For the angeles family mr.
The mats story characters.
The mats by francisco arcellana.
Besides bringing home a large amount of fruit mr.
Jaime angeles and nana emilia.
Angeles brings home sleeping mats as presents for his family.
The story revolves on the mat.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the admirable literary filipino artists.
The mats by fransisco arcellana was a seven page short story published in 1951.
He later then revealed that his surprise are customized mats for everyone.
It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats.
Angeles marcelina jose antonio juan jesus susanna and alfonso children of mr.
Characters in the mats mr.
The story begins with the.
The mats is set somewhere before world war ii.
In 1990 he was heralded as the national artist of the philippines and was one of the first writers to create.
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But his homecoming from a trip to the south was fated to be more memorable than say of the others.
The short story moved me and made me a bit depressed.
The main characters are mr.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists.
The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province.
As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic inspection tours on the families farm lands in the marivales in the province of bataan.
It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer.
The story talks about a typical filipino family culture that portrays the close family relationship respect for the elders and remembering the family members who passed away.
Angeles jaime the head of angeles family emilia miling wife of mr.
Homecoming from his periodic inspection trips was always an occasion for celebration.
The story depicts a typical filipino family culture.
They are the parents of 11 children.
Angeles is a character in the book the mats by francisco arcellana.