Monday, February 11, 2013

Why is the story titled "Scent of Apples?"

“Scent of Apples” by Bienvenido Santos is a short story in the book of the same name. Santos writes stories about the lives of Filipino immigrants. In “Scent of Apples,” the protagonist, Celestino Fabia, lives in the Midwestern United States on a small piece of land that includes an apple orchard. The smell of that apple orchard is prominent in his home. Although it is not a scent that is familiar in the Philippines, it...

“Scent of Apples” by Bienvenido Santos is a short story in the book of the same name. Santos writes stories about the lives of Filipino immigrants. In “Scent of Apples,” the protagonist, Celestino Fabia, lives in the Midwestern United States on a small piece of land that includes an apple orchard. The smell of that apple orchard is prominent in his home. Although it is not a scent that is familiar in the Philippines, it makes Fabia long for home and reinforces his feelings of living as an outcast. Even though he has been in America for many years, he never lost his longing for home. He feeds the apples to the pigs which is symbolic of throwing away the abundance of the harvest. He feels that he threw away his familiar life in his homeland even though he has a strong wife and home life. The author titles the story after its most prominent symbol.

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