The Witch

The nameless boy 12 years old son who lived in town surrounded by mixed barrios. As the story the mysterious character. Had a cruel husband died in lead. And son ho walked away from her. Stories says that a witch known as Minggay Awok (awok, meaning witch in Visayan language) resides nearby the creek separating the barrios of Libas and Sinit-an. Her strange appearance, solitary life and rare visits in the barrios feared the people. She has always been blamed whenever strange things happen. Thus, Minggay was often subjected to various killing attempts in order to stop the curse that she allegedly placed on them. However, their suspicions were never proven. One day, a boy who occasionally visits his uncle in Libas met an old woman while fishing in the creek. She had been so kind to direct him to a spot where he can get more shrimps. They chatted for a while until the boy finally realized that she is the "witch" that he had heard about. He immediately walked away with the shrimps and the dilemma of his encounter with the witch's contrasting image with the old woman by the creek

CHARACTERS • 

Minggay awok  -  She was speculated as the witch in the story and she was blamed for all the unfortunate Incidents that happened in their place. • 

The boy - He has portrayed in the story as an obedient and a dutiful lad. He was easily affected by the rumors sorrounding him, to the point of almost believing them without reasonable proofs. 

Tio sabelo - The head teacher of the barrio school

PLOT

 Meanwhile, Minggay lived in a small low hut by the bank of the creek isolating the barrios of Libas from Sinitan.People didn’t know what precisely inside her house. Therefore, one man who crowed of having gone inside her house while she is out in her clearing on a hill. According to the man, he had seen dirty stoppered bottles hanging from the bamboo strips of the cogon roof. The man said that some of the bottles contained insects like scorpions, centipedes, beetles, bumble bees, and many more. In the next morning, the boy decided to catch a fish in the river to bring for his mother. On the silence, a boy didn’t observe that someone is looking at him out there. A woman who about fifty years of age who makes laundry in her things. When the boy has a poor catching of a fish, a woman told the boy in surprise to go over the river and there he can find many fish, crabs and shrimps.The old woman was not wrong, without the knowledge of the boy, though he is afraid of Minggay, the boy perfectly catch many shrimps. After catching, he went back to the old woman and thanking her. But when the woman introduced herself, that she is Minggay Awok, the boy started to fear of her. He then goes away from the river and when he is far away from Minggay, he run away and stop. As he walked again, the string of shrimps kept brushing again the side of his leg. So he detached it from his belt except for the three small ones because those are not belonged to Minggay. Angrily, he hurled those shrimps back in the river.

CONFLICTS - Man Vs Man - The type of conflict in "The Witch" by  Edilberto K Tiempo is Man Vs. Man. Because it's all about the witch, also called as awok in the place of southern Leyte. Minggay was known as one of them, Minggay was so popular even 5 sitios beyond Limbas.

THEME – the possible theme for me is. Do not trust rumors only if its proven true. Because not all rumored things are true.

Side Questions:

Do you think Minggay is really a witch? Why and why not? Explain your answers. 

NO. I believe Minggay is not a witch. Because its just a rumors/stories in their barrios were not proven.

What is the relationship between the boy and Minggay?

There is no relationship between them. Because the boy is just a protagonist in the story and only strangers who meet in their barrios or creek.

Explain the difference of a short story to other forms of literature like poetry, drama, essay, etc.

A short story is an intense experience an art from their own. They are different to forms of literature because they are composed stanza and line verse.