IV. My Own Composition

        














A. Contrast Poems

 


B. Haiku Poems





C. Turn- Around Poems  




 D. Short Story

A short story is a brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose^] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization.

The short story has been considered both an apprenticeship form preceding more lengthy works, and a crafted form in its own right, collected together in books of similar length, price, and distribution as novels. Short story writers may define their works as part of the artistic and personal expression of the form. They may also attempt to resist categorization by genre and fixed form.

                                                     Title: It Rained Saturday Afternoon
                                                         by: Antonio S. Gabila



        



  
                                            ELEMENTS OF A STORY

1. SETTING

         The story happened at the low concrete bodega beside the town of presidencia.

 2. CHARACTERS
     
         -narrator with his friends
         -the young crazy boy

3. PLOT

                                 

Introduction

            The beginning of the story begins when it rained at three Saturday afternoon unexpectedly. Where it is their time to play on the court and feel free from all their duties and responsibilities. It turns their mood to bad because they could not have fun on their day off. They felt so unlucky.

Rising Action

            The story becomes complicated when the rain doesn’t stop and the court where they played before, become sticky with mud and water.

Climax

           The highest point of interest and the turning point of the story is when they saw a boy, from the bodega where they stayed, could not be over eighteen, in the last cell of presidencia, who has no clothes but with good figure, who sings this lines: “ You are my sugar plum”, You may not be an angel”, and “ Don’t take away my dreams”. That could be heard above the crash of the heavy rain, and they are wondering why this guy acted unusual.

Denouement

      The complication that occurs make them to find out that the young boy who sings is a man who lose his mind maybe because of love and many more reasons behind.

Conclusion

      After the rain had stopped, because of the young crazy boy, they realized that they are not the most unlucky humans. So, they go home that no one of them tried to glance at the young boy whom they could still hear singing about dreams.

4. Theme
   
    The subject  of the story is the life of the young crazy boy.
  

5. Point of  View
       The writers wants to remind readers that if there will be hindrances occurred in a time that we valued, we must not complain, because everything happened is for a reason.




                                  Topic Outline Of the Story

I. Three Saturday afternoon was raining.
   1. They could not resign their self.
   2. Saturday afternoon was a rectangular court of clay
   3. They are shaking their heads.


II. They made haste for the nearest shelter- a bodega.
   1. The puddles grow.
   2. They saw a young face.
   3. The one who sings is a mad boy.

III. He asked a young fellow.
   1. Love is one reason.
   2. The mad boy sings.
   3. The rain had stopped.

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