GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. WHY DID THE NOLI ME TANGERE HAVE SUCH A BIG IMPRESSION ON

THE NARRATOR? COULD YOU RELATE TO THE NARRATOR’S
EXPERIENCE OF READING? WHY OR WHY NOT?
2. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE SAME ABOUT A BOOK THAT YOU HAD READ?
WHAT BOK WAS IT? WHY DID IT LEAVE SUCH A HUGE IMPRESSION
ON YOU?
3. WHAT DOES THE LINE “ART IS A REPROACH TO THOSE WHO RECIEVE
IT? MEAN? SHOULD ART BE A REPROACH? SHOULD WE RELATE ART
TO SOCIETY? EXPLAIN YOUR VIEWS.
4. WHEN YOU READ ABOUT HOW SO MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY
THE NOVEL NOLI ME TANGERE, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? DO YOU
THINK A BOOK CAN EVER ELICIT SUCH A STRONG RESPONSE IN THE
PHILIPPINES?
5. WHEN THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT THE ACT OF READING WAS A
HISTORIC ACT, WHAT DID HE MEAN? DO YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE
EVEN TODAY?
6. DURING THOSE TIMES, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED
TO FIGHT AGANST THE GOVERNMENT AFTER READING THE NOVEL?
7. THEY SAY THAT THE ACT OF READING GIVES POPLE MORE EMPATHY
AND MAKES THEM MORE CRITICAL AND REFLECTIVE. DO YOU THINK
THIS IS TRUE?
8. GIVEN THIS EXERCPT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IMPORTANCE
OF LITERATURE TO SOCIETY? IS THIS STILL APLICABLE TODAY?
9. WHY IS THE NOLI ME TANGERE, A BOOK THAT WAS BANNED IN THE
PAST, NOW A REQUIRED READING IN PHILIPINE SCHOOLS? WHY DID
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH GO AGAINST MAKING THE NOLI A
REQUIREMENT?
10. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD EVER BE A TIME WHEN CERTAIN
BOOKS SHOULD BE BANNED? WHY OR WHY NOT?
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1).NOLI ME TANGERE HAS A BIG CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHILIPPINES'
ACQUISITION OF FREEDOM. JUST IMAGINE A BOOK -- A SINGLE BOOK!
MADE SUCH BIG TURMOIL IN THE SOCIETY, LEADING FOR THE FILIPINOS
TO BE WHAT THEY ARE TODAY. THE FEELING IS LIKE AS IF HAVING
THE EXACT CROSS WHERE JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED. JUST IMAGINE
HOW INTENSIFYING THAT CAN BE.
2).YES. THE HUNGER GAMES. IT LEAVE SUCH A GOOD IMPRESSION ON
ME BECAUSE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING UP TO THE END OF THE STORY
IT AMPLIFIES AND EXPANDS MY IMAGINATION AND ALSO IT
ENCAPSULATES THE TRUE MEANING OF REVOLUTION AND IT IS AN
EPITOME TO EVERYONE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM.
3). ART IS COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GENRE. IT INCLUDES
MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE, AND SO ON. WE CAN SAY THAT
THE "ART" THAT IS BEING POINTED OUT IN THIS EXCERPT IS THE
NOLI ME TANGERE. ART CAN BECOME A REPROACH TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE
IT WHEN ITS CONTENT BECOMES CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT THE PEOPLE
DO AND MAKES THEM REFLECT ON WHAT THEY FAILED TO DO. WITH THE
SPANIARDS, UPON READING NOLI ME TANGERE FELT THE BOOKS ATTEMPT
TO CONTRADICT THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED IN
THE COUNTRY. WITH THE FILIPINOS IT BECAME A REPROACH TO THEM
REALIZING WHAT THEY FAILED TO DO TO FREE THEIR COUNTRY, THUS
IT LEADS TO REVOLUTION.
4).YES,BEACUSE IT OPENS THE MINDS OF EVERYONE.
