From Pages to Reality: The Profound Lessons from Tata Selo

  Exploring the Intriguing Tale of “Tata Selo” The fiction written by Rogelio Sicat, namely, “Tata Selo,” revolves around the life of Tata Selo—the protagonist itself. Tata Selo is a hardworking farmer, a widower, and a loving father. But due to one circumstance, his life turned upside down, and this is when the conflict in the short story started. A man who had no choice but to sell his land to the Kabesa in order to give proper care and medication to his sick wife at that time is now wanting to reclaim his land, but the current landowner, who is Kabesang Tano, wants Tata Selo to leave the land and no longer farm in there for the reason that he is already old. He reasoned out that if he can’t reclaim the land, then at least let the Kabesa let him farm there because, despite his age, he can still work hard and do the farming. He begged not to be dismissed, not until the Kabesa repeatedly hit him on the forehead, which made him bleed, and it triggered Tata Selo to strike the Kabesa,...