By: Edilberto K.

Tiempo
1970
SUMMARY
SUMMARY

Stories say that a witch known as Minggay Awok (awok, meaning

witch in Visayan language)resides nearby the creek separating the
barrios of Libas and Sinit-an. Her strange appearance, solitary life and
rare visits in the barrios feared the people. She has always been blamed
whenever strange things happen. Thus, Minggay was often subjected
to various killing attempts in order to stop the curse that she allegedly
placed on them. However, their suspicions were never proven. One
day, a boy who occasionally visits his uncle in Libas met an old
woman while fishing in the creek. She had been so kind to direct him
to a spot where he can get more shrimps. They chatted for a while until
the boy finally realized that she is the "witch" that he had heard about.
He immediately walked away with the shrimps and the dilemma of his
encounter with the witch's contrasting image with the old woman by
the creek.
ANALYSIS
Settings
• Barrio of Libas (Southern Leyte,Philippines)
Characters
Minggay Awok
• Round Character (Antagonist)
• Known as the witch in the story and was blame of all the
misfortunes that happened in their place
The Boy
• Flat Character (Protagonist)
• Obedient and dutiful boy
• Easily affected of the rumors that was spreading at the place
Tio Sabelo
• The head teacher of the barrio of the school
 ABOUT
THE
AUTHOR
Edilberto K.
Tiempo
EDILBERTO K. TIEMPO

Biography
• Born 5th August of 1913
• Spouse :Edith Tiempo
• Fiction Writer
• Literary Critic
• Died 19th of September 1996
• Finished B.A. in Siliman University, Iowa
• Finished Masteral and Doctoral degrees at
Denver,Colorado
• Work as a teacher of creative writing at Western
Michigan University at Wartburg College At U.Iowa
• For a long time he taught at Siliman University at
Dumagute
• One of his biggest contribute to literature is that he
created his own Writer’s Workshop
• Known for writing short stories and novels.
EDILBERTO K. TIEMPO

Awards
• Fellowship award at Rockfeller Guggenheins
Foundations
• CCPP (Cultural Center Of the Philippines Prize)
• Palanca Awards
• U.P. Golden Anniversary Literary Contest
• National book Award
CONFLICT
Man vs man
• the belief that the child had after hearing all the fake
news opposes what the real person/witch really is.

POINT OF VIEW
• The Narrator (Protagonist) he is narrating about
what he experience when he go to the barios of Libas in
Southern Leyte and seeing and talking to the witch
PLOT
Exposition • In the barrio of Libas, the boy was just 12
years old and he goes there in the river and he found an
old lady and that was the called Witch named Minggay
Awok.

Rising action • That is when the town have a problem

they blame the witch named Minggay just because she is
a witch

Climax • When the guy comes in Minggay Awok's

house and found out that it have many bottles that have
different bugs.
Falling action • The old woman was not wrong,
but without the knwoledge of the boy, though he is
afraid of minggay, he perfectly catch many q. After
learning that the old woman is Minggay Awok.

Denouement • He then goes away from the river

and when he is far away from Minggay, he run
away and stop. As he walked again, the string of
shrimps kept brushing again the side of his leg. So
he detached it from his belt except for the three
small ones because those are not belonged to
Minggay. Angrily, he hurled those shrimps back in
the river.
 SYMBOL
BOOK
THE WITCH IS LIKE A BOOK BASE FROM THE
QOUTE ” DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER ”
THE WITCH WAS ACUSED .
THEME
the theme is :

Not all we see , touch , hear is true and that we can’t

judge a thing , idea , person , place or anything by the way
we see it.