5). SPECIFICALLY IN THE PHILIPPINES, READING BECAME A
HISTORIC ACT. WITH THE ACT OF READING NOLI ME TANGERE, IT
INSPIRED THEM TO FIGHT AND FREE THE COUNTRY. EVEN
WITH HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF NOLI ME TANGERE WERE PRODUCED AND
IF IT WAS JUST LEFT SITTING AROUND THE CORNER, NOTHING WILL
HAPPEN. BY READING, PEOPLE CREATED HISTORY.
6).YES, I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO FIGHT AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT AFTER READING THE NOVEL BECAUSE IT CALLS ME TO STAND
UP AND TAKE A FIGHT TO LIVE FREE IN MY OWN COUNTRY.
7).YES, READING GIVES PEOPLE MORE EMPATHY AND MAKES US MORE
CRITICAL AND REFLECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO WITNESS AND
PERCEIVE WHAT DOES THE CHARACTER IN THE STORY FEEL AND SEE.
8).AS I’VE READ THE EXCERPT IT IS STILL APPLICABLE TODAY.
LITERATURE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO SOCIETY, IT GIVES VIEW
TO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND
IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK INTO
A LIFE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN.
9). NOLI ME TANGERE WAS BANNED BECAUSE OF ITS PORTRAYAL OF
CORRUPTION AND ABUSES BY THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE.
WHEN NOLI BECAME A REQUIREMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES'
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE CATHOLIC FEARED THAT STUDENTS MAY
HAVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION OF THE CHURCH, BUT THIS TABOO HAS
BEEN OVERTHROWN BECAUSE OF THE RIZAL LAW.
10).WITH BANS THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT. EVEN WITH MANY
RESTRICTIONS IF AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKS TO GET SOMETHING, THEY
WILL COME AND GET IT. A LOT OF BOOKS HAS BEEN BANNED BUT PEOPLE
STILL HAVE THEIR HANDS ACQUIRED IT. IF PEOPLE WANTS TO READ,
LET THEM. IF YOU'RE AFRAID THAT IT MAY OVERTHROW BELIEFS, ASK
ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO SPEAK, THEN
SPEAK. NOW IT WILL ALL JUST FALL ON GUIDED INTERPRETATIONS
 THE REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO RAYMUNDO MATA

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. WHO IS PEPE? EXPLAIN

2. WHY DOES PEPE ASK THE PERSONA ABOUT PURGATORY?
3. THE POEM TALKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF STARS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHAT HE MEANS, IN TERMS OF SCIENCE
4. THIS DISCUSSION OF A STAR IS ALSO A METAPHOR. WHAT IS IT
A METAPHOR FOR? EXPLAIN
5. WHY WAS RIZAL EXECUTED? HOW IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE IDEA
OF A STAR? RELATE THIS TO PHILIPPINE HISTORY.
6. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PERSONA FELT FOR RIZAL? GIVE TEXTUAL
EVIDENCE.
7. DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY? WHY OR WHY NOT?
8. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS RIZAL’S GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY?
9. IF YOU WERE IN RIZAL’S PLACE, WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THE
KATIPUNAN? WHY OR WHY NOT?
10. WHO DO YOU CONSIDER AS OUR NATIONAL HERO? JOSE RIZAL OR
ANDRES BONIFACIO?
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1) .PEPE IS JOSE P. RIZAL. HE IS OUR NATIONAL HERO. THE AUTHOR
OF THE FAMOUS BOOK NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO. HE
IS THE GREAT AND REMARKABLE CAPTAIN OF REVOULUTION AND ONE
OF THE MOST NOTABLE PROPAGANDIST AND PROMINENT CONTRIBUTOR
IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY AS WELL AS IN THE PHILLIPINE
LITERATURE.
2) .MERIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY STATED THAT IN ROMAN CATHOLIC,
PURGATORY IS A PLACE OF SUFFERING OF THE SOULS WHO DIED. AND
I THINK HE ASKED THE PERSONA ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT
PURGATORY IS THE CONSEQUENCES FOR REBELLING THE OUTSIDERS AND
WAKING UP THE FILIPINOS TO USE THE SWORD AGAINST THEM AND ON
THE TOP OF THAT, HE ASKED ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE NEARLY FEEL THAT
HIS LIFE IS ABOUT TO END.
