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A Summary of The God Stealer
A Summary of The God Stealer
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The story begins at the dawn of December with two officemates Philip
Latak also known as “Ip-pig”, an Ifugao from the Mountain Province who is
presently working in the big city of Manila and Sam Cristie, an American who
in a few days will return to Boston for that leave which he had not had in
years, on the bus to Baguio. Despite the request of his grandfather to pass
on to him his share of the famous rice terraces, Philip still chose to live in
The two are on the bus to Baguio because Sam wants to buy an
Ifugao god as a souvenir; on the other hand, Philip was to help him find an
forgotten the importance and the value of his beliefs. Regardless of his
attitude, his grandfather, pleased and happy to see him, still decides to throw
On the day of the party, Sam and Philip discover that no Ifugao is
willing to sell his god. Philip offers to steal his grandfather’s god as a last
to Sam for giving him a rise at work. A day after, his grandfather dies owing
to the fact that his god was stolen. Sam finds out that Philip will no longer be
going back to Manila. Because of his curiosity, he looks for Philip and finds
Philip expresses his guilt and his reason for settling to stay on the
mountains. "I could forgive myself for having stolen it. But the old man- he
had always been wise, Sam. He knew that it was I who did it from the very
Ifugao’s traditional costume while carving another idol, a new god to take
the place of the old one which Sam will take to America, as a souvenir.