MY FATHER’S

TRAGEDY

By: Carlos Bolosan

Analysis

- For the motivation of the story, for me, as a man and a future husband,
If I were the husband, I will do anything just to keep my family safe and I
will do everything just to give them food, water and shelter. Unlike the
father in the story. I know in the future that I will be a husband someday,
I promised to myself that my family is my first priority. I wouldn’t let
anything get in my way in giving my family a great life.

- I’d like to say something about the climax of the story. The mother
should have told or give her husband some knowledge first about Brucio
before she cooked it. So that their conflict about her husband’s laziness
and his fighting cock couldn’t get bigger.
ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY

1. PLOT:

A. MOTIVATION = It is the scene that the mother felt disappointed to the father because
he doesn’t work for his family and he only thinks of his cock.

B. STRUGGLE OR CONFLICT:

B1. INNER CONFLICT = It is when the father felt confused weather he will give his cock
to his wife for them to eat or to fight his cock in the cockpit.

B2. EXTERNAL CONFLICT = It is when the father and the mother had an argument
regarding the cock and the tardiness of the father.

C. COMPLICATION = It is when the narrator which is the son went to the cockpit with
his father.

D. SUSPENSE = It is when the father dealt with Brucio the strange man with the black
fighting cock to fight their cocks on coming Sunday.

E. CLIMAX = It is when the mother cooked Burick without the knowledge of the father.

F. OUTCOME = It is when the father is now aware that his cock was cook by his wife

G. DENOUEMENT = It is when the father felt shock by the knowledge of he was eating
his own cock.
2. CHARACTERS:

A. CONSISTENT CHARACTER = Mother

B. DYNAMIC CHARACTER = Father

C. STATIC CHARACTER = Son

3. ATMOSPHERE:

The atmosphere of the story is not appropriate to build with a family or to live with.

4. THEME:

The theme of the story is about struggling for their every day such as food, water, and
money.

5. POINT OF VIEW:

The author pretends that he is the son of the main character.

6. STYLE:

The author used simple terms for the reader to understand the story better.