The Mats Story Characters

Homecoming from his periodic inspection trips was always an occasion for celebration.

The mats story characters.

The story begins with the. The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province. For the angeles family mr. But his homecoming from a trip to the south was fated to be more memorable than say of the others.

Read 8 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Besides bringing home a large amount of fruit mr. The mats by fransisco arcellana was a seven page short story published in 1951. Characters in the mats mr.

Angeles jaime the head of angeles family emilia miling wife of mr. The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the admirable literary filipino artists. 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 story revolves on the mat. The mats is set somewhere before world war ii. The mats has a strong attachment to the family and it tells an untold story. The main characters are mr.

Angeles brings home sleeping mats as presents for his family. 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. Marcelina s father comes home from a trip to manila with beautiful hand mad. Angeles marcelina jose antonio juan jesus susanna and alfonso children of mr.

It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer. He later then revealed that his surprise are customized mats for everyone. 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 by francisco arcellana.

Prior to going home he had sent a letter to his family that he has a surprise for everyone. In 1990 he was heralded as the national artist of the philippines and was one of the first writers to create. Jaime angeles and nana emilia. Angeles is a character in the book the mats by francisco arcellana.