Professor Tuko - A PLAY

ANALYSIS OF A

PLAY: PLOT: A

BRIEF SYNOPSIS

Exposition

Bondying, Ning Ning, Kiko, and

Bodyok are playing while waiting

for Mr. Tuko. They act like a

basketball player and imagining

that the audience reaction will be

the same as Mr Tuko.

Rising Action

Mr Tuko enter the class and stop

the plays. He started to do

cleanliness inspection such as the

pupil’s hands and their hygiene. He

started the day by implement the

patriotism in the pupils. He started

his lessons on literature, history,

health and science. He asked

Bondying to take the mirror for the

Health and Science lessons.

Climax

While Mr Tuko was writing on the

blackboard and asking pupils to copy

and memorizing the word, Bondying

accidentally drop the antique mirror.

To prevent Bondying from getting

punished , Kiko, Bodyok, and Ning Ning

try to help him by pulling a prank on Mr

Tuko. When Mr Tuko asked the where

about of Bondying, Bodyok, Kiko, and

Ning Ning were trying to fool him by

saying Bondying was holding the

mirror in the class. However the truth was,

Bondying was actually outside the class.

They convince Mr Tuko that something was

wrong with his eye glasses and this was why

he could not see Bondying. Bondying sneak

in with the mirror while Mr Tuko was taking

off his eyeglasses. Mr Tuko realized

something was strange with the mirror and

started cleaning it while Bondying mime and

mimic his movement on the other side.

Mr Tuko then lose his balance and

collapsed all the way through the

mirror. The took Mr Tuko’s

eyeglasses, played around and

hide under the curtains so that Mr

Tuko would not be able to find

them.

Falling action

Mr Tuko found them and punished

them. When the students kept quiet

and not making any movement, he

realized he probably have

overdone it. He was so scared that

the students would report him to

the PTA. He poured out all his

problems and hoped to get

understanding from the students.

Resolution

All of the students and Mr Tuko

agreed on overhauling his system

slowly. Then, they proceeded to

their next lesson.

CHARACTERS & CHARACTERISATION

• Rude

- He constantly labels his students ‘Idiot’ rather than encouraging

them to do more learning.

- Before he starts his lesson one particular day, he wanted his

students to write something in their notebook. Unfortunately,

Bodyok don’t have one and he voiced it out. Mr. Tuko got mad

and shouted him the word ‘idiot’ after saying that a student that

didn’t bring a pencil to school is like a soldier going to a battle

without a gun. It happened when Bodyok did not understand

what Mr. Tuko had said.

Bodyok : Sir, I don’t have a pencil.

Mr. Tuko : You don’t have a pencil! You are like a soldier soing tobattle without a gun!

Bodyok : But I have a gun sir! (brings out toy gun.) bang-bang-bang!

Mr.Tuko : Idiot! What I mean is you should bring your pencileveryday. Who has an extra pencil?

• He loves his country until his students had memorized what he is going to say every time before he starts his lesson.

Mr. Tuko : Thank you. Now, I love my country…..

Pupils : (with action) I love my country. Philippines, my Philippines. Pearl of the Orient. Paradise of the East.

• The spirit of patriotism

- He was carried away by his nationalist feelings when he talk about his country.

Mr Tuko : I must have been carried away again by my nationalist feelings. You see class, whenever I speak about our country, I lost my sense of time.

• Supportive

She gives help to her friends when they need it. For example,

when Bondying accidentally broke the mirror, NingNing asked her

friends to stop blaming Bondying and tried to help him.

Kiko: Our teacher will kill you.

Bondying: Maaaammmmmaaaaa…

NingNing: Oh, please, lets not blame him anymore. Let’s help

him. Is there anything we can do?

• Timid (lack of courage and self confidence)

Bondying was invited to play basketball by his friends but hisscared of the audience. He was insecure and being paranoidwith the audience’s laughter. He thought they were making fun ofhim. So, he refused to play with them.

Bondying : Why are they laughing?

Bondying : I must have said something wrong. I think they’re makingfun of me.

Bondying : I’ll stay here. I’m shy.

• Slow learner

He was hard to remember the lesson that have been taught. it was hard for him to remember even the simplest thing (his name) until he was

asked to write his name one thousand times.

Bondying : maaammmmaaa! Sir, I beg you, please…… I already finished three long pencils writing thousands and thousands names.

• Outspoken

- He dares to describe Mr. Tuko as a skinny, dark man who looks like a corpse.

Bodyok : Hey, you’re all here. Have you been there long? Has ourteacher arrived yet? That skinny, dark man who looks like a corpse? Aha, he’s not yet here. Good, there’s plenty of time to play!

• Clever

• She had questioned Mr. Tuko about the history as it was not like what she had read in another book. This proves Kiko is an advance student compared to the others.

Kiko : E, sir, I read a history book. And according to the book, the events did not happen the way you told us.

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