MAGNIFICENCE

BY ESTRELLA ALFON
Summary
There is couple with a son and a daughter. Their parents have a good job. They go to school.
Their mother is a president in their village. In a meeting the man volunteered to be their tutor
because he doesn’t do anything in the evening also for an extra job. His name is Vicente. He is a
bus conductor. So he went to the house every night to teach the kids.

He promised the kids to give them 2 pencils each. One night he gives the pencil to the kids.
That time it was the "it". The children in this time want pencils. Vincent is nice to the children.
He knows their wants. But when he gave the pencil, he gives 3 pencils for the girl and 2 for the
boy. Their mother said to say thank you. The boy kissed Vicente but Vicente told him that boys
don't kiss boys. Then the girl goes to Vicente to say thank you. He hugs her so tight and the girl
started to get out of his too tight hug. The girl looks at Vicente with a little wonder on his face.
The next day they were so proud and happy with their new pencils. They showed it to their
friends in class. They also thought of asking Vicente for new pencils.

In dinner they talked a little about Vicente but the father is busy reading something. He did
not listen to what the mother said. The mother thinks that Vicente is fond of the children with
the way he is treating them. That evening Vicente arrived earlier. The children are proud of the
pencil. Their classmates are jealous with their new pencils given by Vicente. He asked the little
boy to get him a glass of water. Then he put the girl on his lap. Then he let the girl write her
homework. The little girl told him not to carry her because she is heavy. Vicente is perspiring,
and his eyes are strange. Then the girl jumped out of his lap because she became afraid. Then
their mom arrived. She rubs the girls back and told them to go upstairs. The mother slapped the
man repeatedly. Vicente just accepts the entire slap that the mother gave him. Then he went
out of the house. The mother closed the door. She gives a bath to the girl. Then she asked them
to throw the pencil. Then she put her to sleep.

Settings

The story happens at the house of the two children.

CHARACTERS

1. Little Boy (Oscar)

- Remained oblivious to the motives of the man

2. Little Girl

-Remained innocent throughout the story

3. Mother

-Trusting and kind to the man before she realized that he has bad motives

4. Vicente

-A bus conductor and a tutor of the two children who is fond of children and has a gentle characteristics

PLOT OF THE STORY

EXPOSITION:

> The story started with a man named Vicente coming to the house of the two children to tutor them
with their classworks. The family absolutely trust him for they think that this man was always so gentle,
so kind, and there was nothing to fear with when he is around.

CONFLICT: (MAN VS MAN)

>When Vicente came earlier usual in thet evening. The children immediately put their lesson down,
telling him of their envy of their schoolmates and would buy them more pencils. Then Vicente asked
Oscar, the young brother to get him some glass of water.

CLIMAX:

>Vicente held the little girl by the arm then let the girl take her full trust and when he took the little girl
up lightly in his arms and holding her under armpits then held her to sit down on his lap. Then the girl
keep squirming and for somehow she felt uncomfortable to be held and looked around at Vicente
interupting her careful writing to twist around. Then Vicente's face was met with sweat and his eyes
look strange.

FALLING ACTION

>The girl jumped away from Vicente's lap then the mother came down atairs holding in her hand the
"merienda" for them. she talked to Vicente and slapped him then throws him out of the house.

DENOUMENT:

>When the mother bathed the little girl and she throws the clothes at the garbage bin and on the next
day she burned it with the pencil on it.
THEME:

> How a mother will turn to a woman to fight for a mother's rights in terms of abuses. It showa the
empowerment of woman.

>Trust

- The story showed hoe trust can easily come out of innocence.

>Mother's Love

- The magnificence of the mother was shown on how she defended her child.

Members:

Saplan, John Senon L.

Brutas, Ernie C.

Soriano, Mark Aldrine C.

Ramos, Mark Lewistone S.

Pomida, Jethru W.

Reyes, Gilnerey J.

Rodrigo, Christian O.

Peralta, Joerandy II

Malazzab, Ian

Palejo, Cyryl A.

Martin, Romar C.