THE WORLD IS AN APPLE

(ALBERTO S. FLORENTINO)

MEMBERS;
MARY JOYCE BAGUIWONG
KIM CRISCEL CARREON
GIAN SOLATORIO
MARY LETH CANDAZA
MONNIQUE LANUZA
- P L AY I N A C T W R I T T E N B Y A L B E R T S .
FLORENTINO.
- FIRST PRESENTED ON TELEVISION BY
C A LT E X S TA R C A R AVA N O N 2 4 T H O F
J U LY.
- P U B L I S H E D I N T H E S U N D AY M A G A Z I N E
ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1954.
- IT WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN
C AT E G O R Y O F D O N C A R L O S PA L A N C A
M E M O R I A L AWA R D S F O R L I T E R AT U R E
IN 1953 & 1954.
- I T I S A D R A M AT I C P E R F O R M A N C E , A S
O N T H E S TA G E . I N 1 6 5 0 ’ S I T M E A N S
“FREE OR UNIMPEDED MOVEMENT”
- IT DEPICTS SOCIAL REALITIES
M O S T LY I N U R B A N A R E A S .
 A L B E RT S .
FLORENTINO

- BORN ON JULY 28, 1931.

- HIS FATHER IS A TEACHER ACTIVE IN

DRAMA PLAY ACTIVITIES.

- HE IS A FILIPINO PLAYWRIGHT & BOOK

PUBLISHER.

- MOST OF THE CENTER OF HIS PLAYS

ARE SOCIAL REALTIES ON DAILY
BASIS.

- HE WON SEVEL AWARDS IN HIS

DIFFERENT WORKS.
SUMMARY:
 THEME:
THE THEME OF THE WORLD IS AN APPLE IS
POVERTY.
 MORAL LESSON:
PROVERBS 21:5 “THE PLANS OF THE
DILIGENT LEAD SURELY TO ABUNDANCE,
BUT EVERYONE WHO IS HASTLY COMES
ONLY TO POVERTY”

EXODUS 20:15 “THOU SHALL NOT STEAL”

SYMBOLISM:
A P P L E – T E M P TAT I O N S A N D
DECISIONS.
SETTINGS PLACE:

AN IMPROVISED HOME
BEHIND A PORTION OF THE
INTRAMUROS WALLS. TWO
WOODEN BOXES FLANK THE
DOORWAY. AT LEFT IS AN
ACACIA TREE WITH A WOODEN
BENCH UNDER IT.
T I M E : L AT E A F T E R N O O N
 MARIO-HUSBAND OF GLORIA. A LOVING
C FATHER WHO WANTS TO GIVE HIS CHILD A
H COMFORTABLE LIFE. HE LEFT HIS INDECENT
A LIFE BEFORE AND STRIVE HARD. BUT LIFE IS
R SO UNFAIR TO HIM HE LOST HIS JOB JUST
BECAUSE HE STEAL A PIECE OF APPLE.
A
C
T
E EVI DENC E I N T HE TEX T: "WH Y ? DI D GOD C R EA TE
A PP L E TR EES T O B EA R FR UI T FOR R IC H A L ONE?
R
DI DN’ T HE CR EA TE T HE WHOL E WOR L D FOR
S EVER YONE? THA T ’S WH Y I T R IED TO B R ING TH E
A PP L E HOM E FOR TIT A . WHEN WE B RO UGH T HER
INT O TH IS W OR L D W E SOR T OF P R OM ISED H ER
EVER YT HI NG SH E HA D A R I GHT TO HA V E I N L I FE" .
 GLORIA- SHE IS THE WIFE OF MARIO.
THE VERY GOOD AND LOVABLE WOMAN
WHO JUST WANT A SIMPLE LIFE YET
C DESCENT LIFE. SHE IS THE REASON WHY
H MARIO CHANGED BECAUSE OF HER
A UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO HIM.
R
A
EVIDENCE IN THE TEXT: "YOU SHOULD HAVE
TRIED TO BRING HOME PAN-DE-SAL, OR
C
RICE, OR MILK- AND NOT THOSE
T “DELICIOUS” APPLES. WE’RE NOT RICH. WE
E CAN LIVE WITHOUT APPLES!" "MOTHER WAS
R WRONG. YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GOT
S
MARRIED, SHE USED TO TELL ME:”GLORIA,
YOU’LL COMMIT THE GREATEST MISTAKE OF
YOUR LIFE IF YOU MARRY THAT GOOD-FOR-
NOTHING LOAFER! ” OH, I WISH SHE WERE
ALIVE NOW, SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN HOW
MUCH YOU’VE CHANGED."
C PABLO-THE OLD FRIEND OF MARIO. HE
H WANTS EASY AND DISHONEST MONEY,
A THE LIFE THAT MARIO LIVED BEFORE.
R
A EVIDENCE IN THE TEXT: "WHAT IS
C HONEST MONEY? DOES IT LOOK BETTER
T THAN DISHONEST MONEY? DOES IT BUY
E MORE? HONESTY? WHAT IS IT?
R DRESSING LIKE THAT? STAYING IN THIS
S DUNGEON YOU CALL A HOUSE? IS THAT
WHAT YOU CALL “HONESTY”?
RHETORICAL QUESTION:

"COULD I HAVE GUESSED THEY

WOULD DO THAT FOR ONE APPLE?
WHEN THERE WERE MILLIONS OF
THEM?(PAUSE.) WE WERE HAULING
THEM TO THE WAREHOUSE. I SAW
ONE ROLL OUT OF A BROKEN CRATE.
IT WAS THAT BIG. SUDDENLY, I
FOUND MYSELF PUTTING IT IN MY
LUNCH BAG."
HYPERBOLE:

"YOU’RE STILL THAT SAME

WOMAN WHO CURSED ME TO
HELL BECAUSE I HAPPENED
TO BE MARIO’S FRIEND LONG
BEFORE YOU MET HIM. TIME
HAS NOT MADE YOU ANY
KINDER TO ME. YOU STILL
HATE ME, DON’T YOU?"
PARADOX:

"MOTHER WAS WRONG. YOU

KNOW, BEFORE WE GOT
MARRIED, SHE USED TO TELL
ME:”GLORIA, YOU’LL
COMMIT THE GREATEST
MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE IF
YOU MARRY THAT GOOD-
FOR-NOTHING LOAFER!"
SIMILE:

"MARIO, DO YOU THINK YOU

CAN MAKE A FOOL OF ME?
HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU DRUNK
BEFORE: CRAWLING HOME LIKE
A WOUNDED SNAKE AND
REEKING OF ALCOHOL LIKE A
HOSPITAL? YOU DON’T SMELL
OR LOOK DRUNK."