English Reviewer: How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife and Short Story Elements

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the author background, setting, characters, plot stages, and conflict of 'How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife', along with literary elements and character types in short stories.

The author of "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife."

Manuel Estabillo Arguilla

The year Manuel Arguilla was born.

$$1911$$

The year Manuel Arguilla died.

$$1944$$

The university where the author finished his BS Education degree in $1933$.

University of the Philippines (UP)

The talented writer in English whom Manuel Arguilla married.

Lydia Villanueva

The $1940$ competition where "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife" won first prize.

Commonwealth Literary Contest

The underground group secretly organized by the author during World War II.

Guerrilla intelligence unit

The tragic fate of the author in October $1944$ at the age of $33$ at Fort Santiago.

Executed by the Japanese army

Leon’s hometown and the main rural farm setting of the story.

Nagrebcan

The specific town and province where Nagrebcan is located.

Bauang, La Union

The vehicle typically ridden by people in the rural farm setting of Nagrebcan.

Carabao cart

The Spanish meaning of the province name "La Union."

"The union" or "the united"

The area situated northwest of Luzon within San Fernando City.

Poro Point

The height of the concrete tower at Poro Point Lighthouse.

$8\,\text{meters}$ ($27\,\text{ft}$)

The missing component of the Poro Point Lighthouse, despite having a gallery.

Lantern

The story's narrator, described as an obedient, innocent, and naive boy.

Baldo

Baldo's older brother who brings home a city-born wife.

Leon (or Noel)

The character traits used to describe the older brother, Leon.

Responsible, gentle, and loving husband

The character born and raised in a big city who becomes Leon's wife.

Maria

The character traits used to describe Maria.

Beautiful, supportive, creative, and loving

The character described by Baldo as the "mildest and gentlest man."

Father

The companion animal Baldo considers a pet and describes as a hardworking bull.

Labang

The plot stage that begins when Maria steps down from Ca Celin's carretela.

Exposition / Inciting Action

The driver of the carretela from which Maria steps down.

Ca Celin

The alternative path taken by the cart, which serves as the rising action/complication.

Dry bed of Waig

The primary road that the father wished for them to avoid in favor of Waig.

Camino Real

The intense testing moments Maria encounters on the journey represent this plot stage.

Climax

The title of the song Maria and Leon sing together while riding on the cart.

"Sky Sown with Stars"

The plot stage where Leon searches for his father and learns his mother is tending to his father's leg.

Falling Action

The plot stage where Baldo looks at a lovely Maria and goes outside to water Labang.

Resolution / Conclusion

The specific type of conflict highlighted by Leon's anxieties regarding how the village will judge Maria.

Man vs. Environment

The type of character used to create compelling stories through conflict and challenging traditional morality.

Villain Character