Comtemporary Literature

How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife

Plot: Chronological arrangement, the author start the story of the arrival of Maria and Baldo at Nagrebcan. Maria was afraid that Leon's father may not accept her to be his daughter-in-law, she may not be able to cope the life in province because she is used to live in the city which is very different from the province where Leon come from. Baldo is ignoring his brother's question why did they have to go to the Waig instead of the Camino Real. Baldo and his father had a conversation about what happened while they're traveling. Leon's whole family talked with Maria. Baldo said that his Father's voice became livelier as he talks to Maria.

Theme: Respect and accept one's life.

Setting: It was evening at which the sun starts to rise when Maria and Leon arrived at Nagrebcan, which is the hometown of Leon. Nagrebcan is located at La Union and it's also the place of the author.

Characters: 

• Leon/Noel- husband of Maria
• Maria- wife of Leon
• Baldo- the younger brother of Leon
• Father and Mother of Baldo and Leon
• Aurelia- the younger sister of Baldo and Leon
• Labang- the Bull

Symbol: Rocky road in which the rocks symbolizes difficulties, struggles and problems on an adventure towards reaching once destination.

Summary: Baldo and his brother Leon were both waiting for the arrival of their visitor riding the careetela. Seeing his brother's wife, Baldo was taken away by the beauty of the woman from the city as he narrates their journey to Nagrebcan. The idea of meeting with Leon's parents for the first time made Maria a bit anxious. But along their way, Maria discovered the peculiarities of the life in Nagrebcan as opposed to their life in the city where she met and fell in love with Leon. But she is looking forward in what's like to live in the province, which is very different from the city.

Reflection: Marriage is not a joke thing. As what people do before they got married, they've been planning what's the best for their marriage life. If you really love the person, you have to respect and accept him/her. Like what Maria did in the story. Despite the situation in the province, she did not complain about the place. In her case, it's very difficult to stay in the province because she is adjusting to get through it because it is very different from the city.

Comment: I like the story because there is something we can get not only the entertainment and aside from that it is not boring or lame to read it. You can widen your imagination because of the place and the characters which you have to visualize and compare the differences and that's the story about. The writer wrote the story as 'conversational style' in which he uses personal pronouns and contractions. The style fits the story well because the story is descriptive.