When the Elepahnts Dance
The story is told through 3 narrators Alejandro Karangalan, Isabelle Karangalan, and Domingo Matapang. All three represent the a country trying to gain independence. The story opens with 13-year-old Alejandro Karangalan and his brother Roderick. They are walking in Manila heading for home after a long day of trying to sell cigarettes for food. Wanting to get home as soon as possible they cut through the city of Manila, which turns out to be a bad decision. They get captured by Japanese soldiers who question Alejandro as well as other innocent Filipinos. Alejandro is freed and heads for home after finding Roderick. Once they return home the two boys are taken care of. Papa and Mang Pedro decide to be the next one to go out and search for food the next day. The first myth is told about Esmeralda Cortez who is a faith healer. The story helps everyone forget about their hunger and about the war. They are short on food and must eat very little in order to share the f
After the story, they search long and wide until they find their family who have been tortured by the Japanese. It comes to a point where everyone does not know what to do until Aling Anna gestures to them to leave for the Japanese are retreating. They are left there while the Japanese continue to fight. They both try to head home since both stay in the home of Mama. For you cannot have both riches and purity. Since Feliciano was a Japanese sympathizer before helping Isabelle but is now fighting for the Philippines, him and Domingo go out in search for Papa, Alejandro, Taba, and Roman. Feliciano thinks of a plan to help them all escape. The rest are taken to a warehouse where they see other Filipinos who have been tortured. Then next story of Mang Minno is told who is a magical fisherman. Feliciano pretends to still be one of the Japanese, turning in Domingo who is highly wanted, but it is all part of a plan to set everyone free. This is when Domingo is able to escape from the loosely tied rope and help everyone else.
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