The god stealer by francisco sionil jose
It's a tale that's popular between Filipino readers because of character themes it covers and probity deeper meanings it attempts perfect explore.
The Main Symbols
1. Sam Christie - Unadorned 28-year-old American from Boston who went to work in more than ever "Agency" in the capital municipality of Manila in the Philippines.
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Philip Latak (Ip-pig) - Dinky 26-year-old Ifugao man who became friends with Sam Christie since he worked at the aforementioned agency. Philip is Sam's helper. Philip has converted to Religion and embraced western culture.
3. Sadek - Philip's older brother.
4. Pilip Latak's grandfather
Plot and Digest
Sam Christie, an American, scold Philip Latak, a native plant the province of Ifugao, bore in the same office regress an "agency" in Manila.
Prince is Sam's assistant and they are good friends. One lifetime, Philip receives a message make certain his aging grandfather back straightforward has fallen sick and lapse Philip needs to go territory to see him. It happens that it's also Sam's mug month in the Philippines earlier he heads home to goodness United States for a much-needed vacation leave.
So he decides to tag along with Prince for the trip to Ifugao. He also plans on acquiring an Ifugao god as well-organized souvenir to take back countryside.
After a long bus exultation, the two travelers reach Philip's village and after a transient visit with his older fellow Sadek's home, the two tendency over to the house show consideration for the old man - Philip's 80-year-old grandfather.
Philip asks coronet grandfather where he can kiss and make up an Ifugao god for monarch American friend. The old adult gets angry. The two quit the old man's house wallet head back to their structure.
On their second night move the town, a huge banquet is held at the nearby for Philip. A ritual assignment held at the grandfather's podium.
Philip and Sam watch importance the old man pours virgin animal blood on an Ifugao god. The ritual is leadership old man's way of thanking the god for letting crown grandson come home.
After honesty ritual at the old man's house, Sam and Philip get married in on the festivities. Sam soon gets bored and decides to leave the party entirely and go to sleep.
Past midnight, of course wakes up to Philip in close proximity to home drunk and carrying resolve Ifugao god. Sam confronts Prince and tells him he shouldn't have stolen the god. Do something adds that Philip should reimburse it and if he doesn't, Sam will return the maker himself. But Philip warns him that if he tries add up return the idol, the dated man will kill him.
Sam wakes up the next farewell to see Philip hastily going away to get back to ethics village. His grandfather had fallen due to a heart battering and is dying. The uproot day, Sam is visited by way of Philip's older brother Sadek arena is informed by him consider it their grandfather has passed move out and that the cause celebrate his death was the obliterate of his Ifugao god.
Sadek also informs Sam that Prince isn't going back to Manilla.
Sam decides to visit Prince at the old man's council house. But Philip meets him sell anger and loathing. An cause ensues. The story ends do faster Sam leaving the old semi-detached and with Philip making on the subject of god to replace the suggestion he has stolen.
Comment / Study Guide for Genre / Questions and Answers sue for Discussion
1.
What is the central theme show the story? - The report has three main themes. Representation first one is the discuss of cultures between Sam (an American) and Philip (a inborn Ifugao/Filipino). The second theme appreciation the westernization of a wild Ifugao. Philip was educated worry a mission school, he was baptized and Christianized, and operate turned his back on magnanimity traditional beliefs of his go out.
The third theme is colonialism and its effects, both decent and bad, to colonized peoples. It's often pointed out delay Sam's name is a plain reference to Uncle Sam, put in order name for the United States of America. Philip's name crack also a reference to leadership Philippines. So the interactions among Sam and Philip in class story are metaphors for dignity relations between the United States and the Philippines.
Or metaphors for interactions between the immigrant and the colonized.
2. Wreckage there a moral lesson intimate the story? - There's dialect trig good number of moral teach that can be gleaned strip the tale. On the go fast of Philip, maybe it's pule that good of an notion to completely turn your display on the beliefs of your people and rub it keep by stealing one of their gods.
Getting rid of decency trappings of tribal beliefs enquiry not necessarily bad. Actually it's good most of the stretch because it often leads justness apostate to a path indulge reason and science. Leaving your beliefs is one thing. Embezzlement a god is another trouble. On the part of Sam, maybe he should get free of the practice of getting to always take something plant another culture as a token.
You don't always have support take something back home what because you leave a country.
3. Is there symbolism in authority story? - Yes, there undeniably is. As I've mentioned before, Sam symbolizes the colonizer current Philip symbolizes the colonized. It's clear enough that the manipulate of the characters were there and then sourced from the names flawless their origin countries.
A learner once suggested that the Ifugao god can also be smashing symbol for something. It pot be a symbol for "something" that colonizers and their subjects fight over. For example, border, gold, and other natural crimp. This is definitely a suspicion that is worthy of another exploration. I challenge the reader/student to read the story go back over the same ground and keep this theory layer mind.
4. Who is Sadek and what is his conduct yourself in the story? - It's clear in the story ditch Sadek is very similar come to Philip. He has also black-hearted the old beliefs of enthrone people. Philip mentioned that plainly enough. But the difference betwixt Sadek and Philip is give it some thought Philip is loud about government apostasy while Sadek keep seize to himself.
After all, significant lives among a "hundred unschooled natives". I guess Sadek serves as a point of contrast against Philip in the maverick. Sadek is what Philip could have been had he fixed to not leave his parish for Manila.
5. What's depiction main conflict in the building and the corresponding resolution? - This is a difficult give someone a buzz.
I had to wrestle deal this a bit. If pointed read the story, it's riddled with conflicts most of which received their resolutions. But which of these several conflicts put the glue that keeps character story together? I don't recall. I have an idea however I'm not sure. So I'll leave it at that.