The Philippines Essay

during certain periods of our history, with the help of literature. Eric Gamalinda’s The Empire of Memory is one of the few literary pieces that seeks to fathom and empathize with the suffering of the Filipinos during one of the darkest eras of Philippine history—the Martial Law era. As the title explicitly shows, the novel is centered on the theme of memory— its corruption. “This is a land both fact and fiction, where generations leave no trace of themselves and…

They established themselves on the Philippine Islands, named after King Phillip II. The lack of government and location of the islands made Spain want to establish full colonial rule over the islands. The takeover of the islands was rather easy and often bloodless for the Spanish. Also the Spanish also included missionary work. Which made the Philippines the only Christian outpost in Asia. It also started a new front in the long encounter of…

Silent Domination Society is one of the most disastrous things man has ever created. It is as if its people were divided into four nations in an Avatar-esque fashion: fire, air, earth, and water. However, these elements correspond to what is the “north and south of temperament” or generally, the extrovert-introvert spectrum. Like the fire nation plans to take over the world in Aang’s epic journey, the “widely accepted”, emphasis on the quotation marks, Extrovert ideal also continues to increase…

Response to Question 1 In the pictorial, Miss Colombia’s School House (1894), shows the male figure representing Hawaii and the female figure representing Canada being excluded from the United States. It seems that the male figure representing Hawaii is disappointed that he is not allowed in, but the female figure representing Canada seems to look like she does not mind not being allowed in. I believe that the perceptions of the south are also included in the pictorial. An example of this would…

cooperating with allies countries and forces. United States Armed Forces should have strong power in the world because allies need strong leader. China is planning to take control of the sea around the Philippines and Japan. In 16 November 2015, The United States military is back in the Philippines, and local merchants and government leaders appear pleased. (Voice of America) Why US military should have strong power? Because while Moscow and Beijing arm themselves for the conflicts to come,…

Zarco and Shoemaker (1995) give a couple explanations of why this violence, particularly in fraternities, continues to occur. The first thought is the idea of legacy. “Perhaps members of the fraternities have relatives, including fathers, who were members of the fraternity, and learned of the violence, and perhaps the animosities, among certain groups on campus from these relatives” (Zarco & Shoemaker, 1995, pp. 76-77). The researchers suggested that because these family members were a part…

As most Filipino comfort women decided to finally embark on the way toward justice, they were stopped by opposition and criticisms. For instance, memories of abuse by comfort women opposes the claim that comfort station functions to prevent rape cases. According to the Japanese officials, the “comfort stations” built during World War II serves to “prevent rape and sexually transmitted disease.” (Yoko 54). This is because during war times, Japanese armies performed numerous sexual crimes toward…

fortunes of both countries’ economies, making it easier for US to take over Cuba. In China, the US wanted to have an open door policy for trade. It was easier for the U.S. to uphold this policy and trade with China since the U.S. had control over the Philippines.…

Introduction Canada’s live-in caregiver program offers migrant workers to come to Canada and become nannies. Women from all over the world migrate to work here however, there is a noticeable influx of women from the Philippines who are forced to leave their families and children back home in search of income. The live-in caregivers provide care to children and the elderly in Canadian homes. Migrant Filipina domestic workers are part of a ‘global care chain’ that links middle-class women in…

of the Philippines and the United States” KEYWORD: Diversity is being unique of each individual in different dimensions such as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, physical appearance, abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs and other ideologies. Difference of each individual has a good and bad side depending on the set goal and its outcome. To best illustrate diversity let’s compare 2 different nationality that has great impact with each other, Philippines…