MINDANAO

LUMAD

LUMAD

MINDANAO

- land of promise & conflict

- the Moros or Muslim, the Lumad or the non-Muslim indigenous highlander tribes & the Christian settlers

CARAGA Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. 

Macario Tiu

I AM ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE

- Santa Barbara

SETTING

- the green area

PLOT EXPOSITION

Against his will, the boy is being brought to Santa Barbara by Ita Magdum, his father, to study in a Christian school.

CONFLICT

The boy does not want to study in a Christian school; he faces the dilemma of whether he would obey his father or stay in the highland and become like his people.

man vs. himself

minor conflict

man vs. society

The boy, belonging to a Lumad group, suffers discrimination.

RISING ACTIONS

As the boy attended Christian school, he experienced being ridiculed by his classmates .

After his graduation in grade six, he had a vacation in his hometown as a gift from Ita Magdum .

CLIMAX

His desire to go home became intense. When his father, together with Isog, visited him, Isog told him that his people were massacred by the Christians.

FALLING ACTIONS

The boy decided to leave the Christian school and go home.

He pierced his earlobes with a needle.

DENOUEMENT

The boy ran away from Santa Barbara.

1st person narrator

POINT OF VIEW

CHARACTERS 1. the boy

- seven years old

- a Lumad

- an obedient son - proud of and loyal to his roots, being a Lumad

CHARACTERS 2. Ita Magdum

- the father of the main character

- the datu of the tribe

- resolves conflict through peaceful means

CHARACTERS 3. Isog

- a Lumad boy who is of the same age as the main character

- he is trained to be a warrior - resolves conflict through violent means

THEME

Mountain people suffer discrimination

MORAL ?

SYMBOLISM THE BOY

THE TRIBE symbolizes all the indigenous

people (IP) who are marginalized by the majority

Symbolizes all the children who are culturally dislocated

SOCIAL VALUES

-belief in Virgin Mary

- Christians’ saints have open arms

CHRISTIAN BELIEFS & PRACTICES

-they brush their teeth

SOCIAL VALUES

-worship anitos & nature - wear tattoos and pierce big holes into their ears

LUMAD’S BELIEFS & PRACTICES

- they chew betelnut- they care more for their environment