Fuentes, Charles

Gelacio, Eunice

Lim, Kristine

Moral, Margarette

Pagalilauan, Justin

Villapando, Ivan

Yoro, Sean

America Is In The Heartby Carlos Bulosan

Group 2

GREATWK S11

Chapters 1-6

Brief Background

CharactersFatherMotherLeonLucianoMacarioAmadoAllosIrene

FranciscaMarcelaFelix RazonCousinMs. StrandonDalmacioVeronicaLandladyJuan Cablaan

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Allos went back home

It was a time of a religious festivalFlickering lamps in the housesPeople wore different

clothesRacism has already

started during thistime

Chapter 10

Visited their old house which is in total darkness

He tried to sleep but the mice kept coming out of their holes

Decided to jointhe noisy crowdin celebrating“New Year” for thefirst time

Chapter 10

The celebration ended at one o’clockOld house was sold months ago because

their father had a chance to buy a small piece of land in Mangusmana

Their mother is doing most of the work since their father is very sick

He felt what Leon felt when he came back from a war

Chapter 10

He went to their new house and saw his father being taken care of by Francisca

While they were planting rice seedlings, one of Allos’ cousin, a high school student in Vigan, invited him to go to a dance in a nearby village

Chapter 10

A girl had fallen for his cousin immediately and he saw him kiss her. Allos, on the other hand, was too shy

His cousin taught him how to get a girl he likes by just standing in front of her and it worked for both of them

However, Allos’ got afraid he stopped dancing with the girl

Chapter 10

His cousin asked him to come with him to Lingayen because the two village girls were looking for them

Allos’ did not believe his cousinHe went home in the afternoon but

Francisca met him at the door

Chapter 10

He went to Lingayen with his cousin since his savings wasn’t enough yet to take him to America

Lingayen’s fishing industryIt took them 3 days before they finally

arrived in Lingayen

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 11Students are going into Linagayen

because it is the beginning of the school yearoOxcartoCaromata

Students filled the little houses of the fishermen on the shore of Lingayen

Chapter 11The cousin of Allos told him to stay at his

boarding house owned by a fishermenThe owner asked Allos if he wanted to

work with himThe boarding house is packed with 14

more male high school students

Chapter 11It is forbidden for students of the opposite

sex to live in the same houseAllos found a small corner in the girls

houseAllos enjoyed working with the fishermenAt the end of the day the crew receives its

share of the catch

Chapter 11After fishing season ends, the cousin asks

Allos to go to school with himAllos  attends classes and meets the

teacher, who takes a liking to him The teacher wrote out a credit card that

shows Allos as a student with two years of high school.

Chapter 11He is much opposed to the Philippine

middle class since he is of peasant originHe has been to America where he lived

and worked as a houseboyHe gave Allos a copy of examination paper

In advanceAllos got the highest score throughout the

province of Pangasinan

Chapter 11Girls from other houses began coming to

Allos with their lessonsVeronica, disliked Allos One night Allos found a baby lying on the

grass and he carried it into the houseIn the kitchen, Veronica was burning some

clothes in the stove and Veronica got angry when she saw Allos

Chapter 11There was blood on her feet and on the

floor near the stoveAfter work Allos went home and he saw

two policemen at the door and two others in the house

Landlady gave Allos his suitcase and wants him to leave Lingayen

Chapter 11Allos took the first bus to Binalonan

Chapters 12

Chapter 12