summary of 3 short stories from Philippine literature

1. R E D A N G L U H A N I M I C H A E L
A N G PA G L I L I T I S N I M A N G S E R A P I O
H O W M Y B R O T H E R L E O N B R O U G H T
H O M E A W I F E
L I T 1 3 : 3 0 - 4 : 3 0 B A 3 0 4

2. RED ANG LUHA NI
MICHAEL
By Jimmy Alcantara
Submitted by Marjorie Ostos

3. JIMMY ALCANTARA
• a writer and a journalist
• He finished AB Journalism in the University of Santo Thomas where he also became
editor-in-chief of the university's official student publication , The Varsitarian.
• Also a fiction writer, his stories have been published in different publications and
anthologies, famous among which is "Red Ang Luha Ni Michael."

4. SUMMARY
Magkababata si Ricky at Michael. Galing sila sa
lungsod ng Butuan , Agusan del Norte
Pagkatapos nila ng kolehiyo ay pumunta sila sa
Maynila para makipagsapalaran. Bitbit nila ang
limang libo, transcript of record at sense of
adventure papunta roon.

5. Ang relasyon nila Michael at Ricky ay
magkaibigan, magsyota, at mag asawa at
live in partner.
Nagtrabaho si Michael sa personnel department
ng isang ad agency sa Vito Cruz. Habang si Ricky
ay nagtrabaho dati sa CCP bilang production
designer ngunit napatalsik dahil sa nahihibang
nitong konsepto sa art.

6. Nang nawalan siya ng trabaho ay siya na ang gumagawa ng mga gawaing bahay habang si Michael
naman ang nagtratabaho. Isang umaga sa kanilang tinitirahan, napansin ni Michael na kinakalawang
na ang kanilang ref, noon naisip ni Ricky na sorpresahin niya si Michael na pinturahan ang kanilang
ref. Nang umalis na si Michael, bumili na siya ng pinturang kulay scarlet red at isang brush.
Pininturahan niya na ang ref pagdating sa bahay.

7. Sa sobra niyang saya sa pagpipinta lahat ng mga nakitang niyang bagay na hindi maganda sa
kanyang paningin ay kanyang piniturahan.

8. Nang dumating si Michael mula sa trabaho, inakala niyang ang kanyang pinasukang tirahan ay hndi
na sa kanya dahil sa labis na pinagiba nito. Nang makita niya ito ng lubusan, naluha siya dahil sa
kanyang pag-aakala na si Ricky ay nagbago na at naging magaling na mula sa kanyang sakit sa utak.
Nang makita ni Ricky ang mga luha ni Michael, pininturahan niya rin ang mga ito hanggang maubos
ang lamang pintura.

9. ANG PAGLILITIS NI
MANG SERAPIO
B Y P A U L D U M O L
S U M I T T E D B Y A N T O N I O A M O R E S

10. PAUL DUMOL
• He is a Philippine playwright , historian and educator. He is a member of the Philippine
Center for Civic Education and Democracy and has served as its chair. He is author of
the A History of the Filipino People for High Schools.
• He graduated as a summa cum laude and valedictorian , Bachelor of Arts in
Communication Arts at the Ateneo de Manila. He then completed his Master of Liberal
Arts with specialization in Philosophy at the University of Navarra. He holds a licentiate
in Medieval Studies with specialization in Philosophy from the Pontifical Institute for
Medieval Studies. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Medieval Studies from
the University of Toronto.
• His play Ang Paglilitis kay Mang Serapio (The Trial of Mang Serapio, 1968) is
considered by some as the first Philippine modernist play. Other plays

11. SUMMARY OF THE STORY
The story is about an old man named
Serapio who’s being accused of having a child by
the Federation that consists of poor people living
on the streets by the care of others. This
Federation were opposing to Mang Serapio’s
child because the donations that are for him will
be spent on the needs of the child in their place.

