Ann Bernadette Sarmiento

BSECE 2-2

The House on Zapote Street

1. Who is Pablo Cabading? How he governed his family?

- Pablo Cabading is the father of Lydia Cabading and the husband of Anunciacion
Cabading. He is a member of Manila Police Department. He is the master in his house. The
entire household revolved around him. He wants all to obey his orders. All the people in his
house were afraid of him.

2. What conditions are set by Cabading before accepting Leonardo’s proposal? Talk about the
negotiation happen between the two sides.
- The first condition of Pablo Cabading is that the wedding would be a lavish one and that
was to pay a dowry of P 5,000.00. Leonardo could afford the big wedding but the dowry is
not but Cabading only shrugged and said no dowry, no marriage. So Leonardo work hard and
manage to gather P 3,000.00 where Cabading agreed to reduce his price to that amount. The
second and final condition is after the wedding, the newlywed must make their home at the
house on Zapote Street.

3. What are the problems face by Leonardo and Lydia?

- The problem of the newlywed is that Pablo Cabading is always meddled to what they are
doing. When Leonardo and Lydia went to a movies or ride, Pablo Cabading must also with
them. The worst is Pablo Cabading didn't let the newlywed to have a perfect honeymoon.

4. What is the attitude of Pablo towards Lydia? What can you say about this?
- Pablo Cabading is strict when it comes to Lydia. It is like he is possessive whenever his
daughter involved or it is more like he was obsess to his daughter. For me, it is natural for a
father to be over protective to his child specially when it is only child but what Pablo
Cabading did was too much to the point that even to the own husband of his daughter he
didn’t let him to touch her based on the scene that the newlywed didn’t have a perfect honey
because he always interrupt them. I think he has feelings for his daughter more than just a
father-daughter relationship.

5. If you were Mrs. Cabading, would you also tolerate your husband’s action? Why or why
not?
- If I were Mrs. Cabading, I wouldn’t tolerate my husband to his actions. I have a right and
authority too as he have in our house. I know what’s the difference between wrong and right
and what he did is wrong and I have a right to stop him from what he is doing.

6. What are the cases that authority could file to the involvement of Mrs. Cabading?