I.

Title of the Story: Orphan Girl

II. Author: Emerson B. Christie

III. Setting: Somewhere in Zamboanga Peninsula

IV. Characters:
A. Main Characters:
1. Orphan Girl – she was very beautiful, with straight eyebrows, and very skillful in all womanly arts, such as
weaving.
2. Widow’s son – killed the manamat and the Gunluh.
3. Manamat – came to devour the orphan girl.
4. Sultan – sent a representative to the chief to ask the orphan girl’s hand for his son.
5. Shareef – said that it was not right to kill the widow’s son.

B.Minor Character:
1. Huge spider – pointed out the direction to the orphan girl.
2. Beautiful woman – warned the orphan girl.
3. Makayag – he offered to give up his independence and acknowledge the widow’s son as his lord.

V. Plot
A. Situation:
The story started when the sultan of the neighboring region heard of the orphan girl, for she was very beautiful, with straight
eyebrows, and very skillful in all womanly arts, such as weaving.

B. Rising Action:
When manamat want to devour the orphan girl and the sultan ask her hand for his son but the widow’s son refused to let the
girl because he believes it’s not right to marry her without consulting her relatives.

C. Suspense:
When the sultan asks one of his men to bring him into his presence. He ordered to kill the widow’s son because he refused to
let the girl marry the sultan’s son, saying that she might have relatives somewhere and it was not right to marry her without
consulting them.
 D. Climax:
When the wise man said the widow’s son should not be killed. The spirit of wise man in Mecca comes to the house of the
chief to make peace between the sultan and the young man.

E. Conclusion:
The widow’s son succeed in his refusal not letting the orphan girl marry by the sultan’s son and the sultan failed because he
did not win the orphan girl’s hand for his son.

VI. Comments:
The story is good and very interesting. It is not boring to read. It catches the feeling of the reader and the story also gives
some insights and moral lessons.

VII. Brief Summary of the Story

In the beginning of the story, the orphan girl dreamed about a beautiful woman who warned her to leave her place. The girl
did not act upon on it. On the dawn of the third day, a giant spider approached her and reminded her about the dream and so
the girls quickly put her clothes and start running. As soon as they reached the well, the spider had pointed out the direction
to where the girl should flee and so she fled up the path he had pointed out, for she was now filled with terror. Quickly, the
Manamat chased her until she reached the top of the ridge. On the second day, she saw a hut from where a young man lives
and because of exhaustion, the girl fell on the floor. One of the Manamat tried to seize the widow’s son by the waist, but
receiving a great blow and so was killed. The fight went on between the serving man and the widow’s son on one side until
all the latter were killed, save the chief the Gunluh, whose name was Makayaga. The sultan heard about the orphan girl and
sends a representative to ask her hand for his son but the widow’s son refused. The sultan asked his men to kill the widow’s
son but the Shareef and the wise men reminded him that he should not kill the widow’s son. The marriages were arranged
between the widow’s son and the orphan girl and the sultan according to the line of his hands, will marry a beautiful woman
in Mecca.

VIII. Moral Lesson:

1. It is not right to kill.
2. If you love someone you should do the right thing to win the love without hurting some people.
3. Even if you have the power you should use it in the good way.
4. If you do well to others, it will also be replaced with something good.