Women Of Tammuz Summary

The novel Women of Tammuz, written by Azucena Grajo Uranza, embodies the Filipino’s way of living and how they cope with the events happening around them in the Philippines during the Japanese era. As history suggests, the Philippines was colonised by the Spanish, then the Americans, and lastly, the Japanese. Numerous events happened in that span of roughly 400 years, and like other events, the rest is history. Historically speaking, the Women of Tammuz tackles on the perspective of Japanese settlement after World War II in the eyes of different women, as well as fictional characters like the Eduartes and how great of an impact it has on the family. The historical contexts like World War II, colonization by the Japanese and life of Filipinos …show more content…
In history, Japanese were always superior to the Filipinos and they sometimes abuse them, which also depicts Women of Tammuz’s general plot. Such angles in history were narrated to us through the story by enumerating events that exposes the Japanese cruelty towards Filipinos. As an example, Ambert Sebastian, a good friend of Maruja, was beaten up by Japanese soldiers because of his failure to bow towards them in a proper manner. Due to this mishap, it caused him the life of his father, when he was supposed to assist his father to be taken to the hospital because of heart failure. This event narrates to the readers how Filipinos were affected by the abuse of the Japanese, which causes readers to keep on their toes, eager to figure out the experience. Another example was when the clan went to Buenavista, away from Manila, and away from the bombings. They had not been adapted to rural life, but circumstances obliged them to do so. This particular part in the story how even little sacrifices are encountered due to the colonization of the Japanese, we would think it has not influenced life immensely, but little by little it causes a somewhat domino-like effect towards the Filipinos. In the family’s stay in Buenavista, El Toro, one of the many challenges they encounter, knocks at their door and shows how even during times of struggle, the nation’s unity lacks. Instead of helping each other, it became the survival of the fittest, and eventually citizens turned to worse. As a result of these instances, readers were not only interested but thrilled and curious knowing what Filipinos, whether rich or poor, undergone during the Japanese