Author: Juan Crisostomo Soto
Title: Miss Phatupats
Character: Yeyeng
Setting: Pampanga
Plot:
Si yeyeng ay sinasabing ipinanganak lamang na mahirap sa
lugar ng Pampangga . Siya ay isang dalagang nagtitinda lamang
ng bitso sa isang paaralan na may isang gurong amerikanong
kawal na ipinagpilitan na siya ay magaral pagkatapos ay
magtuturo. Tinawag siyang Miss Phathupats sa kadahilanang,
nung natuto siya ng wikang ingles at naging isang guro sinabi
niya na hindi na siya maalam magsalita ng kapampangan.
Maraming araw ang lumipas kinuha siya bilang isang panauhin at
doon siya nagsalita ng wikang ingles at sinabing muli na hindi na
siya sanay magbasa at magsalita na parang naninigas ang
kanyang dila. Kaya naman sa asal niyang iyon, maraming guro
ang tila pinagtawanan siya at dahil sa pangyayaring yun siya
nagmura at muli nyang ginamit ang kapampangan. Subalit
patuloy parin siyang pinagtatawanan ng mga ito kahit na tumutulo
na ang mga luha niya, dahil dito pagkapunas niya ng kanyang
luha nadala din ang pulbos niya sa mukha. Nakita ng mga
tagapakinig ang tunay na kulay kaya naman binansagan siyang
Amerikanong negra. Nagpatuloy parin ang pagtatawanan sa
kanya hanggang sa hindi na niya napigilan at siya ay umalis na
lang na nagkakandarapa at nagpaalam din ang tao kay Bb. Alice
Roosevelt "Paalam Bb. Phathupats".
Conflict: The conflict in the story was when Miss Phatupats said
she pretended that she forgot speaking kapampangan dialect.
Theme:
Values: Be proud of your dialect
Author: Nicomedes Marquez Joaquin
Title: The house on Zapote Street
Character: Leonardo Quitangon
Lydia Cabading
Pablo Cabading
Nonilo Quitangon
Setting: on the field
Plot:
It is about a man who married a woman who was living with her
father on a house on Zapote Street. The couple spent their first months
in that house. The man then realized why his wife was always worried.
His father-in-law was a policeman. He was very strict with his house
rules. The man couldn't take it so he left the house. One day, his wife
called him to pick her up from that house. He successfully escaped his
wife from her father. But they returned to that house because his father-
in-law requested to see her daughter again. Unfortunately, the couple
were murdered inside that house by their own "father". Their father then
committed suicide after killing his son-in law and his very own daughter.
Conflict: The Father is very strict on his house rules no one can
be against him.
Theme: love is not simple
Values: Don’t be too strict.
Author: Amador Daguio
Title: Wedding Dance
Character: Lumnay - a woman who was left by her husband
because he had to marry another woman/ Developing
Awiyao- the husband of Lumnay
Madulimay - Awiyao’s new wife
Setting: in the mountains somewhere in the Philippines
Plot: a) Introduction
The story opens with Awiyao entering his and Lumnay’s house.
b) Rising Action
Things start to heat up when Lumnay says she does not want any
other man.
c) Climax
There is more intensity when Awiyao says he does not want any
other woman.
d) Falling action
But they both have to follow their tribe’s tradition.
e) Denouement
Awiyao has to go back to the wedding dance.
Conflict: The conflict here is Man vs. Society. The lead
characters have to follow their tribe’s custom
Theme: True love never dies
Values: Fight for your love no matter what.
