Plot Summary

A rice farmer and his son in a remote place in Bicol wrestle each day. The farmer’s wife, who is a writer and a poet, died after giving birth to the couple’s only son.Growing up, the boy was exposedto the works of her mother and thepenchant and passion for writingwould manifest in him. Becauseof abject poverty and his father’ssorrow and despair, the son decides to continue writing and studying in Manila, the country’s capital. And so, one day, he seeks his father’s consent.