We can't deny the fact that LOVE
STORIES strike the hell out of us, boy or girl, man or woman, or even the
in-between-genders. For most of us, ROMANCE is what colors life. A story
without romance in it is just like the early years of television movies, BLACK
and WHITE. Can you guys imagine a movie with the absence of love story? Me
neither. Even the most brutal-themed movie has a little love sparkled over it.
So i think you won't disagree if i say NANKING STORE by MACARIO D. TIU is one
of the most colorful story in contemporary literature.
I'm not good in summarizing but i
prepared this summary for me to share how good this story is. Hope you'll
understand it the way i understood it. xDD
NANKING STORE
by Macario D. Tiu
The story was about
a newly wed Chinese couple, who wanted to have a perfect family. The love of
the couple for each other was very strong, but not after a problem arose
between them. The Chinese couple, Linda and Peter, soon to realize that they
can't have a child. It was the worst thing that could happen to a Chinese
family, for the bloodline to vanish from the world . Who would pay
respects to the ancestors? It was unthinkable. Peter was the family's only hope
to carry on the family name, and he still remained childless.
Linda was then
maltreated by her in-laws for her incapacity of giving a child to her husband.
Rumors had spread about the infertility of the couple. Peter was the one who is
mostly affected, being labeled as a "bad stock". But of course, Linda
was also affected, very much affected. Their marriage was obviously changed.
They separated intellectually. The once happy couple became opposite.
Peter became very
determined of having a child, and so as proving everyone that he's not a bad
stock. In his determination, he had affair with a Bisayan lady, and they
eventually had two children. Peter earned back the respect of other people, by
proving that he is not the one who is incapable of producing a child.
One day, Peter encountered an
accident, and died instantly. Everyone cried for him, Specially Linda. The
death of Peter worsen the maltreatment of his parents for Linda, knowing that
she was really the reason why they can't have a child.
Days had past, people noticed the
change in Linda's appearance. She seems to be getting fat. People around her
had mixed reactions, knowing that she was infertile. People then suspected that
Linda's pregnant.
Linda returned to her town, in Cebu,
and all other people never heard of what happened to Linda. Other people even
wondered if she had given birth to a boy.
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Isn't the story stunning? No? Oh,
sorry, my bad. I really think i'm not good in telling stories. But i swear,
that the story is really good. You should read the whole story for yourself to
appreciate it.
The very reason i love the NANKING
STORE story is that it inspires everyone to remain faithful to someone you
love. Faithfulness is really something in a relationship. That something will
bring the couple to forever. (I actually never been in a relationship, but i'm
sure about those things). And also, what i learned about this story is that we,
as an individual, must not be affected of what others tell us, simply because, at
the end of the day, those people are just nothing, they'll just remain talking
about us.
The structure of the story NANKING
STORE was cool. It was perfectly arranged in a way the readers could understand
the flow of the story. The words used was "nose-friendly"(wouldn't
result to nosebleeds xD), but not "eyes-friendly (too long to read xD).
Actually, when Ms. Izza, our down-to-earth professor in literature, assigned us
to read this story, i refused to do so. For it is really long and i'm not sure
if it is worth to be spent a couple of minutes. But when Ms. Izza showed us the
summary of the story, i can't barely count how many times goosebumps stroke me.
It's really worth to read. I should have read this story even before Ms. Izza
required to do so.This story is closed to perfection for me.
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