Escleto, Andrew Te, Matthew Tieng, Denver Yap, Alvin

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Belleza, Ricci Carlos, Camille Chua, Ericka Chua, Jonabelle

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De Guzman, Mary Nicole Shi, Jerrika Tan, Cassandra 38 41

The Mad Man on the Roof by Kikuchi Kan Setting in the year 1900, in a small island in the island sea Characters a) b) c) d) e) f) g) Plot a) Exposition Yoshitaro is sitting on the roof again and so Gisuke asks Kichiji, their manservant to bring Yoshi down because he might get a sun stroke. ALVIN: What??? ANDREW: Come down right away! ALVIN: I dont want to. The priest of the god Kompira is dancing in the cloudswait im coming! b) Rising Action Gisuke and Kichiji think that Yoshi is under the influence of evil spirits. Kichiji mentioned that the people on the island say hes under the influence of a fox. Gisuke thinks it is a monkey-spirit working on him because when Yoshi was born, he bought a rifle and shot every monkey on the island. Gisuke even cut down all the trees so Yoshi couldnt climb them. Tosaku came and mentions a priestess to Gisuke to pray for Yoshi. Ricci: your sons on the roof again? Andrew: yes as usual. Ricci: but after all he doesnt bother anybody Andrew: he bothers us. We feel so ashamed when he climbs up there and shouts c) Climax The priestess came and prayed for Yoshi. She said he is under the influence of a fox spirit and she asked them to hang him up on a branch of tree and purify him with the smoke of green pine needles. Katsushima Yoshitaro the madman, 24 years of age Katsushima Suejiro his brother, a 17 year old high school student Katsushima Gisuke their father Katsushima Oyoshi their mother Tosaku their neighbour Kichiji manservant, twenty years of age Priestess about fifty years of age

(Gisuke and Kichiji reluctantly set fire to the needles then bring Yoshi to the fire. He struggles against being held in the smoke) Then suddenly Suejiro, his brother, came. Matthew: whats happening here? d) Falling Action Suejiro reveals to everyone that the priestess is a fraud and that all she wants is the money. Gisuke told Suejiro that the doctors cant cure him so Suejiro said in reply Matthew: If the doctors cant nobody can. Ive told you before that he doesnt suffer. But as long as he can climb up on the roof he is happy. Nobody in the whole country is as happy as he is. If he were cured he would be conscious of being crippled and hed be the most miserable man alive. Its all because you want to make him normal. Camille: You disbelieve the oracle of the god. You will be punished! Matthew: Thats a damn lie you old fool (kicks her on the leg) Camille: Youve hurt me you savage Matthew: You fraud! You liar! A woman like you cant understand brotherly love. Camille: the foot you hit me with will rot off. Tosaku left with the priestess. Matthew: A god never inspires a woman like that old swindler. Mary: I suspected her from the very first. e) Resolution We can see that for all Yoshis madness there is affection for his brother. Alvin: Suejiro! I asked Kompira and he doesnt know her. Matthew: youre right. The god will inspire you and not a priestess like her. The brothers were looking at the sunset, Yoshi at the roof while Suejiro on the ground. The conflict of the story is man vs self because Gisuke is ashamed of having a son who is a mad man so he keeps on finding ways to cure his son. The theme of the story is a mad man who is able to enjoy the beauty of a sunset is far better off than the fully same man who doesnt. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. The philosophy of the writer is Confucianism because the character like Suejiro shows Ren or Humaneness to his brother because he learns how to accept his brother for who he really is.