The Mats Short Story

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The mats short story.

The time setting for the action is in the afternoon. Father husband as the breadwinner andwife mother as housewife and children being loving obedient andsubmissive. Saa johanne jules the homecomingthe mats written by francisco arcellana is a short story about a man depicted as a very loving and thoughtful father husband who still seemed tobe not able to move on from the unfortunate departure of his three children in this particular story the depiction of the family is about a typical big filipinofamily with family members leading out roles in a very typical filipinotraditionalist lifestyle that is. The main characters are mr.

It portrays close family relationship respect for the elders and remembering our loved ones who passed away. The title of the short story is the mats because it is the whole focus of the story itself. Short story analysis the mats francisco arcellana i. The story depicts a typical filipino family culture.

But his homecoming from a trip to the south was fated to be more. Everyone was so excited. He had special. Jaime angeles and nana emilia.

Mats moller daehli has won 11 caps for norway. Prior to going home he had sent a letter to his family that he has a surprise for everyone. The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province. They are the parents of 11 children.

The main character in this story constantly thinks about the revenge that he could get on the police officers that falsely accused him. Homecoming from his periodic inspection trips was always an occasion for celebration. This story happened somewhat between 1950s up to the present time. He later then revealed that his surprise are customized mats for everyone.

The mats is a short story that was written by philippine author francisco arcellana. The mats is set somewhere before world war ii. The mats has a strong attachment to the family and it tells an untold story. As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic.

The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists. Bayern munich complete the signing of.