In my English
class I am reading the book America is in
the Heart. This book is about a Pilipino who works in the fields with his
father to help support the family. Alllos is the main character of this book,
he had a lot of brothers whom had left the family to war, school, work, or to
America. He is the only boy who now helps his parent support his two little
sisters. On part one of this book, we can see that he works very hard at a very
young age, and moved town to town looking for better opportunities in order to
save money for his parent to buy the lands they lost. And at the end of part
one he is aboard to America.
In
chapter 1, I learned something about the Filipino Culture. When a couple got
married, they follow the couple to their new home, everyone shouting and
throwing rice upon them. After that they stopped in the yard and if black smoke
comes out of the house, this mean the bride was virgin. I think this ritual is
very embarrassing for women.
