Five Brothers, One Mother




Author's Background: Alexis A.L Abola
  • Teaches at the english department of Ateneo Manila university
  • Master degree in English Study
  • Has 2 palanca awards (Short story in English, 2000 and a NVM Gonzales Award) Best short story of the year 2000
  • The most taught essay at all "Many Mansion"

                           PLACE: MANILA

  • Is the capital of the philippines and most densely populated City proper in the world. 
  • National Capital Region
  •  Population : 1,180,148 people in 2015 -Made up of 16 district
  • The Filipino name for the city originated from the word "Nila" reffering to a flowering mangrove tree that grew in Pasig City and phores of Manila Bay

                                ELEMENTS OF THE STORY:

Character:
  1. Sister
  2. Five Brothers
  3. Mother
  4. Father
  5. Titius Fourth
Setting:
  • Marikina, Taurus St. Hermanos
  •  Ortigas
  •  Cinco HermanoMajor Santos Dizon connects with Marcos H-way within Katipunan Ave.

PLOT: 
  •  Exposition: The Marikina house wasn't finished yet, but with an ultimatum hanging over our heads, we had  no choice but to move in. Just how unfinished the house was became bruisingly clean on our first night. There was no electricity yet, and the window didn't have screen. There were mosquitoes I couldn't sleep the whole night.
  • Climax: As we grew older and drifted farther and farther away from her gasp, defining our own lives outside of the house. my mother must have felt that she was losing us to friends, jobs, loves-forces beyond her control.
  • Conflict: Man vs. Nature, because they can't sleep without electricity and it the mosquito was biting them. Also Man vs.Self, because their mother start to get lonely as they grow up, because she was thinking that, time was so fast and someday those children he was taking care of will leave her soon.
  • Solution: After a couple years their house was furnished but not fully furnished, because it doesn't have paint yet.  And the mother used her boredom in house organizing and buying some stuff.
  •  Ending: After see off the last guests after the most recent gathering, she sighed, "Ang kalat  ng bahay " I didn't see her face but I could hear her smiling. My father replied "Masaya ka naman." It wasn't a secret. 

 THEME: Mother's Love
 MORAL: Mother's knows best. Don't be annoyed when our mother keep talking and talking or keep on yelling on us. She's just making it right, and one day if she's no longer doing that we'll going to miss her.
 FEEDBACK: After reading this story, for me as a Family Oriented person I really love this story because it opens our mind that we should value and love our Family because they're the one who's always there for us in good times or in bad. Never forget to prioritize them, never ignore them, and never disobey them because they always know whats best for us.

Comments

  1. Unknown14 September 2020 at 07:14

    Thanks it is really helpful there are some parts that i didn't understand at the start and there are some that i'd already thought of and i just confirmed it with yours. thank you very much

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  2. Unknown28 January 2021 at 07:03

    Thank you so much I now have understand it❤️

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  3. Unknown8 February 2021 at 00:13

    thank you!

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  4. Unknown14 February 2021 at 18:19

    thank you for such a wonderful story hope to read some more amazing stuffs...it gives so much learning... hope that everybody will read this so to inform them of how much our mothers loved us so dearly..

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  5. Unknown27 February 2021 at 12:49

    Thankyou it is great help😊

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  6. Unknown26 March 2021 at 23:58

    Thank you So much..It help me a lot

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