Characters: Alfredo Salazar – son of Don Julian, a more than 30 year’s old man and a bachelor. He is engaged to Esperanza but him still fleeting to Julia Salas. Esperanza- wife of Alfredo Salazar. She is the other girl of uniformly beauty. Julia Salas- sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle. She is other girl of Alfredo Salazar that remains single in her entire life. Don Julian- an old man, a father of Alfredo Salazar and Carmen. Carmen- sister of Alfredo Salas. Judge Del Valle- brother-in-low of Julia Salas Donna Adella- sister of Julia Salas.
She is small and plump, a pretty woman with a complexion of a baby with a expression of a likeable cow. Calixta- note-carrier of Alfredo Salazar and Esperanza. Dionisio- husband of Donna Adella. Vicente- husband of Carmen. Brigida Samuy- She is the illusive woman whose Alfredo is looking for. Exposition: Dead Star is a love story about a man named Alfredo Salazar, who has his fiancé in the person of Esperanza and they have been engaged for quite some time. Complication: In the story, dead star symbolize a dream for something that is nonexistent. Conflict:
Esperanza as prescribed by his parents or to do what he wants to do by having Julia Salas, his dream-the dead star in his life Climax: But like a dead star which is do far away, and whose shine could actually be the leftover traveling light from it, he was a long way from getting the girl, and the love he thought was possible, never was. Setting: House of Don Julian House of Judge Del Valle House of Don Julian in Tanda where are coconut plantation and a beach Church of Our Lady of Sorrow Calle Real Sta. Cruz particularly in Calle Luz, hometown of Julia Salas
The time of the story is the Lenten Season because they are celebrating the holy week proven by the procession they made with the Our Lady of Sorrow. Summary: The story revolves around Alfredo Salazar, a bachelor over thirty, and two women: Esperanza, his fiancée of four years, and a young girl from out-of-town named Julia Salas. Everyone takes it for granted that Alfredo will eventually marry Esperanza. But although he is ashamed to admit it, the intensity of his passion for Esperanza has faded and he is attracted to Julia, whom he meets at a dinner party.
But he is aware that all his loved ones-including Julia-would disapprove of his failure to honor his understanding with Esperanza. So he and Esperanza get married and have a family. Then, eight years later, he goes on a business trip to the town where Julia, still unmarried, lives. He goes to visit Julia, whom he has never forgotten. But he is surprised to find that he no longer feels attracted to her. He compares the memory of his love for her to dead stars, whose glow is still visible from the earth for years after they are gone.
