Why did they go through the Waig?
What is the relationship between the two brothers?
Why did the father say if they saw anyone on the way there?
Approximately how old is Baldo [in relationship to Leon]?
How innocent is Baldo?
Who is Leon? And who is Noel?
Who or what is Nagrebcan?
Is Baldo giving the rope to Leon a representation of something much bigger?
Who is Monong?
Why did Father instruct Baldo to go through the fields? And why did he not tell Leon?
Who or what is Castano and the calesa?
It seems that the relationship between Leon and Maria is much different between Leon and Baldo.
Is Ermita beach where Leon and Maria lived before?
Maria = Maring, Mayang, Manong?

Urban vs Rural areas? Maria vs The Family
Leon's name changed to Noel.
Leon = Rural name (Filipino for deceased)
Noel = More urban name from Maria
Because of Maria's ideals, she will stay Maria. Not Maring, Mayang, Ringy.
What is the significance of the song?
Laughter goes out of Maria, close to house. Scared that the family will not accept her.
"Sky Sown with Stars" sung when Leon and Father sung in the fields.
He taught the song to Maria. Introducing her to his home in the countryside.
Trying to comfort and bring home.
Why did they drive down the river bed? [Waig]
Maria and Leon don't want to be seen?
The father wanted them to not be seen. Why?
Concern of who she is.
Castano = carriage. Calesa = horse.
Test to see how Maria would react to the rural stuff. (non-city, to see if she will fit in.)
She has high heeled shoes. Loves Leon.
Taking an effort to fit in with Leon. Becomes part of his life.
Crying with mother and sisters -- (1) Tears of joy, (2) Father is dying, (3) Father doesn't want to accept.
Last thing is the Father hears Maria sang with Leon.
Presumption, she will fit in.

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Shows up from the war, takes plow from Father.
Picks up Carlos spins him in the air. Puts him back down.
Ideals from abroad are false. Younger and older generation differenciate.
Instead, immigrate into america. Ideals don't work in Phillipines. Must move to America.
Bare this in mind, what is America? America is Lincoln.
Leon brings home a wife (Maria).
Leon doesn't want to start a fire because Maria is not a virgin.
Virginity doesn't matter. None of anyone's buisness.
They get beaten. Move away. Never meet Leon again.
There is social backwardness. [ideals] That dominate this life. Younger want something different.
Carlos neglected to count how many kids stood next to his brother and his wife.
Argument: Depicts a Phillipine country side and Carlos stood it on it's head. Oppression and drives people to immigrate.
Analytical essay: Phrase them into a question. A question about themes. What is that theme?
Differences between city and rural life. Encounter between the two. Idyllic countryside yet have social problems.
In Bulosan, a difference between progress and backwardness.
Idyllic is not true. Work your ass off, still starving.
THEME: CITY VERSUS COUNTRY.
Question: What do city and country mean for Carlos Bulosan and Manuel Arguilla?
What is the relationship to city and country for "America is in the Heart," by Carolos Bulosan, and "How my brother brough home a wife," by Manuel Arguilla.
Argument: For Carlos, city is affecting country in a bad way. City is more modern. Countryside not adapting to the modernity. In the person of Maria, the city is adapting to country. At a social level,
THEME: MARRIAGE.
Illegal for Carlos to marry white women.
THEME: TRADITIONS
Fire for virginity. Bulosan thinks customs and traditions are bad. He dislikes them.
Leon: Good customs and traditions. Foregin to Maria, adapt otherwise.
THEME: AMERICA.
How is America a good and bad place, experienced by Bulosan
What does America mean to Bulosan and Arguilla.
Arguments are inside the book, not outside. The way he describes America. Experiences, words he uses.