My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken By Alejandro Roces e5vc

MY BROTHER’S PECULIAR CHICKEN ALEJANDRO ROCES SUMMARY: The story was about the weird chicken which Kiko and his brother found. They couldn’t tell whether it is a hen or a rooster. They keep on arguing to each other because Kiko insists that the chicken is a rooster for they saw it on the field fighting another chicken. But his brother is not convinced for the chicken has no comb or wattles, both disagree to one another. They began to ask their mother and father, even the people on their village like Tasio and Mr Cruz. But all of them couldn’t tell whether it’s a hen or a rooster. And they also thought that it was a “binabae.” So instead, they decided to bring it into the cockpit and make it fight to a rooster. But during the fight there is a turn of events, things gone different for what they have expected. A lovesick expression came into the rooster’s eyes, instead of fighting the rooster began to do some love dance but the peculiar chicken suddenly stub its spur into the rooster and the fight is over. The brother’s couldn’t believe what they had saw. Kiko thinks he convinced his brother at the chicken is a rooster, but the chicken act something strange. It began to quiver, and egg came out and drop into his brother hand.

CHARACTERS: The Kid, Kiko, Mr. Eduardo Cruz, Father, Mother, and Tenienting Tasio

THEME: The theme of the short story, My Brother's Peculiar Chicken, by Alejandro Roces is that people have differing opinions on a subject. One person sees something one way and another person sees the exact opposite when looking at the same situation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alejandro Roces (Literature, 2003) is a short story writer and essayist, and considered as the country’s best writer of comic short stories. He is known for his widely anthologized "My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken." In his innumerable newspaper columns, he has always focused on the neglected aspects of the Filipino cultural heritage. His works have been published in various international magazines and has received national and international awards. Ever the champion of Filipino cultures, Roces brought to public attention the aesthetics of the country’s fiestas. He was instrumental in popularizing several local fiestas, notably, Moriones and Ati-atihan. He personally led the campaign to change the country’s Independence Day from July 4 to June 12, and caused the change of language from English to Filipino in the country’s stamps, currency and ports, and recovered Jose Rizal’s manuscripts when they were stolen from the National Archives. His unflinching love of country led him to become a guerilla during the Second World War, to defy martial law and to found the major opposition party under the dictatorship. His works have been published in various international magazines and received numerous national and international awards, including several decorations from various governments.