Orange
The Color of Sunset
Some of the things you will come across in the story:
Character and Story Analysis
Your two main protagonists. Tap the thumbnails to learn more via mp3 audio podcast (opens new window, so you can listen to and download it).
NOTES:
⭐ Podcast is NOT SCRIPTED. Analysis was done with Google Notebook via in-depth analysis of the entire story manuscript.
⭐ Analysis gives you HIGH-LEVEL CHARACTER INSIGHTS (vs. seeing them as just “shallow kids”).
⭐ The audio contains SPOILERS. Engage as you see fit.
⭐ Also, the novel is PURE TEXT (not a graphic novel). So, the protagonist thumbnails below are visual representations only.
Learn more. Tap the tabs below. This is the story you are about to get into.
- Theme #1 (Sub-theme): Coming of age love story
- Theme #2 (Main Theme): Love Story for the Philippines
- Theme #3 (Main Theme): Love Story for God
- Written in shifting first person perspective (girl / boy shifting 1st person POV)
- Colloquial, informal tone / language (as a young adult would say, think, and act)
- Word Count: 73,000 words | Page Count: 320
- Start on a light note, utilizing the typical boy-meets-girl story (sub-theme)
- Plant and gradually grow the more serious main themes (e.g. via subtext, et al.)
- Share / reveal main themes at their corresponding optimal times—however…
- … always stay aligned to the above sub-theme (love story) and character voices, e.g. two young adults telling us—in their own words, manner, and deepest thoughts—what happened to them that summer.
Love for God
(100 percent c/o Anna)
- A Personal Relationship with God
- Deep Friendship with God
- Unshakable Faith in God
- Saint Therese of Lisieux, The Little Way
- Outpouring / Overflow of Shared love
- Christian Religion / Christianity
Love the Philippines
(predominantly c/o Cris)
- Politician, Senator, Politics, USA Exile
- Family Political Dynasty
- Third World Democracy, Voting
- The Filipino Masses (Masa)
- Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)
- Rural Philippine Provinces
- Ilocos Norte, Luzon
- Poverty, The Rural and Urban Poor
- Insurgency, Armed Rebellion
New Adult, Coming of Age
(c/o both protagonists)
- Summer vacation after college
- De La Salle University (DLSU)
- Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
- Saint Pedro Poveda College / Institucion Teresiana (IT)
- New Adult / Young Adult Fiction
- Contemporary Philippine Literature (written in English)