summary of "turn red the sea"

Turn Red the Sea

By: Wilfredo D. Nolledo

          The drama “Turn Red the Sea” is a story of a family that ended up in a awful way because of misunderstanding between the father and the son. Juanito is worrying because of what may happen to him and his family when the Board of Regents receives the letter from Leon. He believes that Leon sends the letter that contains filthy lies about him and it will affect his presidency in the University. Leon takes rebellion because he believes that his father doesn’t love him all throughout the years. He is angry because his father goes with another woman and left them but he returns after. He is angry because he doesn’t receive any letter from his father when it was abroad far from them. Because of hatred, he makes actions that will surely makes his father down and suffer. Suddenly, Leon come down stairs and has communication with his mother, Eliza. He asks questions to her about things that happen a long time ago and suddenly fall in the issue between him and his father. Eliza explains him things that he choose not to believe before. She explains that his father loves him that it is of that showy of his feelings. Eliza tell him that he is also guilty of what is happening because he close his heart from the reality and choose not to care about his father, sister and brother. Ad after all, he will not realize all of that because he is always out of the house doing things that will make his father suffer and go down. But Leon still remains hard outside but little by little it sinks in his mind.

          Until his father comes down to check if the letter is already there. After he knows that it is not still there, he asks Eliza to get her shawl for them to go a ride like what they usually did before. When the time Eliza is getting her shawl, they suddenly hear a shot from a gun and run immediately to Juanito only to find out that it commits suicide because of too much depression. Leon confesses that he just send a blank paper. But it is totally late, Juanito is already dead. Because of that, Eliza shoots Leon at the end because of what happen.