why or why not? Explain.
9. Enumerate instances where the opposition between life and death, between light and darkness, between hope and despair, between youth and old age, among others, is fleshed out through characters and images. What is the
