Justin Albert A. Garcia August 28, 2015

MEB23 Mr. Mark Ignacio

MacDo

Setting – McDonald’s Fastfood

Characters

Rosa

Sister of Rosa

Lisa (Server at McDonald’s)

Plot

The short story was about two impoverished siblings who went out to eat burgers

at a fancy fast food restaurant. The other sister, Rosa, had contracted to what seems

like leukemia. Being less fortunate, they were subject to discrimination, and much to

their dismay, while eating at the restaurant, Rosa had spouted blood from her coughs,

which caught the attention of everyone, and as they try to dispell the situation,

anxiousness rather than worry fill the vicinity.

Theme - Prejudice – racism, bigotry, snobbery, dealing with.

Narrative devices

Metonomy (Server as ‘Lisa’, McDonalds as ‘MacDo’)

Symbols – McDonald’s

Magnificence

Setting – House

Characters

Vicente

Little boy ‘Oscar’

Little girl

Mother

Father

Plot

The short story was about Vicente, a bus conductor sidelining as a home tutor for

two kids. Vicente was a kind young man whom the two children likes so much, the

mother of the two children were comfortable with having Vicente tutor his kids, until one

day Vicente makes a devious move to the little girl, but the mother caught on to his

malicious intent and was able to stop him, slapping him repeteatedly and kicking him

out her house.

Theme - Lust – for power, for sex.

Narrative devices

Metonomy (Trending – ‘Rage’)

Symbols – Pencils