CALL ME FLORY

By: Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero

Author: Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero

(January 22, 1911 - April 28, 1995) was a Filipino playwright, director, teacher and theater artist. He has written
well over a hundred plays, 41 of which have been published. His unpublished plays have either been broadcast over the
radio or staged in various parts of the Philippines.
He is the first Filipino to have a theater named after him within his lifetime: The Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater
of the University of the Philippines.
Born in Ermita, Manila. At the Age 14, he has already written his first play in Spanish, entitled, "No Todo Es Risa."
This play was produced at the Ateneo de Manila University when he was 15.
His publications includes:

13 Plays (first published in 1947

8 Other Plays (1952)
7 More Plays (1962)
12 New Plays (1975)
11 Plays (1976)
4 Latest Plays (1980)

Settings:
The story took place somewhere in San Lorenzo Village. It happened at the house of Matilde

Characters:
Florencia Aragon de Caracoles-She’s otherwise known as Flory, but during the days when she was still poor,
people call her Enchang
Matilde-A true blooded rich woman who married a fine business man. She is engaged in charity works and
enjoys helping the unprivileged members of the society. She is very humble and kind of heart.
Osang-A poor woman who does embroidery for Matilde. She used to be the neighbor of Flory when she was still
living at Sapang Palay. It was from her that Matilde discovered the kind of life that Flory used to have.

Exposition:
Matilde invite Flory in her house ask her to join a charity program.She then accepted the invitation not due to
her willingness to help the poor but for her desire to meet and get acquainted with rich and well known personalities,
specially the first lady.

Complication:
She then accepted the invitation not due to her willingness to help the poor but for her desire to meet and get
acquainted with rich and well known personalities, specially the first lady. Flory agreed to join the cause not knowing
that the secret of her yesterday will be used against her.

Climax:
One of the maid of Matilde who named Osang recognized Flory as Enchang their neighbor in Intramorous where
most of the poor are living and the place for the charity program

Resolution:
Matilde make sure that Flory will agreed to join the cause not knowing that the secret of her yesterday will be
used against her.

Conclusion:
When Matilde found out the secret of Flory she make a plan to blackmail her if she refuse to buy 50 tickets
which is cost of P5000 each. She want to pay her for being pretentious
Theme:
A woman who is a social climber and hypocrite, forgotten the life she used to have, people she used to know
and is very materialistic.

Character Good Side Bad Side

Florencia Aragon de NONE Arrogant

Caracoles Obnoxious
Hypocrite
Materialistic
social climber
Matilde Generous NONE
Charitable
big-hearted
Osang Honest Talkative

Reaction:
After reading the piece, I felt sad and irritated with how Flory acts to the point that she brags all of her cars and
her house, to her arrogance and being materialistic that she exaggerates her wealth and richness, to being obnoxious
where she is so unpleasant, being hypocrite and a social climber to have a relationship with the first lady and other rich
people. She is like a pest that keeps growing up in a field. She doesn’t know how to look back to where she came from,
she forgot Osang, someone from the pass who helped her, and she has no heart for the poor, where she came from.
Matilde was kind and was big hearted, she was rich but lived a simple life (satisfied with only one car) and does
her best to create a Charity to help the poor generously. While Osang, at least she was honest but she still did not had
the right to tell all the details about Flory or Enchang especially if she has all the rights to be be who she is.
I felt bad after reading the piece. It made me think why there are people who thinks highly of themselves and
think less of other people especially the less fortunate ones.