Philippine

Literature
Gezelle C. Jamolod
T-16

Mrs. Mojica
 MORNING IN NAGREBCAN
BY: MANUEL ARGUILLA

I. CHARACTERS
Baldo- ten year old boy
Ambo- seven year old brother of Baldo
Tang Ciaco- father of Baldo and Ambo
Nana Elang- mother of Baldo and Ambo

II. SETTING
In the early morning at Nana Elang and Tang Ciaco’s house in Nagrebcan which is in Badoc, Ilocos
Norte

III. PLOT
a. Introduction
It was early morning in Nagrebcan. Before long the sun would top the Katayaghan hills, but
as yet no people were around. Nana Elang was preparing her family’s breakfast. Her oldest
son saw the puppies and started to play with them when his younger brother, Ambo, woke
up.

b. Conflict
Baldo was playing with the only black-spotted puppy and Ambo wanted to play with that
puppy too but Baldo did not let him to touch it. Ambo was too young that he eats a banana
without peeling it so Baldo was afraid that Ambo would not take good care of the puppy.
Ambo tried to snatch away the puppy so Baldo became mad. Baldo pushed Ambo and there
started the fight.

c. Climax
The brothers wriggled and struggled against each other. When Ambo finally gets his hand of
the dog, he holds its tail tightly making it mad and bites him in his palm. Their father, Tang
Ciaco heard their noise and immediately went there with an angry voice. They both feared
their father because Tang Ciaco drunk great quantities of liquor and every time he went
home, he keeps on blaming his wife and children for their hard life. He beat the puppy with
a piece of firewood until the puppy stay still. Baldo begged him to stop but he also beat
Baldo until the boy fell down in the ground. He was back to the puppy and gave it another
blow and kicked it to see if its dead and the puppy did not move. Baldo cried and Ambo ran
to her mother.

d. Resolution/Conclusion
The neighbors who have seen the incident went back to work and also Tang Ciaco. Nana
Elang wash the dishes while Ambo and Baldo keep searching where Tang Ciaco throw the
dead puppy. Beside the tall corn plant, they found the puppy. They dug a hole and buried it,
 then put a stone on top of the grave. Then they went back to house. For them, it was a
typical morning in Nagrebcan.

IV. THEME
The theme of the story is morning is time of renewal. Renewal because every day we encountered
different problems and at the end of the day, we see ourselves passed all the struggles. Every
morning, we feel renewed and we hoped to see a brighter morning ahead us.