Disguise: A Literature Review
image by rappler John Bengan, the author of the 2013 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature first place winner, “Armor”, wrote the masterpiece of a story entitled Disguise as well. This story became the bridge for Bengan to receive his second Carlos Palanca Award first prize in the short story category. image by chloeinthedark The story, Disguise, revolves around a town Mayor, who one night, decides to disguise himself as a taxi driver in order to catch criminals who prey on said drivers. In the whole course of the story, he was able to come across three different passengers, each of them giving the Mayor different feels and experiences as the Mayor drove them to their chosen destinations. As he was driving around town, he was able to reminisce about how the town looked before he became the official mayor, and how t...