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Narrative Analysis Of She's Dating The Gangster

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She’s Dating the Gangster: a Narrative Analysis on Internet and Film She’s Dating the Gangster (SDTG), a romantic novel, was first published in Wattpad, an online publishing site, in 2006 by Bianca Bernardino. In 2013, it became a bestselling book in Powerbooks and National Bookstore. This year, SDTG was adapted into a film which was starred by Daniel Padilla as Kenji delos Reyes and Kenneth delos Reyes, and Kathryn Bernardo as Athena Dizon and Kelay Dizon (Rappler). In the film, Kenji is delivering a speech during a wedding. At the same time, his son, Kenneth, is making out with a girl. The girl’s grandfather makes a commotion from the bathroom up to the reception area. Kenji asks his son to grow up and stop rebelling against him. Tomorrow morning, Kenneth finds out that the plane to Bicol that his dad is riding on crashed. He then rushed to the airport to ask his dad’s condition. At that moment, Kelay also claims that she is Kenji’s daughter and shows a picture of Athena and Kenji. Kenneth, on the other hand is willing to give his birth certificate as proof that he is Kenji’s son. The officer-in-charge takes Kenneth’s contact information instead of Kelay’s. Kelay and Kenneth went to Bicol riding a bus for them to see Kenji. Kelay’s reason why he wants to see Kenji is for her aunt. Apparently, Kelay is Athena’s niece. Throughout the ride, Kelay tells the love story of Kenji and Athena.
Kenji was a “gangster” who fell in love with Athena Abigail Tizon and was also

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