3) .A STAR IS A BIG, HOT BALL OF FIRE. STARS ARE BORN TO DO
ITS DUTY AND FUNCTION IN THE UNIVERSE. IT IS TO GIVE HEAT AND
LIGHT TO THE PLANETS AND OTHER HEAVENLY BODIES. AND ONCE IT
REACHES THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE, IT WILL STOP LIVING BUT IT
WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE AS IF IT IS NOT DEAD.
4) .THE STAR REFERS TO JOSE RIZAL. LIKE A STAR, HE WAS BORN
TO DO HIS PURPOSE HERE ON EARTH. IT IS TO BRING HOPE AND LIGHT
NOT JUST TO THE FILIPINOS BUT ALSO TO OTHER NATIONS WHO SUFFER
THE SAME WAY AS WE WITNESS IT TO THE HANDS OF THE FOREIGN
SUBJUGATOR. LIKE A STAR THAT IS MILLION MILES AWAY FROM US,
HIS LIGHT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO SHINE CONQUERING OUR MIND
AND SOUL THROUGH HIS LITERATURE ARTWORKS.
5) .RIZAL WAS EXECUTED BECAUSE HIS WRITINGS ARE ACT OF
REBELLION AGAINST THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. IT IS SIMILAR TO
A STAR BECAUSE HIS WORKS WILL REMAIN AS PART OF THE PHILIPPINE
HISTORY. I AM ASSURED THAT RIZAL AND OTHER VALIANT WRITERS
LEFT A MARK THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED THROUGH
GENERATIONS.
6) .“AND ON THIS DAY, WITH THE YEAR BEGINNING TO TURN, SALT
STING MY EYES.” AS ANALYZING THIS PHRASE, I THINK THE PERSONA
FELT FOR RIZAL IS TOO PAINFUL AND FORLORN BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THAT RIZAL WANTS TO BE FREE IN UR OWN COUNTRY. AND THE WORDS
ARE NOT ENOUGH TO UNITE ALL FILIPINO AS ONE TO FIGHT AND TO
MAKE THE SPANIARDS LEAVE IN OUR OWN LAND.
7) .I FEEL THE SAME WAY BECAUSE FIRST, RIZAL JUST STATED THE
FACT ABOUT THE WAY OF RULING OF SPANIARDS IN OUR NATION AND
HE JUST WANTED TO BE FREE FROM THEIR ABUSIVE HAND. SECONDLY,
HE ALSO PUT AN EFFORT TO WRITE IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT IS THE
TRUE FACE OR IDENTITY OF THE OUTLANDERS. AND LASTLY, AS THE
BIBLE SAYS IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WHICH IS THE TEACHING OF
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC, A MAN SHOULD NOT KILL A MAN. RIZAL IS A
HUMAN, WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE AWAY ANYONE’S LIFE.
8) .I THINK THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION OF RIZAL IN OUR COUNTRY
IS HIS SAYINGS AND PUBLISHED WORKS, THE NOLI ME TANGERE AND
EL FILIBUSTERISMO BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS, WE WILL NOT BE AWARE
OF WHAT THEY’VE (SPANIARDS) DONE TO US AS WELL AS NOT KNOWING
WHAT OUR HISTORY IS.
9) .IF YOU THINK CRITICALLY, A SPANIARD WITH A BIG GUN VERSUS
FILIPINO WITH A BOLO. SPANIARDS HAVE TONS OF ARMY WHO ARE
TRAINED WELL. FILIPINOS WILL NEVER WIN AGAINST THEIR CANNONS
AND GUNS. IF I WERE RIZAL, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE KATIPUNAN.
SUPPORTING THEM IS A SUICIDE. WE HAVE NO MATCH AGAINST THE
FOREIGN SUBJUGATOR.
