The Winds Over Ternate

Samuel C. Lacia Jr.

 Setting

- Shore

- School

- Market

 Characters

- Tonio (The lazy learner)

- Aling Sela (Mother of Tonio)

- Maestro Cardo (Teacher)

- Young boys and girls (Students)

- Joel and Carlo (Classmates of Tonio)

- Baldo (School Guard)

- Boboy (Friend of Tonio)

- The dog of Tonio

 Plot

- The story was all about a student named Tonio who is a lazy learner. One time there’s a
huge storm in their area. He wants to get the banca and his mother said no but he still
wants to get it, and he got captured by the wave. After the situation, he went to his teacher
and smiled slightly.

 Conflict

- Character vs. Society

o The conflict is between Tonio and the people around him just like his teacher and
also his parents.

- Character vs. Character

o There’s a conflict between Tonio and his mother when there’s a storm. Tonio want
to pull the banca while his mom doesn’t want to.

 Theme

- The importance of schooling and learning

 Moral Lesson

- Don't just call and scold kids that much because that will also be the reason of them being
unmotivated to go to school.
- It’s important to follow parents.
- Stressful events at home or school can make them unmotivated.