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Title of the selection: A Home For The New Year

Author of the selection: D. Paulo Dizon

Classification of the story: Short Story

Reference: English III-New Edition

Author of the reference: Jose fina Payawal-Gabriel

Setting Time: When Mang Estong building their new house two days before newyear.

Place: In the vacant lot where they building their new house.

Characters: Mang Estong-the father.

Mother

Melkor- the son of Mang Estong.

Victa- daugther of Mang Estong.

The driver- a man with pockmarks on his face who humiliated Mang Estong.

Summary:

This is the story of Mang Estong and his family who was humiliated by the driver of the owner of the land that their house occupied. That is the reason why Mang Estong utter bad words against that man because he could not believe at first it could happened: that one man could drive another from a shelter. At noon time when Mang Estong was fairly exhausted, after eating lunch he spread tarpaulin and slept on the ground. Melkor tasked by his mother to continue to work for the roof. While working, he felt the burning of his scalp and skin but, he could stand it. Several time she hit his finger by hammer then, he knows what his father felt. When his father stood up and he already finish the

Conflict:

When Mang Estong was humiliated by the driver of the owner of the house they occupied. The man was talking to him in bullying, high-flown terms.