The mats is set somewhere before world war ii.
The mats story characters.
The mats by fransisco arcellana was a seven page short story published in 1951.
Angeles jaime the head of angeles family emilia miling wife of mr.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists.
The story revolves on the mat.
For the angeles family mr.
The short story moved me and made me a bit depressed.
Jaime angeles and nana emilia.
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.
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.
He later then revealed that his surprise are customized mats for everyone.
The story depicts a typical filipino family culture.
They are the parents of 11 children.
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Prior to going home he had sent a letter to his family that he has a surprise for everyone.
In 1990 he was heralded as the national artist of the philippines and was one of the first writers to create.
The story begins with the.
Angeles marcelina jose antonio juan jesus susanna and alfonso children of mr.
Besides bringing home a large amount of fruit mr.
It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer.
Characters in the mats mr.
Angeles is a character in the book the mats by francisco arcellana.
The main characters are mr.
It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats.
Angeles brings home sleeping mats as presents for his family.
The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province.
Marcelina s father comes home from a trip to manila with beautiful hand mad.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the admirable literary filipino artists.
The mats by francisco arcellana.