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WE THE FILIPINOS ARE

MILD DRINKERSBy: Alejandro R. Roces

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The Author:

Alejandro Reyes Roces (13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011)

A Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist o the !hilippines or

literature" #er$ed as #e%retary o &du%ation rom 19'1 to 19'"

 Attended elementary and hih s%hool at the Ateneo de Manila *ni$ersity +eore

mo$in to the *ni$ersity o Ariona and then Ariona #tate *ni$ersity or his

tertiary edu%ation"

-raduated .ith a /"A" in Fine Arts and, not lon ater, attained his M"A" rom Far&astern *ni$ersity +a% in the !hilippines"

e%ei$ed honorary do%torates rom oyo *ni$ersity, /auios #t" ouis

*ni$ersity, !olyte%hni% *ni$ersity o the !hilippines, and the Ateneo de Manila

*ni$ersity"

5aptain in the Marin6s -uerilla durin 7orld 7ar 88 and a %olumnist in

!hilippine dailies su%h as the Manila Chronicle and the Manila imes" !re$iously !resident o the Manila /ulletin and o the 5A! 5ollee Foundation"

8n 2001, o%es .as appointed as 5hairman o the Mo$ie and ele$ision e$ie.

and 5lassii%ation /oard (M5/)"

8n 2001, o%es .as appointed as 5hairman o the Mo$ie and ele$ision e$ie.

and 5lassii%ation /oard (M5/)"

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Summary

  his story is a+out an Ameri%an soldier +raina+out his a+ility to drin all inds o liuor to a

Filipino armer, +ut in the end ot drun +e%ause o

the lam+ano that the armer oered" 8t %enters onthe drinin ha+its and the %ultures o Filipinos and

Ameri%ans and it uniuely sho.ed the e$ents that

happened durin the .ar +y main the atmosphere

liht and humorous %ompared to ordinary stories.ith :histori%al; e$ents on it"

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Setting

he story too pla%e in a +arrio in the

!hilippines"

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Charater!

Farmer > the hum+le Filipino .ho in$ited the

Ameri%an soldier or a drin"

Joe > the Ameri%an soldier .ho .as proud and

%onident reardin his e?perien%es .ith al%oholi% +e$eraes"

Friends of the soldier > the people .ho oered the

armer to ha$e a drin .ith them"

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P"ot

Introduction8t .as a %ommon siht to see

Ameri%an soldiers almost

e$ery.here +e%ause Ameri%antroops helped Filipino to iht

aainst the Japanese" 8n the

/arrio, Joe an Ameri%an

soldier ased a liuor rom a

armer"

Rising ActionSince there wereno bars in Barrio,the farmer invitedthe soldier to his

nipa hut andoered some“lambano! thelocal li"uor of theBarrio.

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Climax

/e%ause he .as drun, Joe thouht

that the armer .as a Japanese

soldier and the armers mom as a

Japanese imono irl"

Falling Action

After hallucinatin thins,the soldier passed outand fell asleep

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Resolution

 #he farmer brouht $oe bac% at the arrisonbecause he was so drun% at that time. After

that, one of $oe&s friends as%ed the farmer ifhe wanted to join them and have a can ofbeer, then he replied, '(o than% you, we)ilipinos are mild drin%ers.'

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Con#it

  Man @#" imsel 

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Point O$ %ie&

  First !erson

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Theme

  Hospitality

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Sym'o"i!m

  am+ano

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Re(orter!

*arjorie $. Bran+uela

 $ean *araretteSambrano