My Father Goes To Court

My Father Goes To Court

By: Carlos Bulsan

Author's Background: (November 24, 1913 – September 11, 1956) was an English language Filipino novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.

Vocabulary:

Feeble - lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Strut - a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.

Waft - (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air.

Condemn - express complete disapproval of; censure.

Morose - sullen and ill-tempered.

Characters:

Poor Family – Accused of stealing the spirit of certain things from their neighboring Rich family.

Rich Family – Victims of the stolen spirits by their neighboring counterpart.

Rich Father’s Lawyer – Defended the Rich man

Judge – a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.

Police officer – the one who announced to the poor family that they have a case against them.

Setting:

Court - a body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases.

Summary

Poor people family was hit with a terrible catastrophe, which wound up devastating their farm. Be that as it may, they stayed positive and proceeded with their ordinary regular schedule. One day, the rich family saw something was absent in their lives as far back as they began viewing the poor family go ahead about with their family holding. There came a period when the rich family had their culinary experts get ready tasty sustenance. Thus, it happened to pull in the noses of the poor family. The poor family at that point chose to hang out before their neighbor's home to take in the compelling fragrance. There were likewise days where the rich family kept on seeing from above as though they were desirous of something, however still ignorant regarding so. The rich man acknowledged something; he at that point began to cut off everything to the point that no daylight contacts them. The following day, the cop thumped on the poor family's way to report that somebody documented a protestation against them. Inquisitive, the father of the poor family at that point went to the town's representative with his child to get some information about it. Given the appropriate response "He revealed to Father the man asserted that for quite a long time we had been taking the soul of his riches and sustenance", the father had an arrangement as a primary concern for when the day in the court arrives. At the point when the day wanted them to show up in court, and after everybody was available, the rich family's legal advisor at that point began to specify the charges against the poor family. The father at that point solicited to draw out the youngsters from grievance. A short time later, he doubted the kids with respect to the case. Persuaded, the father expressed that he'd pay them immediately. He removed his cap and started to stroll around the room, gathering coins from his family. He at that point began to shake his cap that is loaded with coins at the back of the court. The father remained before the objection and solicited, "Did you hear the soul from the cash when I shook this cap?" The rich man answered with "Yes." "Thus you are paid", the father said. The rich man opened his mouth to talk and tumbled to the floor without a sound. The judge expelled the case, and they all began to laugh.

Symbolism:

The story symbolize about family bond between family members. It demonstrates that no matter how tough things in our life, your family will stay by your side and comfort you no matter what happens. They are the most precious part in our life.

Theme:

Family

Lesson:

Blaming others by your mistake is really bad. The story's lesson is that don't blame your mistakes in others but instead try to fix those mistake of yours and it will be a life lesson to you.




Sources:
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