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1) The woman tells her story of how she went from selling fish door-to-door due to her abusive husband to becoming the biggest fish dealer in town. 2) She recounts entering the home of Attorney Sabate and being surrounded by the family's aggressive dogs who tried to steal her fish. In a moment of courage, she fought off the dogs barehanded to save her catch. 3) This experience gave her the confidence to stand up to her husband and overcome her fears. She now has her own successful stall in the marketplace.

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Thesis Statement

1) The woman tells her story of how she went from selling fish door-to-door due to her abusive husband to becoming the biggest fish dealer in town. 2) She recounts entering the home of Attorney Sabate and being surrounded by the family's aggressive dogs who tried to steal her fish. In a moment of courage, she fought off the dogs barehanded to save her catch. 3) This experience gave her the confidence to stand up to her husband and overcome her fears. She now has her own successful stall in the marketplace.

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Alcantara, Mardy Morris A.

Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women


Thesis Statement:
Timothy Montes Of Fish, Flies, Dogs, and Women demonstrates that being in burden or misery
is not the end of your line in life. But being hardworking, smart and fearless will lead you
somewhere to success you dont usually expect.
I.

Introduction:
The story starts when the woman tells her miserable life before achieving success to
the flat character Mana Biben.
1. "So, Mana Biben, you want to know how I turned my life around? You think I
became the biggest fish dealer in this town by crying on my sleeves? Look at me
you think it's all that easy?"
A. Information on Story:
The story will tell the reader how the woman had become successful by selling
fish on foot by going through a lot of obstacles and it also shows that letting your
fear take over you and listening to gossips will achieve nothing.
B. Summary:

II.

Body:
The woman enters Attorney Sabates house through the rusty gate.
A. Character Analysis:
1. Woman: the protagonist and the speaker of the story. She sells fish on foot
within her town because she was afraid of the marketplace competition. She
has a drunkard husband who beats her up when she doesnt give him money.
She has also young children that she needs to feed but her drunkard husband
wouldnt help her out.
2. Angelica Disgrasyada: Attorney Sabates daughter. The girl who had
become pregnant during her collegiate year and never attended school again.
She is the girl the woman met when she entered her house.
3. Attorney Sabates German Shepherd Dogs: They are the main antagonist of
the story. They are the first whom the woman met upon entering the attorneys
house. The dogs wanted the womans fish in the basket that are sold. They are
also the reason why the woman overcame her fear by fighting them
barehanded.
4. The Womans Drunkard Husband: another antagonist of the story. He is the
reason why the woman sells fish to provide for the family because he stopped

giving his family money from his copra harvest but spends it on tuba (palm
wine) and cockfighting.
B. Events:
1. When the woman tried to enter the attorneys house.
I was passing by the rusty gate of Attorney Sabate's house when, after a brief
hesitation, I dared myself to enter. It was a burst of strange courage on my
part, I suppose.
2. When the woman couldnt move a muscle because the dogs were around her
wanting to eat her fish in the basket.
And so I stood there on Attorney Sabate's driveway while those big dogs
formed a ring around me. Fresh fish! Fresh fish! I had to shout above the
barking din. Fresh fish! Fresh fish! Some of those dogs were so close, their
hairy muzzles were tickling my legs. Fresh fish! Fresh fish! I was shouting not
only for money but for dear life, too.

3. When the woman realized how her situation is the same with Attorney
Sabates daughter who is holding her baby, carrying so much burden.
But I think I understood her position, too. You see, she was carrying a baby.
What could she do? Put the infant on the floor and come to my rescue?
Between an adult in distress and a baby sleeping in her arms, a mother isn't
left with much choice. No, this was a child she carried in her arms and she
just looked at me not knowing what to do while I suffered through the prospect
of being tattered to pieces by those dogs

4.

When the dogs began to eat the fish of the woman and began fighting the dogs
barehanded to save her 500 pesos worth of fish.
But before I could take the plunge, I heard the dogs again. I turned around
and saw that my basket had been overturned. The dogs were scrambling over
my fish. I ran- I don't know where I got the courage- and started fighting
the dogs. Yes, I fought the dogs. Barehanded, would you believe that? I was so
angry I didn't care anymore if I'd get bitten. My head whirled around the
violent sensations of that moment- fangs, paws, fishtails, slimy scales. The
growling I heard seemed to come more from my throat than from those dogs. I
rolled on the driveway grappling with those animals.

5.

When the woman told Angelica Disgrasyada not to be sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the girl on the veranda, holding her child closer to
herself, was sobbing.
No! I shouted back at her. Don't be sorry! You can do anything you want,
you can say anything to me, you can say my fish is dirty, tell me to go to hell,
but please please please do me a favor, all right? Don't be sorry! My voice
had turned shrill; my ears were burning. This town is sorry! Everybody's
sorry! Ashamed of the consequences of what they do! I stood up, reeling.
So don't be sorry for me, understand?
III.

Conclusion: the woman gained confidence, got a stall in the marketplace, and will
never let his husband touch her.
That, Mana Biben, is the story of how I changed my life. I reckoned that if I could
beat the dogs like that, there was no reason why I couldn't beat back my good-fornothing husband. I mean, sure, he still drinks like a sinner but he doesn't dare touch
me anymore I've got this stall in the marketplace now. I know it takes more
cunning and less cursing to get a place in the world for women like us. But dogs are
still prowling out there, Mana Biben, and I've learned it's not good business sense to
make them smell your fear.

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