Smaller and Smaller Circles
Smaller and Smaller Circles
4 Main Characters of the Story:
Fr. Augusto Saenz (Gus) – The old priest who is an expert in autopsy and was the mentor of Fr. Jerome Lucero. He was asked by the Director to help him in dealing with the murder case in Payatas.
Fr. Jerome Lucero – The companion of Fr. Saenz in dealing with the case. He was a very smart student who is now a psychologist and at the same time, a priest.
Alejandro Carlos (Alex) – The serial killer of the story who was molested during his high school days by Mr. Isabelo Gorospe, his former P.E. teacher, because of his incapability of coping up with the group.
Benjamin Arcinas – The lawyer and the one handling the police force in seizing the suspect from his multiple serial killing.
Other Minor Characters:
Joanna Bonifacio and Leo (her cameraman)
Wally Soler and Manny
The Director
Flora Carlos (mother) and his Father
Isabelo Gorospe
Emong
Carding
Setting of the Story:
The story took place in the parts of Manila and in Payatas where the corpses of the victims were found. The year was about 2000 onwards because there were some exact dates mentioned in the story like for the case of the killing and the molestation of Alex, etc.
Conflict of the Story:
There are a lot of conflicts in the story especially for the part of Alex Carlos. The person is forced to be special in the eyes of other well in fact he/she doesn’t want to be special. The trauma of a person can either lead to a state of psychological disorder or in the state of coma where he/she knows nothing anymore which Alex was turned into a serial killer. He kills just to get his wish to be ordinary like the others.
We can also see the struggles of Fr. Saenz and Lucero in solving the case VS Mr. Arcinas who believes that his men are better (the church VS the government). Arcinas’ men think that they don’t need the help of both Fr. Saenz and Fr. Lucero. Eventually, they merged up/ worked as one after the seventh victim was killed.
4 Main Characters of the Story:
Fr. Augusto Saenz (Gus) – The old priest who is an expert in autopsy and was the mentor of Fr. Jerome Lucero. He was asked by the Director to help him in dealing with the murder case in Payatas.
Fr. Jerome Lucero – The companion of Fr. Saenz in dealing with the case. He was a very smart student who is now a psychologist and at the same time, a priest.
Alejandro Carlos (Alex) – The serial killer of the story who was molested during his high school days by Mr. Isabelo Gorospe, his former P.E. teacher, because of his incapability of coping up with the group.
Benjamin Arcinas – The lawyer and the one handling the police force in seizing the suspect from his multiple serial killing.
Other Minor Characters:
Joanna Bonifacio and Leo (her cameraman)
Wally Soler and Manny
The Director
Flora Carlos (mother) and his Father
Isabelo Gorospe
Emong
Carding
Setting of the Story:
The story took place in the parts of Manila and in Payatas where the corpses of the victims were found. The year was about 2000 onwards because there were some exact dates mentioned in the story like for the case of the killing and the molestation of Alex, etc.
Conflict of the Story:
There are a lot of conflicts in the story especially for the part of Alex Carlos. The person is forced to be special in the eyes of other well in fact he/she doesn’t want to be special. The trauma of a person can either lead to a state of psychological disorder or in the state of coma where he/she knows nothing anymore which Alex was turned into a serial killer. He kills just to get his wish to be ordinary like the others.
We can also see the struggles of Fr. Saenz and Lucero in solving the case VS Mr. Arcinas who believes that his men are better (the church VS the government). Arcinas’ men think that they don’t need the help of both Fr. Saenz and Fr. Lucero. Eventually, they merged up/ worked as one after the seventh victim was killed.