10) .“PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.” AND BECAUSE OF THAT
I WILL STILL CONSIDER RIZAL AS OUR NATIONAL HERO. THROUGH HIS
SKILLS IN WRITING, HE USE THIS TO LEAD A REBELLION AND HE
CLEARLY STATED THE IMMORALITY AND VILLAINY OF SPANIARDS
TOWARD FILIPINOS. AND BECAUSE OF HIS PATRIOTISM IN HIS
PUBLISHED WORKS, EVERY FILIPINO WHO READS IT AWAKEN HIS MIND
AND SOUL TO START A REVOLUTION AND BE UNITED AS ONE TO FIGHT
AGAINST THE VULGAR SPANIARDS. UNLIKE BONIFACIO WHO PREFER A
REMORSELESS BLOODY REBELLION, JOSE RIZAL STAYS A SILENT
WARRIOR WHO LEAVES A PRIMARY SOURCE OR EVIDENCE OF WHAT HE
REALLY DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.

PADRE FAURA WITNESSESS THE EXECUTION OF RIZAL

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT IS THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF “SAFE HOUSE”?

2. WHAT IS THE DOUBLE MEANING OF THE TITLE THE SAFE HOUSE?
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WAS USED FOR THE TITLE?
3. WHY DID THE NARRATOR FEEL UNSAFE?
4. WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE? CAN YOU RELATE TO THE NARRATOR?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
5. WHY DID THE MAN IN THE STORY HAVE BANDAIDS INSTEAD OF NAILS?
WHAT DOES THIS IMPLY ABOUT THE VISITORS IN THE HOUSE?
6. DO YOU SYMPATHIZE MORE WITH THE VISITORS OR THE NARRATOR?
WHY DO YOU FEEL THIS WAY?
7. WHY DID THE MOTHER LEAVE? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS DECISION?
WOULD YOU HAVE LEFT AS WELL? WHY OR WHY NOT?
8. HOW DOES THE NARRATOR’S VIEW OF MARTIAL LAW DIFFER FROM
HER FATHER’S VIEW? WHY DOES SHE HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW?
9. WHAT EFFECT DOES READING THIS STORY HAVE ON YOU? HOW DOES
IT AFFECT THE WAY YOU LOOK AT MARTIAL LAW? WHAT DID YOU FEEL
ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU READ THE STORY, AND YOU READ THE STORY?
10. WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR THE NARRATOR TO TELL US THAT
SHE LOCKS THE DOOR AGAINST THE VISITORS NOWADAYS? WHAT DOES
THIS SYMBOLIZE? DO YOU AGREE WITH THE NARRATOR? WHY OR WHY
NOT?
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1) .A PLACE WHERE ONE MAY ENGAGE IN SECRET ACTIVITIES OR TAKE
REFUGE
2) .THE IDIOMATIC ONE IS WHERE IT IS CONSIDERED AS AN
EXPRESSION, WHERE IT DOESN’T ACTUALLY REFER TO A THING OR PLACE.
BUT MIGHT REFER TO A PERSON THAT GIVES A PROTECTING VIBE THAT
A PERSON WILL FEEL SAFE AROUND HIM/HER. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
THIS IS, TAKING A THOUGHT OR ACTION THAT YOU MAY GO TO WHENEVER
YOU FEEL APPREHENDED.
3) .THE NARRATOR FEEL UNSAFE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OR THEIR
VISITORS WHICH THE NARRATOR CALLS HER AUNTS AND UNCLES CAME
MORE OFTEN IN THEIR HOUSE
4) .I THINK I FEEL SAFE BESIDES MY FAMILY AND FRIEND AND MOST
IMPORTANT IS GOD... I DO NOT MUCH RELATE TO THE NARRATOR BUT
PERHAPS SOMETHING IS IN COMMON AND FAMILIAR FOR ME.
5) .EASY TO TAKE THE BANAID BECAUSE EASY PUT TO A DAMAGE PERSON
6) .BOTH. BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH VICTIMS AGAINST THE MARCOS
GOVERNMENT DURING MARTIAL LAW.
