The White Horse of Alih

SETTING: the story happened on July 4th in a city with a parade of people.
CHARACTERS:
~ Alih a Moro who plans for killing the people celebrating the Filipino-American Friendship Day.
~ Omar the older brother of Alih.
~Imam the village priest.
~Lucy the girl who lived in the reservation area, the girls Alih liked.
~Fermina a beautiful bar maid
THEME: the story tells about the traditions,beliefs and faith of the Filipino.
LITERARY APPROACH:
~Historical Approach because the setting of the story happened on July 4
~Mimetic Approach the text is can be related to the reality.
PLOT:
~Complication- when they become merchant there were rebels who stole their commodities.
~Conflict- Alih did not want to kill but the fear he had for this brother while he was growing up urged him to the killing and also because his brother taught him that killing will be their way to wash away their shame and gain respect for their father
~Climax- as he was about to hold him completely, Omar came out to his surprise, he was drunk all along, he realized Omar had been drinking tuba.
~Rising Action- he saw a float with a girl who he thought of as Fermina.
~Falling Action- Alih kills his brother despite their plan to gain the white horse.
SUMMARY:
The story started of as Alih moved along the crowd which was celebrating the 4th of July celebration. They were expecting a lot of people in this event because they planned as mass assassination in the town. Alih was thinking of his houri and the past memories of their family. His father was accused of killing a man that he did not kill. Alih and Omar's father was the hadji back then and he attended the Mecca. The American wanted him to submit to the judgement of the American. After the consumed all their stock of food and water Omar began thinking of killing and dying. By killing we can wash our shame away’ said Omar while staring into the space. The story then went on moving to the parade. Alih saw a girl which resembled his friend that he rode with in the carousel. After confirming that the girl he is looking at is really Fermina, his brother Omar then went berserk and unsheathed his sword and killed people. Omar then went to kill Fermina but Alih protected her and killed his brother Omar.