A Critical Analysis of The

Last Time I saw Mother

By Arlene J. Chai
I. Synopsis
Caridad was summoned
home by her mother,
Thelma. Worrying that it
was
something very
important for her mother
never wrote to her
before, Caridad
immediately
left Sydney to go back to
the Philippines.She
thought her mother had
heard of her
separation with Jaime
and was problematic how
to explain the situation to
her relatives.
Upon her arrival to
their house, Caridad
immediately proceeded
to her
mother’s room. There
Thelma told her, that she
was not her real mother.
Caridad was
shocked and was asked
by Thelma to talk to two
other persons—her Tia
Emma and her
cousin Ligaya.
Caridad obeyed what
Thelma had told her. She
went first to Emma to
listen to
her story. She told her of
her life before marrying
her father, Alfonso; how
the first years
of their marriage had
passed; the story of his
siblings while at the time
of the war; and
her birth after her
father’s death and how
she ended up with
Thelma.
After her meeting with
Emma,Caridad went to
Ligaya to listen to
another story
in a different point of
view. Ligaya was angry
to their Tia Thelma for
bargaining Caridad
A Critical Analysis of The
Last Time I saw Mother
By Arlene J. Chai
I. Synopsis
Caridad was summoned
home by her mother,
Thelma. Worrying that it
was
something very
important for her mother
never wrote to her
before, Caridad
immediately
left Sydney to go back to
the Philippines.She
thought her mother had
heard of her
separation with Jaime
and was problematic how
to explain the situation to
her relatives.
Upon her arrival to
their house, Caridad
immediately proceeded
to her
mother’s room. There
Thelma told her, that she
was not her real mother.
Caridad was
shocked and was asked
by Thelma to talk to two
other persons—her Tia
Emma and her
cousin Ligaya.
Caridad obeyed what
Thelma had told her. She
went first to Emma to
listen to
her story. She told her of
her life before marrying
her father, Alfonso; how
the first years
of their marriage had
passed; the story of his
siblings while at the time
of the war; and
her birth after her
father’s death and how
she ended up with
Thelma.
After her meeting with
Emma,Caridad went to
Ligaya to listen to
another story
in a different point of
view. Ligaya was angry
to their Tia Thelma for
bargaining Caridad
A Critical Analysis of The
Last Time I saw Mother
By Arlene J. Chai
I. Synopsis
Caridad was summoned
home by her mother,
Thelma. Worrying that it
was
something very
important for her mother
never wrote to her
before, Caridad
immediately
left Sydney to go back to
the Philippines.She
thought her mother had
heard of her
separation with Jaime
and was problematic how
to explain the situation to
her relatives.
Upon her arrival to
their house, Caridad
immediately proceeded
to her
mother’s room. There
Thelma told her, that she
was not her real mother.
Caridad was
shocked and was asked
by Thelma to talk to two
other persons—her Tia
Emma and her
cousin Ligaya.
Caridad obeyed what
Thelma had told her. She
went first to Emma to
listen to
her story. She told her of
her life before marrying
her father, Alfonso; how
the first years
of their marriage had
passed; the story of his
siblings while at the time
of the war; and
her birth after her
father’s death and how
she ended up with
Thelma.
After her meeting with
Emma,Caridad went to
Ligaya to listen to
another story
in a different point of
view. Ligaya was angry
to their Tia Thelma for
bargaining Caridad
a.A. Characters
Caridad – the adopted
daughter of Thelma
Jaime – Caridad’s
husband
Marla – Caridad’s
daughter
Thelma – Caridad’s
known mother
Raoul – Caridad’s known
father
Mia – Ligaya’s sister;
Caridad’s closest friend
Emma – Caridad’s aunt
and sister of Thelma; her
biological mother
Alfonso – Emma’s
husband; biological
father of Caridad
Ligaya – Caridad’s eldest
cousin; daughter of
Emma
Enrique – Ligaya’s
husband
Raoul’s mothe