ACTIVITY 1

Analysis

There was a  12 year old male child who lived in a t sustainship sur laged by mingled barrios. He was a round and static fount. In communication channel with these texts, once I was told to go to Libas with a bottle of attending for  Tio Sabelos wife and I thought of bringing slip shrimps to my mother he was visualized in the story as an obedient and a dutiful lad. Being a 12 year old boy, he was easily affected by the rumors surrounding him, to the point of close believing them with knocked out(p) reasonable proofs. He was unnamed because he lacks his own identity. Towards the end, he said the see eyes of the biggest, which was still alive, seemed to flare at me--- and then they overstep out the eyes of the hag. He, himself, got confused whether it was the witchs advocate or he was just affected by the stories nearly him. In this case, the author, Tiempo, was successful in creating a intertwine percentage that will turn the readers decide whether to believe in much(prenominal) folklore or not. Minggay Awok was portrayed as the main antagonist in the story. She was speculated as the witch in the story and was blamed for all(a) in all the too bad incidents that happened in their place.

Summary

The stories say a witch known as Minggay Awok which means witch in Visayan lives near the creek dividing the Libas and Sinit-an neighborhoods. The inhabitants were frightened by their unusual presence, lonely life, and occasional visits to the barrios. Whenever strange things happen, she has always been blamed.

Minggay was therefore also exposed to various attempts at killing in order to stop the curse she supposedly placed on them. Our suspicions have never been confirmed, however. One day, a boy who visits his uncle in Libas from time to time met an old woman fishing in the creek. She was kind enough to take him to a place where he could get more shrimps. And the question of his experience with the contrasting picture of the witch in the stream with the old woman.

Characters

Minggay Awok

-round character (antagonist)

-she was speculated as the witch in the story and she was blamed for all the unfortunate incidents happened in their place

The boy 

-flat character (protagonist)

-he has portrayed in the story as an obedient and dutiful lad. He was easily affected by the rumors surrounding him, to the point of almost believing them without reasonable proofs.

Tio Sabelo

-the head teacher of the barrio school.

Setting

-Barrio of Libas 

Plot/ Central conflict

- The Witch is a story that was written by Edilberto K Tiempo and talks about a witch who is allegedly on a vengeful path. The kind of conflict in the story can be classified as a conflict between man (man versus man). The story ends with a happy tone after the suspected witch turned out to be a helpful woman.

Theme

“Not all we see, touch, and hear is true, we can’t judge a thing or idea that only seen by our eyes”

Side questions

Do you think Minggay is really a witch? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

- Minggay is not really a witch she was just speculated as the witch because of the unfortunate incidents happened in their place.The main character has heard of rumors about Minggay Awok, the witch who was feared in Libas, but he truly has no idea who she was. 

What is the relation between the boy and Minggay?

For me, there was no relationship involve between the two because they just met at the creek while catching some shrimp.

Explain the difference of the short story to the other forms of literature like poetry, drama, essay, etc.

- Short stories usually focus on a single event or crisis, where novels have much more time to explore multiple events with a complex plot. A single event usually occurs in a short time frame, such as a day, although it might be fast tracked across a longer period of time.Just like drama.