A businessman who pays 200 pesos to Carlos’s father for a hectare of his farmland. Father returns to the moneylender to pay for Macario’s schooling, and the moneylender loans Father more money in exchange for the deed to another hectare of land. When Father cannot raise the money to repay him, the moneylender gains control over Father’s land.
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The Moneylender Character Timeline in America Is in the Heart
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Chapter 2
...The thought that he would not finish school terrifies them. Father borrows money from a moneylender in exchange for deeds to acres of the family land. Father knows full well that...
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Chapter 3
...year approaches, and Carlos’s family hopes he can help buy back their land from the moneylender. To celebrate a national election, Father tells Carlos to bring a white goat from the...
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Chapter 4
...fellow workers rescue him, and afterwards he collects his salary and gives it to the moneylender. It is the first payment on the family land. Later, Macario brings Carlos a copy...
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Chapter 7
...from the United States government. He grows sicker but decides to enter politics. Meanwhile, the moneylender takes the last of Father’s land. When Luciano informs Father that he cannot get the...
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