Project in Literature "Two Pesos" by: Roger Garcia

1. TWO
PESOS
Fiction by
Rogelio Garcia jr.

2. Rogelio Fantonial Garcia Jr.
 Teaches literature and humanities
at Xavier University, Ateneo de
Cagayan in Cagayan de Oro.
 An instructor at the Department of
English
Language and Literature in Xavier
University

3.  He was Mindanao State
University’s Writer of the Year
in 2009.
 His works have been
published in
Sun. Star Davao,
Dagmay, and in the
“Youngblood”

4. “Two Pesos” Rogelio
- the one who's telling the story
 Candida Hermosa (Didang)
- the crazy woman who's a big part of Rogelio's childhood
 Mother
- Rogelio's mother that usually talks to him about Didang.
 Father
- Rogelio's father
 Broadcaster
- the one who's talking in the radio station
 Hermosa Family
- the family of Didang that owns the land of squatter's area in their place.
 Pepe Kangkong
- the son of Didang that has the same age as Rogelio.
CHARACTERS:

5. SETTING
PLACE
The story started in the
terminal, Rogelio’s waiting
for a bus that time.
Next, is in the jeepney where
he heard the news about
Candida.
And in the Barangay
Paglaum, where his
childhood began.
In the school, where he used
to see Didang holding iced
candy and two pesos for
Pepe.
Lastly, in Didang’s house
where he saw the melted
iced candy waiting for Pepe.
STATE
The story happened in
the 21st century
because the way the
author narrates the
story seems to be on
today's generation.
WEATHER
The weather in the
story is not good. It’s
raining hard.

6. PLOT SUMMARY
Rogelio was on his way home when he encountered some people talking about
promotion in their company. His mother told him to return as soon as possible to see
their dream house. On his way home, he heard the broadcaster from his MP4 telling the
name of Candida Hermosa of Barangay Paglaum. He kept on thinking about that girl.
Suddenly, memories started to play on his head. The memories of his childhood seeing
Candida as a crazy girl in their place, seeing her dancing, naked and crying. He sees
Candida being bullied by everyone. He sees how hard it was for Candida to visit her son
every five minutes before ten o’clock in the morning, peeping through the windows
while there were a class. How hard it was for her giving signal to Pepe to come out and
hand him two pesos and a piece of iced candy. And one time, when the rain pour so
hard Candida did not arrive. They looked out the window and saw her being wet by mud
with iced candy in her right hand, they obviously saw her swollen eyes suggested that
she was crying so hard and worried for her son. He also remember how much she loved
his son as she was running from the vendor because she stole an angel's wings in the
market for his son. The soft hearted mother that sacrifices all the things for his son.
After Pepe graduation, he left his mother and never returned again. As the memories
end, Rogelio still cant believe that the crazy woman create such an impact on him. He
goes to the hut Candida used to live with Pepe and saw a very clean place. He looked at
the table with her picture when she was young and he saw a melted iced candy waiting
for his son return.

7. PLOT PYRAMID

8. Rising Action:
On his way home, he
turned on his mp4 so he
can catch up some news
about their place. The
news stating that
Candida Hermosa was
dead suddenly made
him confused. He kept
on thinking about where
and when he heard of
that familiar name.
Exposition:
Rogelio leaves his work to
come home. His mother
wants him to be back to
their province in Barangay
Paglaum in Cebu because
of their house blessing.
Climax:
He was in deep thoughts as
he approached the
marketplace and he rode
the motor cab with some
passengers. Two of them
were talking about the
death of Candida Hermosa
which made him realize
that she’s the crazy mother
of his former classmate in
elementary.
Falling Action:
He reminisced about his
elementary days with the
thoughts of Candida
Hermosa. He can’t seem to
believe that her death
would give him such
impact.
Resolution:
He decided to visit the hut
Didang and Pepe used to
live years ago just to feel the
relief he wants to be felt.
When he entered the house,
the thing that made him
teary was when he saw a
melted iced candy and two
peso coins. He felt the
mother's love filled all over
the house.

9. In the story, poverty is one of the
reason why there is a conflict. Didang
was wealthy until she got pregnant
and he raised her son alone. Didang
did everything for his son though she
was considered crazy. She went all
over the barrio asking for help,
stealing in the market, at times
standing outside the towering gates of
her family’s house. Most of the time,
she begged in the church. She went to
Pepe's school every day and give him
only two pesos and iced candy for him
to eat. These are the reason why Pepe
left his mom, to escape poverty and
his insane mom.
In the story, Didang was
a crazy woman because
of what happened to her
at a young age. She
raised her son alone.
The conflict is when
Pepe left Didang after he
graduated. Due to
frequent ruminating, her
cognitive impairment
worsen because she was
waiting for his son.
Waiting for nothing.
MAN VS SELFMAN VS SOCIETY

10. THE
ME
Alienation
Ambition
Betrayal
Love
Survival
A mother’s love for her
child is patient, forgiving,
unconditional and forever.
There’s no law for them,
she will always do
everything for the sake of
her child. She’ll endure all
the pain, difficulty and all,
just to give everything to
her child.
Thinking before acting is
wisdom but acting
before thinking is regret.

11. Two pesos-
In the story, it symbolizes the love of a
mother to his child. Didang visited her
son, Pepe, every morning, to hand him
two pesos and a piece of iced candy for
him to have something to eat.
However, Pepe left his mom after he
graduated and Didang died with the
two pesos and iced candy on her
house, waiting for him to come back
but it’s already too late.
House-
In story, it symbolizes hard work.
The narrator was able to build a
house for her mom because he
really works hard. But now, his
work is his life whether his mom
is begging him to come home and
have some rest. Also, all the
things Didang did for his son just
to survive.

12. PLOT DEVICE
The plot device used is flashback. Flashback is interruptions that
writers do to insert past events in the story. By using flashbacks, writers
allow their readers to gain insight into a character’s motivation and
provide a background to a current conflict. In the story, we see a
flashback has been used as Rogelio was heading home when he heard the
news about Candida Hermosa. He kept on thinking about her. Suddenly,
the memories started to play on his head and the flashback began.

13. In the story of Two Pesos,
the point of view used is
first-person because the
main character is telling the
story. The story uses the "I"
narrator. The narrator tells
his achievements and
experiences six years ago
when he left the country to
work, and all the memories
of Didang. He narrates the
sacrifices and how Didang
cared and loved his son
even though Pepe left him
alone.
POINT OF VIEW

14. REFERENCES
Different Types of Point of View (2014).
Retrieved on December 10, 2016
from
http://www.thebeginningwriter.co
m/2012/03/look-at-different-
types-of-point-of.html
Garcia, R., (2011) Two Pesos. Retrieved on
December 10, 2016 from
http://dagmay.kom.ph/2011/01/0
2/two-pesos/
Picture of Rogelio Garcia (2010). Retrieved
on December 10, 2016 from
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogel
io-garcia-jr-rmt-md-dpcom-dpams-
fiams-1841a053

15. PASION, LEI NICOLE
BAGTAS, LOUISE JEAN
C.
BALINGIT, REYHN
SUBMITTED BY:
STEM-A