Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer
Arguilla
• June-17,1911
• Ilocano writer in English
• Nagrebcan, Bauang La Union
• Crisanto Arguilla – Farmer
• Margarita Estabillo - Potter
• University of the Philippines
• Work as a Writer and Printing assisstant at the Carmelo and
Bauermann office
• UP Writers Club leader – 1932-1933
• Creative Writing teacher at University of Manila
Manuel E. Arguilla
• He usually apply the local colors in his writing
• Known for his widely anthologized short story “ How
My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife,” which is the
main story of his collection that won a first prize in
Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940.
Point of View
1st Person
Exposition
She stepped down from the carretela of Ca Celin with a
quick, delicate grace. She was lovely. She was tall. She
looked to my brother with a smile, and her forehead was
on a level with his mouth.
“You are Baldo,” she said
“And this is Labang of whom I have heard so much.”
Setting
Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union