The Mats Story Characters
It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer.
The mats story characters. The main characters are mr. The story depicts a typical filipino family culture. The story begins with the. The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the admirable literary filipino artists.
Besides bringing home a large amount of fruit mr. Angeles brings home sleeping mats as presents for his family. They are the parents of 11 children. The mats has a strong attachment to the family and it tells an untold story.
Angeles jaime the head of angeles family emilia miling wife of mr. Angeles marcelina jose antonio juan jesus susanna and alfonso children of mr. In 1990 he was heralded as the national artist of the philippines and was one of the first writers to create. Angeles is a character in the book the mats by francisco arcellana.
Characters in the mats mr. Homecoming from his periodic inspection trips was always an occasion for celebration. The mats by fransisco arcellana was a seven page short story published in 1951. The short story moved me and made me a bit depressed.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists. The mats by francisco arcellana. The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province. But his homecoming from a trip to the south was fated to be more memorable than say of the others.
As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic inspection tours on the families farm lands in the marivales in the province of bataan. The mats is set somewhere before world war ii. The story talks about a typical filipino family culture that portrays the close family relationship respect for the elders and remembering the family members who passed away. Read 8 reviews from the world s largest community for readers.
It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats. Jaime angeles and nana emilia. Marcelina s father comes home from a trip to manila with beautiful hand mad. Prior to going home he had sent a letter to his family that he has a surprise for everyone.