REFLECTION OF THE STORY: THE HAPPIEST BOY IN THE WORLD

The story of the world is an apple is about a boy Julio, who had come from Tablas to settle in Barok, was writing a letter, of all people, Ka Ponso, his landlord, one warm June night. It was about his son, Jose, who wanted to go to school in Mansalay that year. Jose was in fifth grade when Julio and his family had left Tablas the year before and migrated to Mindoro; because the father had some difficulty in getting some land of his own to farm, the boy had to stop schooling for a year. As it was, Julio thought himself lucky enough to have Ka Ponso take him on as tetant. Later, when Julio's wife Fidela gave birth to a baby, Ka Ponso, while happened to be visiting his property then, offered to become its godfather. After that they began to call each other compadre. The characters of this story are Jose, the boy who always wanted to study but needed to stop because they can’t afford it. Julio, the father of Jose. Ka Punso, the compadre of Julio. I was so sad that Jose had to stop studying, but thanks to Ka Punso, Jose can still study. The story was well written and it really show some situations that really happen in real life. One of the examples is when Jose needed to stop studying because they can not afford it. Some Pilipino are forced to stop their studies because they don’t have the enough money or their families can’t afford it because they are poor just like Jose’s situation with his studies.  There are also situations in real life that you will have to offer your business to stranger, just life how Ka Ponso offered his business to Julio. For me, the best part was when Jose can study again in his godfather’s place. I also can’t believe it that a loving father could let his only son stay in his friend’s place so that his son would have a great learning experience in education, just like how Julio and Jose’s situations.

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