ANALYZING

OF
THE STORY
MY FATHER
GOES
TO COURT

SUBMITTED BY:
CHINNIE MONTEREY

SUBMITTED TO:
MRS. ADORA M. REVILLA
SUMMARRY:
In the island of Luzon, there was a Happy family who always enjoying the
day every day. The children were always playing outside with a smile, bathing in a
cold river from mountains, full of enjoyment. Until one day, there was a sad family
who came home in their house. They always locked the windows tightly that no
sunlight enters.
The children were curious on that house because they looked up in the window,
pale and thin children looking to their place. The children were always watching
the other children, playing outside with the sun shines. The rich man always locked
the windows and closed all curtains, the rich man’s servants were cooking special
foods that the happy children smelt the aroma, they always stay in the window to
smell the spirit of the food. They sing, play, swim. Sometimes, they laugh out loud
then the other neighbor joins them and laugh them
Until the day came that the rich man filed a case to the Father that he always
stealing the spirits of his food and wealth. Though, they end up in the court, with
their family. They wait for the jury to judge them. The father had no attorney but
the rich man had. The father always agrees to all question that they always smell
the aroma of their food, but not wealth. Father told the rich man to see his children,
and they came, pale and thin.
After that, the father stood up and get some coins to his children and wife and put
them in his straw hat. Then, he walked to the rich man and sounded the coins and
then he said to him if he heard the spirit of the sound, then the rich man agree and
he fell down. The jury stooped the case and congratulated the father and he want to
hear his children laugh. They laugh out loud but the jury laughed harder.
ELEMENTS
OF
THE STORY
CHARACTERS:
The father
Rich man
The judge
Son
SETTING:
-In a small town on the island of Luzon
-At the court
PLOT:
-The family often hang and stand beside the rich man’s window to see
whatever they are up to
-They always unintentionally smell the rich aroma of those food their
neighbor’s maids are cooking
EXPOSITION:
-The young narrator describing his family who lived in a town with a rich
neighbor.
-This family’s children often goes out and play along with each other while
the rich man’s children are always kept inside the house.
RISING ACTION:
-As time went on, the rich man children became thin and anemic, while the
young narrator’s family grew even more robust and full of life. Their faces were
bright and rosy while the others were pale and sad. Soon, the rich man started to
cough and his wife began too. Then their children started to cough, one after the
other. Until one day. The rich man suddenly closed their windows after seeing the
young narrator’s sibling; healthy and full of life.
CLIMAX:
-One morning a policeman from the presidencies came to the young
narrator’s house. The rich man had filed a complaint against them stating that
they’ve been stealing the spirit of their wealth and food. The day came for the two
families to face the trial in the court. The rich man had a lawyer while the young
narrator’ father stood by his decision to not hire any.
FALLING ACTION:
-The trial began by the rich man lawyer started to ask annoying questions to
the father requested to bring the complaints children to the stand and began to ask
almost the same questions he answered. After being somehow proven guilty by the
lawyer and the rich man’s children, the father agreed to pay the crime they
committed
DENOUMENT:
-The father agreed to pay the crime they committed. He walked over to
where his children were sitting and too his straw hat and began filling it up with
centavo pieces. With the permission from the judge, he strode into the other room
with the hat full of coins in his hand while the doors of both rooms were wide
open. The sweet tinkle of the coins carried beautifully in the courtroom. All the
people heard the sound. He talked to the rich man and said: “That’s the spirit of
money, you are paid”. The rich man fell to floor as the father stands the case to
dismissed.
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