Why did they go throught the Waig?

Why did the father ask if they saw anybody on the way?

How old is Baldo?

Why did Leon ask if Maria was making fun of him?

Why did Baldo's heart sink when Leon called him a good boy?

Why did leon drive the cart so fast when they drove into the yard?

Why did Baldo think his mother and sisters were crying?

Why did Leon and Maria call each other different names than their real names?

What is Castano and the calesa?

Where did Maria come from?

Where did the purple, red, and yellow bubbles came from when he looked at the sunset?

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Maria is from the city. She could have had two other names: Mayang and Maring. Leon and Baldo originally came from the urban areas.

Arguilla assumes his audience is Filipinos who read English, and Bulosan assumes his audience is anyone who read's English and doesn't know much about the Philippines.

They went through the Waig because the father told them to and the father didn't want Leon and Maria to be seen. Nobody passes though the Waig at night.

Castano and calesa is a horse and carriage. The father was testing Maria to see if she would accept the ways of the country with the buffalo and the cart and going through the Waig instead of the main road.

Maria and the mother and the sisters were crying maybe because of the joy of marriage.

Maria sang Sky Sown with Stars with Leon, a peasant song that Leon taught her.

The father seemed to accept Maria at the end, when he saw her and ended his interrogation with Baldo by asking if he watered Labang yet.

opposite themes

America is in the Heart: country countryside vs. world social issues
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife: city life vs. countryside

How do they change or affect eachother in each story? (city and country)

Theme... question & argument

A
City adapts to country in the person of Maria

B
Country adapts in person of Carlos