F. Sionil Jose's Mass
Chapter 1 : Let the Water Flow
The protagonist is introduced by the name Jose Samson. He is well known as Pepe. He lives in a barrio named Cabugawan near in the city of Dagupan in Pangasinan. He is described as a happy-go-lucky gut because he doesnÂNt give things that is very important to have or to do by a certain person. Besides that image, he does not like to study. As a matter of fact, he repeated his mid-grade and high school so many times. But still, he pursue to have a high school diploma just because he was let him graduate by the mercy of her mom and Auntie Bettina. He is also a guy with a bad attitude and even has a criminal character. Besides of all this negative aspects, he also has some good traits that you can consider him that he is also nice. Despite of laziness in studying, he likes literature a lot and tends to love it wholeheartedly in his personality.
After he graduated, his mom and Auntie Bettina had decided to enroll Pepe in college but not near in their place but in the heart of Manila. At first, Pepe does not like to study there because he is fulfilled in his self. But through serioius conversations, Pepe has been persuaded to go and study.
Chapter 2 : Destroy the Bridges
When the day has come that Pepe will depart to his barrio, his Mom and Auntie Bettina followed him to the bus station. They give Pepe a lot of instructions and advices until the time he must go. In Manila, he went to Tondo and looked for his uncleÂNs house and hospitably welcomed by his uncle named Bert. He started to enroll college in Quiapo along the University Belt and tried to adjusts to the way of living in Manila and had gain so many experience that he encountered in his life. Despite of the purpose of studying, he met a girl named Lucy. She is a maid in the house and came from the province of Dumaguete. One time he had ...