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SCENT OF APPLES AUTHOR: BIENVENIDO N. SANTOSSUMMARY:The story “Scent of Apples” written by Mr. Santos is about a man who longing for hisnative land. This story focuses on the real score of Filipinos who cannot come back to thePhilippines because of poverty. It reflects the immigrant-character yearning to come back to hisland. And when he sees a fellow Filipino, he was very delighted to introduce himself as well ashis family to him. It is meant to show that not all Filipinos are lucky to go abroad and it is indeedpossible the lives of Filipinos to be miserable and suffer from poverty even in abroad.One night Mr. Santos met Celestino Fabia, a farmer. He was surprised to see a man whotravelled really long just to make conversation to him. The man asked in a little incorrectEnglish, how the Filipino women of today were different from the stereotype he was familiarwith. Then, Mr. Santos replied that although they differ in the exterior, both women of differentgeneration bear the heart and soul of a modest Filipina, God-fearing, faithful and nice. Mr. Fabiatalked about his farm to Mr. Santos. His family invited him to his house where his wife, Ruth,will be pleased to meet a first class Filipino. He also told him about his son, named Roger withpride. On the next day, Mr. Fabia picked him up. When they arrived in the farm, the fragrance ofapples was spread in the area. He noticed how Ruth’s hospitality and gracious was almostFilipino have and how delightful Roger really was.Each time Fabio smell the scent of the apples, he always remember his country, ourcountry that has no apples. He has the feeling of loneliness every day because he smells the scentof the apple every time. He bade farewell to the family and Mr. Fabia took him back to the hotel.He offered to drop news to his family when he got back to the Philippines but Mr. Fabia refused,saying that they might have already forgotten him. Thus, the feeling of loneliness, exile andisolation are the common feelings of immigrant Filipinos, it comes with the fear of no longerbelonging to a culture which itself seems at times to be wasting away, and finds expression in therhythm of arrangement provided by the selections in Scent of Apples.ROLES OF THE CHARACTERS:Narrator – the writer of the story who went to Kalamazoo, America for a discussion. Petitbourgeois expatriate intellectual contrasting with the poor farmer expatriate Celestino.Celestino Fabia - An immigrant from the Philippines, a Filipino farmer, who invites Santoshome for a meal. He was longs for home, given the emotionally harsh and divisive familymatters that compelled his departure.Ruth - Celestino's wife, an American country girl. Willing to work like a slave, her appearanceroughened by hard labor, displaces the mother and sisters who would have influenced Celestinoif he had remained in the Philippines.