7) .ONCE A MOTHER HAVE GIVEN BIRTH, A MOTHER HAS TO SUPPORT
THAT CHILD UNTIL HER VERY DEATH, NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT
VERY WELL, I MEAN WHY WOULD YOU DITCH YOUR CHOICES, I MEAN
HAVING A CHILD WAS LITERALLY YOUR CHOICE, NO, I WOULDN'T
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT TOUGH TIMES MIGHT FLOW IN, YOU HAVE
TO KEEP FIGHTING.
8) .MY GUESS IS THAT, THE LITTLE GIRLS VIEW IS FROM A
PERSPECTIVE OF A CHILD OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM
HER FATHER WHO EXPERIENCES THE CRUELTY OF MARCOS' REGIME
9) .WELL, IT AFFECTS MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE MARTIAL LAW
ESPECIALLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST ON IT, JUST LIKE THE
FATHER, HE IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF JUST FOR THE FREEDOM
OF OUR COUNTRY. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT'S LITERALLY A SAFE PLACE
WHERE YOU ARE SAFE AND PROTECTED. BUT AFTER I READ THE STORY,
I FEEL SAD FOR THE GIRL BECAUSE HER HOME IS NOT A SAFE PLACE
ANYMORE.
10) .IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE NARRATOR SENSES DANGER LURKING
AROUND. IT CAN BE HER GUT FEELING TELLING HER THAT SHE NEEDS
TO BE VIGILANT AND TO NEVER BE TOO TRUSTING. LOCKING THE DOOR
DOESN’T JUST SIGNIFY SAFETY BUT IT ALSO MARKS BOUNDARIES ON
YOUR TERRITORY OR YOUR PROPERTY. SHE MAY BE FEELING SOMETHING
NEGATIVE ABOUT THE VISITOR.
 THE SAFE HOUSE

GUIDE QUESTION:

1).HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE PERSONA AND THE PERSONA'S FATHER?
HOW WOULD DESCRIBE THEIR RELATIONSHIP? WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FATHER IS SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT?
EXPLAIN.
2).IN LINES 12-13 IN THE POEM, THERE IS THE USE OF THE WORDS
“SNAPPY” AND “SNAPPED”, RESPECTIVELY. WHAT DO THESE WORDS
MEAN? HOW DO THEY ADD TO THE POEM IN TERMS OF SOUND? HOW DO
THEY ADD TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE FATHER AND THE SON?
3).WHO IS APO IN THE POEM? CITE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR
ANSWER.
4).HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PERSONA’S FATHER AND APO? WHAT DOES THIS TELLS US ABOUT THE
FATHER’S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT MARTIAL LAW?
5).WHAT KIND OF VALUES DOES THE PERSONA’S FATHER WANT TO TEACH
TO HIS CHILD, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN?
DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS VALUES? WHY OR WHY NOT?
6).WHY IS APO COMPARED TO THE “SCARY” JESUS IN THE HALLWAY?
WHAT DO THEY SEEM TO HAVE IN COMMON?
7).WHAT DO THE FATHER, APO, AND THE “SCARY” JESUS HAVE IN
COMMON?
8). READ THE LAST LINE OF THE POEM. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW
DOES THIS REGULATE THE PERSONA’S BEHAVIOR?
9).DO YOU THINK THE PERSONA’S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT MARTIAL LAW
IS THE SAME AS HIS FATHER’S? WHY OR WHY NOT?
10).HOW DOES THIS POEM PROVIDE THE READER A GLIMPSE OF WHAT
MARTIAL LAW WAS LIKE? HOW DID THE POEM MAKE YOU FEEL.
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1).THE PERSONA IS A CHILD THAT IS CURIOUS ABOUT THE PICTURE
OF APO ON THE WALL. HIS FATHER IS STRICT AND WORKS FOR THE
GOVERNMENT (HE'S A SOLDIER). THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS LIKE A BOSS
AND EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE PERSONA NEEDS TO FOLLOW WHAT HIS
FATHER WANTS IN ORDER FOR HIS FATHER TO BECOME HAPPY. OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER IS SIMILAR BUT IT'S JUST THAT MY
FATHER IS NOT STRICT.
