MAGNIFICENCE

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:

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:

>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.

F. A.

>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.