Post on 18-Apr-2015
Fuentes, Charles
Gelacio, Eunice
Lim, Kristine
Moral, Margarette
Pagalilauan, Justin
Villapando, Ivan
Yoro, Sean
America Is In The Heartby Carlos Bulosan
Group 2
GREATWK S11
Chapters 1-6
Brief Background
CharactersFatherMotherLeonLucianoMacarioAmadoAllosIrene
FranciscaMarcelaFelix RazonCousinMs. StrandonDalmacioVeronicaLandladyJuan Cablaan
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Allos went back home
It was a time of a religious festivalFlickering lamps in the housesPeople wore different
clothesRacism has already
started during thistime
Chapter 10
Visited their old house which is in total darkness
He tried to sleep but the mice kept coming out of their holes
Decided to jointhe noisy crowdin celebrating“New Year” for thefirst time
Chapter 10
The celebration ended at one o’clockOld house was sold months ago because
their father had a chance to buy a small piece of land in Mangusmana
Their mother is doing most of the work since their father is very sick
He felt what Leon felt when he came back from a war
Chapter 10
He went to their new house and saw his father being taken care of by Francisca
While they were planting rice seedlings, one of Allos’ cousin, a high school student in Vigan, invited him to go to a dance in a nearby village
Chapter 10
A girl had fallen for his cousin immediately and he saw him kiss her. Allos, on the other hand, was too shy
His cousin taught him how to get a girl he likes by just standing in front of her and it worked for both of them
However, Allos’ got afraid he stopped dancing with the girl
Chapter 10
His cousin asked him to come with him to Lingayen because the two village girls were looking for them
Allos’ did not believe his cousinHe went home in the afternoon but
Francisca met him at the door
Chapter 10
He went to Lingayen with his cousin since his savings wasn’t enough yet to take him to America
Lingayen’s fishing industryIt took them 3 days before they finally
arrived in Lingayen
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 11Students are going into Linagayen
because it is the beginning of the school yearoOxcartoCaromata
Students filled the little houses of the fishermen on the shore of Lingayen
Chapter 11The cousin of Allos told him to stay at his
boarding house owned by a fishermenThe owner asked Allos if he wanted to
work with himThe boarding house is packed with 14
more male high school students
Chapter 11It is forbidden for students of the opposite
sex to live in the same houseAllos found a small corner in the girls
houseAllos enjoyed working with the fishermenAt the end of the day the crew receives its
share of the catch
Chapter 11After fishing season ends, the cousin asks
Allos to go to school with himAllos attends classes and meets the
teacher, who takes a liking to him The teacher wrote out a credit card that
shows Allos as a student with two years of high school.
Chapter 11He is much opposed to the Philippine
middle class since he is of peasant originHe has been to America where he lived
and worked as a houseboyHe gave Allos a copy of examination paper
In advanceAllos got the highest score throughout the
province of Pangasinan
Chapter 11Girls from other houses began coming to
Allos with their lessonsVeronica, disliked Allos One night Allos found a baby lying on the
grass and he carried it into the houseIn the kitchen, Veronica was burning some
clothes in the stove and Veronica got angry when she saw Allos
Chapter 11There was blood on her feet and on the
floor near the stoveAfter work Allos went home and he saw
two policemen at the door and two others in the house
Landlady gave Allos his suitcase and wants him to leave Lingayen
Chapter 11Allos took the first bus to Binalonan
Chapters 12
Chapter 12