Geraldine Bragais. 12-HE-F2.

PROJECT IN LITERATURE

TITLE OF THE STORY MY FATHER GOES TO COURT. 1943

AND YEAR OF
LAUNCHING
AUTHOR AND HIS/HER Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913 – September 11,
1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet who spent
BACKGROUND
most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the
semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart, but he first gained
fame for his 1943 essay on The Freedom from Want.

SETTING/S One of the town here in Philippines. In the court.

CHARACTERS AND Farmer- the father of the narrator.

SHORT DESCRIPTION The young children/narrator- the narrator of the story. One of the
ABOUT THE CHARATERS children of the farmer.

The wife of the farmer- mother of the children/young narrator. Wife

of the farmer.

The rich man- the one who filed a case towards the farmer's family.

The children of rich man- the anaemic, pale and thin children of the
rich man.

The judges, and the rich man's lawyer.

The neighborhood of the both sides.

The rich man's maids/servants.

Policeman

CONFLICT Man vs. man

POINT OF VIEW First Person

 Geraldine Bragais. 12-HE-F2. PROJECT IN LITERATURE

TITLE OF THE STORY MY FATHER GOES TO COURT. 1943

AND YEAR OF
LAUNCHING
The narrator tells the story of how they moved into a town after
getting ther farm destroyed by a flood. They moved near the house
of a rich man, who doesn't interact with his neighbors much. The
PLOT: children of the farmer/farm owner were described as cheerful and
playful. Their cheerfulness was especially seen whenever the
servants of the rich man are cooking, since they were already
1. EXPOSITION satisfied with just smelling and listening to the sizzles and aroma of
the food.

The conflict starts when the children of the farmer/farm owner grew
up to be healthy, while the children of the rich man were pale,
2. RISING ACTION despite the difference of status in life. The rich man was seen
observing the family of the farmer/farm owner, and he ordered his
servants to shut all windows and doors in their house. However, this
doesn't stop the aroma from going out of their house.

The rich man filed a complaint against the family of the narrator for
stealing the spirit of his wealth and food. When the day of the trial
arrived, the rich man came, looking old and weak, and the rest of his
3. CLIMAX family, in the same bad situation he is in. The trial starts with the
judge asking the farmer questions regarding the complaint, and the
farmer cross-examined the children of the rich man. Learning of their
"logical" reasons, he then proceeded to give them an equal payment
for what they stole.

4. FALLING ACTION
The farmer collected coins from his family, and went to another room
which is near the courtroom. He shook the coins, which made an
audible sound, even from where the rich man was. The farmer then
confirms if the rich man and his children heard the coins shaking, and
after they confirmed that they heard it, the farmer then says that
they are paid.

5. DENOUEMENT The rich man fell to the floor, and the case was dismissed. The judge
then went down to talk with the farmer, and the judge, the farmer,
his family, and the spectators laughed hard.
SYMBOLS AND THEIR The tall house of Rich man- symbolize his status in life, the aroma of
the food- symbolize the spirit of the food, the sound of the coins-
MEANINGS
symbolize the spirit of the coin.

THEME Don't do a things without thinking wisely. Because it will bring you
down in the end.