“CACTUS”
By: Tita Lacambra
Ayala
THEME:
“SURVIVAL”
MESSAGE OF THE STORY:
“TEACH US TO BE STRONG IN EVERY
TRIALS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE MAY FACE AND ENCOUNTER”
BY: ANDRES CRISTOBAL
CRUZ
CHARACTERIZATION:
NINA-wife
ISMAEL-husband
Mrs. SMITH- the land lady
MANG JOSE- the carpenter
SETTING:
ACCESSORIA
THEME:
ACCEPTANCE
CONFLICT:
THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE LAND LADY AND NINA AND ISMAEL, WHEREAS MANG JOSE IS THE
MEDIATOR
“INK”

BY: GUILLERMO CASTILLO
THEME:
“USEFULNESS”
MESSAGE OF THE STORY:
“Don’t judge a thing without trying”
“It reminds us that a certain thing should not be useful without a human that
manipulates it”
“PEOPLE OF
CONSEQUENCE”
By: Ines Tacaad Cammayo
Characters:
German haciendero
Camus
Meding
Setting:
Barrio
Conflict:
They found out that they are getting old but they are not happy in their life
and they are not even enjoy their existence
SENTENCE OUTLINE
1- The history of Camus
1. He has been a houseboy of a German haciendero
2. He went home because his father wrote him.
3. He got married, a girl named Meding
3.a He was so amazed on how
Meding earned a living
3.a.1. She make cheese and
milk sticks and sold them
3.a.2. Gather coconuts and
mangoes together with the fish and sold them.
3.a.3. She makes beautiful
patterns of laces and barters it with sacks of rice.
4. Their neighbor used to ran to them for a loan.
11- The changes of Meding
one night
1.
Spokes out her plans and dreams.
1.a.
Having a child though had been avoided.
1.b.
Spoke of bringing kiln- dried past from Cuenco.
1.c.
Spokes of her plans and dream house.
2.
Camus went to the superintendent’s house.
3.
His stones of intimacy with the German master grew as the years passed.
4.
The councilor visited and offer him job which then he left.
5.
Camus and Meding reminisce their past.
111- He fitted his coat and
found out it could not fit him already
1. Camus thinks that suit did
not really matter as he remembered his experienced in the capitol
2. He decided not to go to the
superintendent’s housHe walks towards the church not minding the crowd.
3. He buy multicolored ice cream
4. He then realized how
friendly the superintendent was.

"THE RURAL MAID"
By: Fernando Maramag
Theme:
“LOVE”
Message of the story:
“Try to accept failure and never stop loving the person you love”

"RIDICULOUS WELCOME"
By: Prof. Carolina A. Arcea
THEME:
“DEATH”
MESSAGE OF THE STORY:
“Enjoy every single moment that your still breathing and happily living for we
are not getting any younger”