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    The narrator reflects on the month of May, which makes him think of his deceased sister Victoria. Victoria died two months prior in March at the young age of 16 while gathering flowers. Their father Pepeng took her death extremely hard and struggled with his grief. This May marks the first May without Victoria, who had participated in the town's flower festival every year since she was 6 years old. The narrator remembers the rainy day of Victoria's burial and how their family has now come to accept the reality of her death.

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    The narrator reflects on the month of May, which makes him think of his deceased sister Victoria. Victoria died two months prior in March at the young age of 16 while gathering flowers. Their father Pepeng took her death extremely hard and struggled with his grief. This May marks the first May without Victoria, who had participated in the town's flower festival every year since she was 6 years old. The narrator remembers the rainy day of Victoria's burial and how their family has now come to accept the reality of her death.

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    Philippine Literature: The Flowers of May by Francisco Arcellana

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    The narrator reflects on the month of May, which makes him think of his deceased sister Victoria. Victoria died two months prior in March at the young age of 16 while gathering flowers. Their father Pepeng took her death extremely hard and struggled with his grief. This May marks the first May without Victoria, who had participated in the town's flower festival every year since she was 6 years old. The narrator remembers the rainy day of Victoria's burial and how their family has now come to accept the reality of her death.

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    The narrator reflects on the month of May, which makes him think of his deceased sister Victoria. Victoria died two months prior in March at the young age of 16 while gathering flowers. Their father Pepeng took her death extremely hard and struggled with his grief. This May marks the first May without Victoria, who had participated in the town's flower festival every year since she was 6 years old. The narrator remembers the rainy day of Victoria's burial and how their family has now come to accept the reality of her death.

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    *THE FLOWERS OF

    MAY

    By: Francisco Arcellana

    SETTING:

    *By the window

    CHARACTER:

    Victoria - Franciscos sister who died at a young age.


    Pepeng - the father
    Mother - Pepengs wife
    Narciso - who has became the catholic priest
    Juaning and Paking - Franciscos brother
    Josefina - died at early infancy
    Conception - died at birth

    Exposition
    Complication
    Climax
    Resolution

    PLOT

    It is May again. It is generally sultry but it has began to rain in


    the afternoon and the evenings are dear, the skies are of the
    outmost blue, new grass is breaking from the earth everywhere
    May time makes him think of churches and how it is inside
    churches on May afternoon, father is thinking of my sister, Victoria.
    It rained of the afternoon of burial. Victoria has been dead for two
    months ago. Victoria died in March. She was almost a young lady
    when she died; she was 16.

    *SUMMARY

    She was out in the country gathering


    flowers for the flower festival when
    she was caught by rain while her
    father is watching in his office. May
    last year was the last May she ever
    saw. It was also the last time she ever
    participate in the floral rites. She had
    been one of the singing flower girls
    since she was 6.

    Victoria is his fathers first real loss.


    Pepengs grief is terrible and deep.
    So this is death. So this is what it
    means to die. And for the first time
    since Victoria died and they buried
    her, they learn to accept the fact of
    Victorias death finally, they know at
    last that Victoria is dead--really and
    truly dead.

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