Ma.
Kathleen Pearl Grande
BS ChE - IV
Wilfrido D. Nolledo
BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
ANALYSIS OF THE STORY
PLOT
CONFLICT
SETTING
CHARACTERS
POINT OF VIEW
IMAGERY
SYMBOLISM
TONE
IRONY
THEME
Filipino-American fictionist,
playwright, essayist, and editor
Birthdate: January 19, 1933
Died: March 08, 2004
Great Filipino Achiever Award from
the U.S.-Philippine Expo ’94
National Cultural Award for Drama
Palanca Awardee
Published in Won first prize in
October 14, the Philippines
1961 issue of Free Press Short
the Philippines Story Contest in
Free Press 1961
Won third prize
in the Palanca
Memorial
Awards for
Literature in
1962
As it is time for
crescent, Santiago and
his daughter, Elena
prepares for their
night. Santiago and his
friends will gather for a
cup of wine as for
Elena will be doing a
piano lesson with a
seven year old boy.
De Palma and Santiago
shared their experiences
during war when
suddenly a young man,
Ruben, arrived to join
them.
As their conversation
intensifies, their
arguments were heated
up until De Palma reveal
the real work of Elena,
that she sells her flesh for
her to provide for the
family.
Santiago found the house
owned by an old couple
where a number of
women and children of
different age are locked
up. And at the second
floor of the house, he
found the piano where a
Elena’s red umbrella leans
on one of its legs.
Elena returned home
not knowing a thing until
she saw the red umbrella
still dripping from rain. She
burst into tears, where
Santiago joined him as he
asked for forgives from
above. Santiago realized
that every food he eats, an
every object found in their
house was a part of his
daughters body.
Full of anger, Santiago
buckled his belt armed with a
sword. Asked where he would
go, he just said “I will free the
people”. He fled to the rice
store, and from a truck full of
cereals, Santiago slashed every
sack of rice. People on the
streets started rejoicing and
gathering as much rice as
possible. A guard saw
Santiago, fired his rifle until
Santiago fell down and died
alone in a flood of rice.
Person vs Self conflict was experienced by Santiago
and Elena.
A Person vs Person conflict was shown by the De
Palma, Santiago, and Ruben
Person vs Society experienced by all of the characters.
The setting
revolves
Social
during the time
Environment:
after the
Lower Class
revolution in
the Philippines
Religious and
Political
Environment
SANTIAGO ELENA
DE PALMA RUBEN
OLD COUPLE
THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW
Narrator refers each character in a third-person
basis (he, she, they, it).
Narrator is not specified and not involved with any
of the characters in the story, thus it only conveys
and tells the plot of the story
The narration describes the feelings and thought of
the characters and it has access to the every event,
places, and characters of the story.
“They sat there, (“los “As the old woman
grandes”), the introduce the cave, the
aficionados of the Lost old woman opened
Republic, both flaming in them, exposing women
correcting history, and children of all ages
fumbling, precise, rigid, undoing packages and
restless, whole, divided: bundles, some sleeping,
the furniture of the past.” others disrobing, many
just staring vacantly”
BOMB Problems or troubles
ELENA Poverty
PIANO
LESSON AT Prostitution
NIGHT
Health, Wealth,
RICE Freedom
RICE WINE Friendship, Truth
STORY: CHARACTERS:
DEPRESSING AND SYMPATHETIC
MELANCHOLIC
SUBJECT:
DIRECT AND
PRAGMATIC
• One thing that is ironic in the story is the reaction
of Santiago as soon as he found out that Elena sells
her flesh as a source of living.
•Wilfrido Nolledo wrote “Rice Wine” to show the readers
the reality of life during the time after the Philippine
Revolution. People were experiencing sufferings and
poverty.
•Each person has its own beliefs and experiences. These
experiences mold us to become the person we are today, it
helps shape one’s own beliefs and values that is need to
survive in this life. People have different ways on how to
handle adversities.
•Poverty is felt by everyone, but there are various of ways on
how to deal with it, some may be like Santiago or De Palma
drinking the problem away and reminiscing only the good
old times while others may be like Elena engaging in
various indecent and filthy works just to survive.
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Nolledo, W. D. (1961). Rice Wine. Philippine Free Press.
