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COLEGIO DE DAGUPAN
ARELLANO ST. DAGUPAN CITY
CRITIQUE
PAPER
(INDARAPATRA AND SULAYMAN)
SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:
PEDIALY M. AVILES JHESON O. DACANAY
BSN- II INSTRUCTOR
INTRODUCTION
The story of Indarapatra and Sulayman was written by Bartolome Del Valle, also
known as “Ome”. He is a filipino- Spanish writer from Mindanao. Bartolome was born on
September 18, 1941. Bartolome had sibling, Felipe. In the year 1960 he married Ana
Rodrigo Perez and gave birth to Antonia Burgueno Siquenza Guttierez Valle. In the year
1725 Bartolome died at the age of 83. Bartolome had been residing in Mindanao,
Pilippinas. He wrote the famous epic story “Indaraptra and Sulayman”. This story was all
about the fight of King Indarapatra’s brother Sulayman to the monsters, The four huge
and strong monster. This story is an adventurous type story, as the character Sulayman
encountered a lot of challenges to save his kingdom against the monsters that reign and
destroy their peaceful place. Even if how hard it is to fight with those evil creatures he
didn’t hesitate to accomplish what he has set. I adore the character of Sulayman
because he is a brave person, obedient to his King and without any mental reservation,
he sets to defend and protects his countrymen and for me that’s amazing. He has the
quality of being a hero.
SUMMARY
PLOT:
EXPOSITION
 Along time ago, Mindanao was covered with water and sea cover all the lowlands
so that nothing could be seen but the mountains jutting from it.
 There were many people living in the country and all the highlands were dotted
with villages and settlements.
RISING ACTION
 Suddenly, there were four horrible monsters appeared in the land which greatly
devastated the entire area.
CLIMAX
 King Indarapatra asked his Brother Sulayman to save the land of Mindanao from
the monster.
 Sulayman departed for Mindanao and started looking at the four horrible
monster.
RESOLUTION
 Upon the fight of King Indarapatra against the last monster which is the seven-
headed bird, he claimed triumph and the love of Mindanao bring back its
prosperous living.
SETTINGS:
 Land of Mindanao
 Kingdom of Muntipali
 Mount of Bita
 Mount Matutum
 Mount Gunayan
CHARACTERS:
PROTAGONIST
INDARAPATRA
 Brave
 A king
 He is warrior
 He is compassionate (he showed this personality by being emotional upon the
death of his brother)
 Outstanding leader
 He can fly
SULAYMAN
 Brave
 Obedient
 Without any second thoughts, he sets to defend and protect his kingdom
 He can also fly
ANTAGONIST
KURITA
 Terrible creature with many limbs
 Lived partly on land and on the sea
 Favorite place was the mountain where the rattan grew

 It bought utter destruction on every living things
PAH
 Enormous bird
 A large wings that cover the sun and bought darkness to the Earth
 Its egg was as large as the house
 Mt. was its haunt
TARABUSAW
 Ugly creature in the form of a man
 Lived on Mt. Matutum
DREADFUL BIRD
 Having seven heads and power to see in all directions at the same time
 Mt. Gunayan was its home and like the others, it wrought havoc to its region
THEME:
“A TRUE HERO IS ONE WHO IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE SO THAT OTHERS MAY SAVED.”
PERSONAL REFLECTION
Just like what I’ve said, the story Indarapatra and Sulayman is An adventurous
type epic story at the same time an inspiring story to many readers. Despite of the
challenges that Sulayman may encounter in fighting with the monster, he still follow his
heart and it is to save his kingdom from the evil creatures. According to Robison
Taglucop the monsters represents the life challenges of Sulayman. The story of
Indarapatra and Sulayman gave me moral lesson to take a risk and face any problem
bravery just like what Sulayman did fighting with the monsters. The story is great and
interesting as well. I do appreciate the story.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
The Indarapatra and Sulayman is all about the fight of Indarapatra’s
brother to the monsters and it showed us that if you need something, sometimes
sacrifices must be made in order for us to achieve what we want. Just like what
Sulayman did in the story. He sacrifice his self for his kingdom and it was priceless.
Indarapatra and Sulayman have both the quality of being a hero. It caught my attention
how Indarapatra and Sulayman loved their kingdom they both fight for it. They are
brave, optimistic, driven, powerful and strong. They both show the love for their
Kingdom. The story is written in a good way, the events are understandable and
Bartolome also uses some symbolisms to represent the different situations or to
describe something in the story such as; the plant, it serves as the life of Sulayman. The
ring, serves the luck in Sulayman’s journey. The sword serves as the weapon or tools in
killing the monsters. The genre of the story is epic and it is appropriate because
Indaraptra and Sulayman is a heroic story and it includes exciting events and also an
adventurous story.
The author’s purpose for writing the story is to give us a lesson, a lesson
that we shouldn’t be afraid of any challenges that may come in life, let’s take a risk, be
brave enough to do what is right for you and for other people as well. Don’t stay on your
comfort zone sometimes you gotta out of it and decide what is right and not what is
easy. Just like what Sulayman did in the story. Fighting with the monsters is not easy,
Sulayman may lose his life but Sulayman didn’t hesitate. The theme of the story is : “A
True Hero Is One Who Is Willing To Sacrifice So Others May Saved” this is exactly what
Sulayman did. The story has also a plot twist or unexpected events and that is when
Sulayman died. I didn’t expect that he will come back to life after what Indapatras did. I
thought It was the end, but it’s not. It is really a very interesting story, full of suspense
events.
CONCLUSION
The Indarapatra and Sulayman story showed a love for his country. The
story is also about making sacrifices, brave decisions or taking a risk. It has also a lot of
life lesson that you will learn in this story, that’s why I recommend this to everyone to
read. You may be a child, teen or adult you should read this. Everyone will surely love
this kind of story. A full of moral lesson story.

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COLEGIO DE DAGUPAN

ARELLANO ST. DAGUPAN CITY

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

PEDIALY M. AVILES JHESON O. DACANAY

quality of being a hero.

with villages and settlements.

devastated the entire area.

 He is compassionate (he showed this personality by being emotional upon the

death of his brother)

 He can also fly

 Terrible creature with many limbs

 Lived partly on land and on the sea

 Favorite place was the mountain where the rattan grew

 Its egg was as large as the house

 Mt. was its haunt

 Ugly creature in the form of a man

 Lived on Mt. Matutum

interesting as well. I do appreciate the story.

The Indarapatra and Sulayman is all about the fight of Indarapatra’s

Bartolome also uses some symbolisms to represent the different situations or to

this kind of story. A full of moral lesson story.

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