How my Brother Leon Brought Home

a Wife

Manuel Arguilla

June 17 1911- August 30 1944Ilocano writer in English, patriot and martyrParents Crisanto Argilla, a farmer and

Margarita Estabillo a potter.Won the first prize in the Commonwealth

Literary Contest in 1940

Characters:

• Baldo ( Younger brother of Leon)• Leon or Noel (Older brother of

Baldo)• Maria (Leon’s love interest)• Labang (Pet)• Father ( of Leon and Baldo)

Setting:

Nagrebcan La Union

Plot Summary:

Story of a younger brother and a naïve boy , of Leon (or Noel). Leon was responsible and he was the one who brought home a wife, Maria, who was gentle and loving and keep Baldo as a pet. Does Maria will accept Noel even after what she saw?

Freytag’s PyramidThey were already arrived and met the mother

Baldo meet Maria

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They went upstairs to

meet the father

They Were ignored and Baldo was told to water Labang

Conflict:• Man vs Society because Maria was afraid that she will be rejected by the father because she can’t cope of their way of living.

Theme:

Sometimes we need to surrender what we have in order to achieve happiness.

Simbolism:

The rocky road simbolyzes the hardships that may be encountered in life in going to your destination.

Plot Type

Classic Plot because the events were chronologically sequenced.

Point of View

First Person Point of view because the author was telling himself the story

References:

•Google.com•Philippine Short Stories•Kathangpinoy.blogspot.com/p/philippineliterature

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