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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