2).SNAPPY MEANS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY WHILE BEING MARKED
BY VIGOR. ON THE OTHER HAND, SNAPPED MEANS TO UTTER SHARP
BITING WORDS. THESE OTHER WORDS ADD TO THE POEMS SOUND BY
PROVIDING WORDS THAT SEEM TO BE SOUNDING SIMILAR. THEY AID
ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FATHER WAS RIGOROUS EVEN TO HIS SON
BY BEING PARTICULAR ABOUT FOLLOWING THE RULES.
3).APO WAS THE BOSS OF CHILD’S FATHER IN THE POEM FROM LINES
7 TO 9 (TO PROVE THAT HE WORKS HARD, HE ALSO BROUGHT A PHOTO
OF HIS BOSS WHOM HE CALLS APO, SO APO COULD). APO IS POWERFUL
AND HE IS NONE OTHER THAN THE FAMOUS DICTATOR HIMSELF,
FERDINAND MARCOS.
4).THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERSONA’S FATHER AND APO IS
THAT OF LOYAL SERVANT AND A KING. THIS TELLS US THAT WHATEVER
APO DECIDED TO DO, THE PERSONA’S FATHER WILL SURELY FOLLOW.
5).THE VALUES THAT THE FATHER WANT TO TEACH HIS CHILD IS
DISCIPLINE AND RESPECT TO THE ELDERS AND TO THOSE WHO ARE MUCH
HIGHER THAN YOU, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT AROUND. YES, I WILL AGREE
WITH THESE VALUE BECAUSE IF WE RESPECT OTHERS, THEY WILL ALSO
RESPECT US BACK. WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
AUTHORITIES TO AVOID BEING REPRIMANDED.
6).APO, WHO IS FERDINAND MARCOS, IS COMPARED TO THE “SCARY”
JESUS IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH POWERFUL. “HIS EYES
ARE FOLLOWING ME LIKE HE WAS THAT SCARY JESUS IN THE HALLWAY
SAYING I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING,” IS THE LINE THAT
SHOWS HOW POWERFUL APO IS.
7).FATHER IS A SNAPPY AND LOYAL PERSON TO HIS APO WHO IS
FERDINAND MARCOS. FERDINAND MARCOS IS LIKE JESUS WHO KNOWS
EVERYTHING WE DO BECAUSE OF HIS POWER.
8).THIS CONNOTES THE FEELING OF THE FILIPINOS WHO WERE AFRAID
OVER THE POWER AND AUTHORITY MARCOS’S DICTATORSHIP. THEIR
FEAR IS SELF-IMPOSED PRISON THAT KEPT THEM FROM HAVING THEIR
HUMAN RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND VOICE OF JUSTICE.
9).NO, THE NARRATOR WAS CLEARLY JUVENILE AND SHALLOW. HIS
CURIOSITY WAS ALL IN. HIS FATHER ONCE TOLD HIM: THAT WAS NO
PLACE FOR A BOY, ONLY MEN. THE NARRATOR THOUGHT, IT MEANS SO
HE DOESN’T ROAM AROUND AND TOUCH HIS FATHER’S THINGS THAT MAY
INJURE HIM. BUT BY ANALYZING THAT STATEMENT, IT PROBABLY MEANS
MORE THAN THAT, ISN’T IT? AT HIS YOUNG AGE, HE CAN’T FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS FATHER WAS REALLY TRYING TO MEAN, HE CAN
ONLY INTERPRET THEM LITERALLY.
10).IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE SCENARIO OF WHAT AND HOW THE
FILIPINOS EXPERIENCED THE TRAGIC AND TRAUMATIC EVENT
THROUGHOUT THE DICTATORSHIP OF FERDINAND MARCOS IN THE
PHILIPPINES. APO ON THE WALL SHOWS THE REAL SITUATION
CONCERNING WITH THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BETWEEN
MILLENNIAL AND THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH MARTIAL LAW
APOᶾ ON THE WALL