12. The two investigators are too determined to
prove Serapio’s ownership of the child. They have
uncovered his past and learned that his wife and
daughter were already gone but it certainly doesn’t
conclude his present child. But, three witnesses
came and said that they indeed, saw Mang Serapio
taking care of the child. They were desperate to find
Mang Serapio to be guilty because all of his
possessions would be passed onto them. Serapio
fought his rite that the witnesses’ proof is not
enough but they insisted on looking over the his
chest because they thought there’s something inside
of it that’s very much related with the situation. As
they opened the chest, they found nothing except a
dirty plastic doll. It was actually the toy of his
daughter in which he takes care of it as
remembrance. The remainder of his daughter’s
absence in his life and gives him happiness and
hope.

13. Because of this matter, all the
accusations weren’t enough to bring him
down but, he was still found guilty since he
violated the law of federation. It said that he
shouldn’t have spent the money for such
unnecessary interests. Another reason is
because they don’t want this event to let
other members be encouraged for only their
personal happiness. The federation only
wants them to live a miserable life and be
dependent on the federation alone. Mang
Serapio’s eyeballs were removed in such a
dirty way because of the reason that they
want others to pity him and give him more
money for the federation.

14. HOW MY BROTHER
LEON BROUGHT
HOME A WIFE
B Y : M A N U E L E . A R G U I L L A , B A U N G
Y E A R : J U N E 1 7 , 1 9 1 1
R E G I O N : B A U A N G , L A O N I O N
S U B M I T T E D B Y : J U L I U S O . M E D I N A
S U B M I T T E D T O : J E A N M O R A D A

15. MANUEL ESTABILLA ARGUILLA
• Nagrebcan, June 17, 1911 – Beheaded, Manila Chinese
Cemetery, August 30, 1944) was an Ilokano
writer in English, patriot, and martyr.
• He is known for his widely anthologized short story
"How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife," the
main story in the collection "How My Brother Leon
Brought Home a Wife and Other Short Stories" which
won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in
1940.
• Most of Arguilla's stories depict scenes in Barrio
Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union where he was born. His
bond with his birthplace, forged by his dealings with
the peasant folk of Ilocos, remained strong even after
he moved to Manila where he studied at the University
of the Philippines where he finished BS Education in
1933 and where he became a member and later the
president of the U.P. Writer's Club and editor of the
university's Literary Apprentice.

16. SUMMARY
One day his brother Leon
came home with a woman
named Maria, his brother was
not able to come home for a
very long time; Baldo was
shocked when he saw his
brother with a lady.
Baldo explains how his brother
Leon brought home a wife.

17. The lady was very gorgeous
even a word can’t describe
how pleasant, how perfect
she was, suddenly his
brother introduced the lady
his with, to Baldo. Baldo was
amazed by the most beautiful
face he ever saw with his
entire life.

18. Suddenly on their way home with labang (the carabao) as
their transportation they’ve choose between the two way its
either waig which is the longer and rocky way nor camino real
which is the shortcut, nearest to their house; baldo choose waig,
its getting dark that time when they are on their way home but
the way was lighten by the stars from the sky that blinks, most
likely welcoming Maria on Nagrebcan with the fireflies that
lightened the way.

19. Maria was very amazed by the
beautiful view of the night and the
lights that keep on shining
through one another, it’s her first
time experiencing how was the
life miles away from the city. Leon
sang the song that was thought
by his father, Baldo was lightly
shocked when Maria sang after,
on Baldo’s mind (maybe my
brother teach her how to sing the
song my father always songs us
when were little.

20. A while later when they are about to enter the house
Leon saw her mother at the front door, Leon courted Maria on the
way, but Maria was afraid that their parents might not like her. But
Leon keep on saying that everything would be ok. Suddenly
when they entered the house Leon looked for his father, but his
father was not around then he asked her mother, her mother told
him that his father was on his room. He checked his father, his
father was asking about Maria. The day after when the sun was
shines through the beautiful landscape Leon and Maria was
under the mango tree. Leon told him that he wants them to live
there when they get married.