Plot of new yorker in tondo?

Answer 1

"New Yorker in Tondo,” is a satire written in the ‘50s by playwright Marcelino Agana Jr. It is a comic comedy of manners about a girl named

Kikay

, a Tondo lass, who is home after some time in New York. She is somewhat changed, as evidenced by the way she talks—English with the Tondo swing.

Aling Atang, mother of Kikay, has been carried away by her daughter’s way of living. She tries to converse with everybody in

broken English

.

Tony, childhood sweetheart of Kikay, decides to visit and catch things up with his friend. He is a simple guy who got secretly engaged with their other childhood friend,

Nena

.

Nena is a tomboyish type of girl. On her visit in Kikay’s house, she finds her friend different and weird. She gets irritated and even imitates Kikay’s ways.

Totoy, the Tondo “kanto boy” is their other friend who is funny and has a secret love for Nena which was only revealed when the two females had a clash.

Near the end, the secret love of the characters in the story is revealed. And the two pairs end up in each other’s arms. Kikay is back to her old self – simple and kind. Most of all, the Filipino value learned by the protagonist which is “there is no place like home”, is a lesson on love of country and its culture.