Nick Joaquin: A Heritage Of Smallness By Nick Joaquin

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Introduction
Nick Joaquin’s essay is all about saying that Filipino has a Heritage of Smallness, a heritage that is already a part of our way of life as Filipinos. It talks about how Filipinos think small in any aspects. According to him, we can see this heritage of smallness in these three points: Commerce and Industry, Politics and Government, and History and Culture.
In his essay, he mentioned the state of commerce and industry of the Philippines. Nowadays, there are many Filipinos that worked full-time in order to have something to eat for the day. They will do everything even though even if their life is at risk. Sadly, the work that they are doing just results to a small benefit. Still, Filipinos, who usually receive a small amount of money at a high-risk jobs, still continue to work. This is how the commerce and the industry of the Philippines flow. We work a lot but still, the reward and returns are not in proportion with the
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But just by reading my essay, you can see that I am against on what Nick Joaquin have said in his essay. It is not that I disrespected him, I really adore his courage but there are some key points in his essay that I disagree as a Filipino citizen. And so, let this be an open letter to Nick Joaquin, I hope Nick Joaquin you are reading this, and I hope, well, you will be able to send me a sign coming from the heavens above. Because it is an honour of you will read my essay.
In the field of commerce and industry, our state of economy is developing and progressing based on ranks and statistics. In politics and government, there is nothing more to prove that we Filipinos can unite in times of calamities, like the EDSA People Power Revolution, that we do not split like an amoeba, rather we divide the responsibilities to one another for a prosperous country. And finally, our history and culture particularly in the field of art that consists of vast

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