FIRST WEEK

SUMMARY OF MY BROTHERS PECULIAR CHICKEN

Kiko and his brother found a strange chicken one day. They argue over it because they could not tell whether it is a hen or a rooster. They began to ask their parents about it and they also argued all themselves. They decided to consult Tinienteng Tasio, the head or the chief of the village, but unfortunately could not also tell the gender of the chicken. After that, they went to Mr. Eduardo Cruz, he lived in the nearby town of Alcala and who had studied poultry husbandry at Los Baños, and he operated a large egg farm. Mr. Cruz said to them if it’s okay to cut it up and examine it, but Kiko yelled no, so the brothers walked home empty-handed. So instead, they decided to test the chicken to a cockfight; it was match with a red Texan rooster. A strange thing happened in the match, the red rooster did the love dance with the peculiar chicken meaning, the Texan rooster fell in love with the peculiar chicken, but the peculiar chicken kill the Texan rooster. Unexpected, their chicken won the fight which lead to a riot. They thought it was the last sign to tell their chicken is a rooster but to be surprise, as they ran away to the hall, the chicken laid an egg.

This story reminds us that we Filipinos are fun of reading and writing humorous stories which inline the rich culture of our country. That Filipinos love to laugh and have fun.  We have sense of humor amidst the problems that we encounter day by day; being able to see the bright side of life in the midst of adversity, we can still laugh at our problems. However, there are also disadvantages of Filipino Humor which is quite disturbing. Like the issues of gambling, cockfights as mention in the story, card games, karerahan and pustahan vices that we adopt during the time of our colonizers.

The story happen in cornfield; a barrio, the author which is Alejandro Roces better known as Anding Roces focuses on the ignored rich culture of our country. The style is richly – detailed and flow

ing and as we notice the story’s voice it is somewhat comical or funny. The author uses the first person point of view.

The conflict of the story is about the unusual chicken, whether it is a hen or a rooster. Kiko says it is a rooster, his brother says it is a hen their father says it is a hen, a lesbian hen while their mother says it is a rooster, a gay one the teniente del barrio says it must be a bird of some kind, Mr. Eduardo Cruz he has to kill the hen and examine it to identify. The complication is that the chicken has characteristic of both hen and rooster, that the reason why they are arguing. So the brothers try to find answers to their questions. Finally, after the cockfight the brother convince that it is a rooster; it seems that the peculiar chicken of Kiko is rooster but suddenly his peculiar chicken lay an egg that will give an idea for the reader’s that his peculiar chicken is a hen.