DEKADA

SITENTA

Geronimo, Chelo Jan S,

 Summary

Bartolome family has their happy and typical life before entering the 70's. The leader of the

family, Julian Bartolome together with his significant other Amanda, give their kids, who are

all young men, their entitlement to convey what needs be. It just shows how they adore

their children. The family has a place with the white collar class, Amanda is the main lady,

and they have five children. In any case, their lives have changed when the new president

have proclaimed the military law. Amanda and Julian have their own particular problems

while at it. They as a rule battle on the grounds that Amanda, as a lady, needed to

accomplish different things as opposed to being only a housewife, while Julian simply need

her to end up noticeably the last mentioned. She is torn between the laws in those days and

her duties similar to the mother and spouse.

Because of this Front child (military law), Jules, the eldest child started to be uncovered in

such insubordinate acts. He initially concealed it from his family, yet at the same time, they

have discovered what he has been doing a direct result of the raucous papers Amanda saw.

Jules' choice on joining the NPA is endorsed by his folks, nonetheless, despite everything

they dread of losing him. Jules and his younger sibling (the third child), Emmanuel, are

accomplices in battling the administration in light of the fact that Emmanuel composes what

Jules directs. The second child, Isagani turned into an individual from the naval force. Jules

battled about Isagani being one of the US Navy since he clearly doesn't care for it; Jules is a

nationalistic individual. In any case, Gani still figured out how to end up plainly one. In any

case, before that, he committed his error of getting his sweetheart pregnant and all of a

sudden ended up plainly wedded.

However, their marriage did not work since his significant other has something to finish

with her life. The fourth child is Jason, Julian's top pick. Jason is a run of the mill adolescent

and appreciates life excessively. He is an ecstatic tyke. He conveys cheers to the family

particularly when battles come. In any case, Jason kicked the bucket, not by his witty

demonstrations, but rather in light of the fact that the police murdered him, unjustified.

What's more, the fifth child is Benjamin. He is just amidst his adolescent years in those days

and still doesn't have a wide comprehension about what is going on around him.

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.

Amanda's strength in being a mother, it appears, it has given her a renewed part in raising a

family as an individual or mother as well as more essentially, the dynamic part of ladies in

building society. Lualhati Bautista, most definitely, is splendid. He had an eye for that

specific tumultuous time in our nation's period no one else had. He probably overlooked

that Amanda, Julian and Jules alongside alternate characters are simply characters he made

in reliving the energy of the family and ladies in the meantime.

In reality, Amanda was torn between the sentiments how is she expected to feel that her

eldest son, Jules, being included too soon in hostile to government slants. Indeed, even her

better half. Julian is required somehow. I'm certain any mother would have been

hyperventilating in the wake of realizing that a relative could simply vanish at whatever time

without a follow, just to discover out later on, that her son's/little girl's body was discovered

gliding in some stream. The despotic ruler does not know about benevolence nor pardoning,

any individual who is discovered liable of hostile to government slants will be tormented

and murdered later on. Amanda is the regular housewife, preservationist and conventional.
She even restrained herself from starting sex with her better half Julian since it is an

unthinkable for ladies to be the initiator or express preferring in sex.

As she puts it: "Hindi ko dapat ipakita ang pagkasabik ko sa sex dahil ako ay isang babae,

maraming bagay na masimportante kay sa sex." She satisfies the desire of women's activists

by attempting to free herself from the coupling handle of society through an endeavour to

truly demonstrate how she feels about sex, sexuality of ladies. Womens role has changed

since Dekada 70. Women of today are no longer constricted to the home. We are now

allowed to voice our opinions and are not required to just stay quiet when men converse

because what we say now has weight. The men of today would not dare to brag about their

sexual conquests or future sexual conquests in front of women in fear of being made fun of.

The woman of today, although not as free as she would want to be is still a lot better off

than the women of Dekada 70.

New historicism is a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by

relating it to the configurations of power, society, or ideology in a given time .

The Martial law period was one of the darkest circumstances in Philippine history. For the

first time, majority rule government was tested, the entire country was dove in dread as the

government seized finish and aggregate control of the media and the exercises of its

citizens. The individuals who remained against the administration endured a horrendous

destiny, all of them were chased down and slaughtered. This was additionally a period of

"greening activism", youthful people learned to take an interest in what the nation is

presently encountering by joining the cause even if this implies their lives will be in danger.

Indeed, our nation's darkest time was likewise the brightest time as observed through the

eyes of Amanda Bartolome, a mother of 5 children and a masochist spouse.

Mistreatment existed in 2 distinctive ways, one is through physical persecution like forced

captures without warrants and later on torment then passing. The other one is emotional

abuse by exercise of intemperate control over the country not ordinarily seen in a majority

rule nation. What justifies the most consideration for political activism I think is the

passionate mistreatment, individuals end up noticeably exasperates, powerless and

weeping for freedom. By any shot, if such a family existed amid the Martial law period, they

would have been the diamond of the express, a triumph of society's essential unit trying to

decide the destiny of a country. In spite the fact that not all are flawless, the Bartolome

family is both a picture of disaster and boldness in intense circumstances.

I truly can't envision myself and my family confronting similar issues that the Bartolome

family confronted back in the movie. I think I can't deal with such circumstances like that.

On the off chance that I will be in the circumstance of Amanda, I imagine that I can not

stand each word Julian will state to me. Amanda is torn between the issues in the nation,

her family, her children and her significant other. I do salute her for being solid and strong.

With respect to being a tyke, into that sort of circumstance, I believe that it isn't great to

perceive what the legislature has been doing in those days those gore wars and tears.

All of a sudden, I understood how fortunate I am that I don't need to confront those issues

any longer. In any case, I am truly trusting that what occurred in the military law

administration in those days will never happen again later on in light of the fact that I

basically won't recognize what to do when the time comes. Military law truly gives such a

great amount of energy to the legislature and they practice quite a bit of their police

control. There is no balance, no regard, no human respect, and no such things as rights. It is

simply not reasonable for every one of us. In Martial Law, everybody should be extremely

cautious since surprising things may happen and your great destiny may transform into

hellfire. For me there's no fault on the president, however.