![]() ![]() Though they are illiterate peasants, Carlos’s parents prioritize education as a pathway out of poverty. The occupying American government has brought public education to the Philippines, but Carlos’s family can only afford to send Macario to school in the city. Army), Amado helps father with the farm work, and Macario is attending high school in Lingayen. Luciano is completing his service in the Philippine Scouts (a native branch of the U.S. Shortly after his return from the army, Leon selects a peasant girl to marry, but the wedding party learns that the bride is not a virgin and beats her mercilessly as punishment.Ĭarlos has three other brothers. ![]() Carlos’s family owns four hectares of land, which places them firmly in the peasant class who live in poverty. Leon returns during a tumultuous time for the Philippines, as the peasantry begins to revolt against the greed of the large plantation owners who have consolidated peasant lands. Carlos meets his older brother, who left when Carlos was a baby, for the first time. It is Carlos’s older brother, Leon, who has returned from fighting in a war in Europe. Suddenly, he notices a man emerging through the tall grass and heading towards his father. Carlos Bulosan is a young boy helping his father plow their small plot of land in a rural village outside of Binalonan, in the Philippine province of Pangasinan. ![]()
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