The laughter of my father short story professional#
We were all suffering from lack of proper food.īut the professional gamblers had money. The men hung on the fence around the market and watched the meat dealers hungrily. The children walked in the streets looking for the fruit that fell to the ground from the acacia tree. Mother and my sisters went from house to house, asking for something to do, but every family was plagued with some kind of disaster. My brothers went away because they got tired working for nothing. When the locusts were gone, we planted string beans but a fire burned the whole plantation. Our rice field was destroyed by locusts that came from the neighboring towns. It was one of those lean years of our lives. Aim further to evaluate the story as a picture of Philippine life. In this story the author hilariously relates the dreams of his father about his favorite rooster. He was born in Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines, to Ilocano parents.
A few even say that Philippine life was distorted deliberately for the sake of a humorous effect.Ĭarlos Bulosan (1913-1956), by the way, is a Filipino writer known for his non-fiction stories. To some Filipino readers, however, many of the stories are not faithful to Philippine life. Some of the stories have reprinted in American anthologies of humor. The Laughter of My Father has had a wide appeal, especially among American readers. Here’s a story taken from Carlos Bulosan’s book, The Laughter of My Father, a collection of humorous short stories which appeared in the New Yorker and other American magazines.
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