A Book Review for

The Bamboo in the

wind

In Partial
Fulfillment for the
Requirement in
English 8

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Christine J. Nonez Mrs. Evelyn A. Samson
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The book "Bamboo in the wind" is written by

Azucena Grajo Uranza. The book is
historical genre because it tackles about the
story when the Philippine President
declared martial law. This book is for those
people who experienced the martial law at
Marcos era.
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You want to include your personal opinions
about the story and how parts relate to your
personal life.
In my opinion, the book "Bamboo in the wind" is a great book to read
because it reflects the story before about the martial law during time of our
former president Ferdinand Marcos. It narrates the series of events
happened during the declaration of martial law in our country like the
reported casualties, protests of the civilians and others. For me, if I was
living at that time, I probably don't know what am I going to do to keep
myself safe until the situation gets better. Reading this book is great
because it may give us ideas about our country's history.
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For your summary, you will need to design
a phases planner.

Phase 1: Talk about the main events in the

1st 4th of your book

1st Lorenzo drizzling because he remembered the day when his

father congratulated him for passing the 1969 bar exams

2nd As Larry waited for his batchmates, he reminisced those times

that he spent at Francis Xavier University. he remembered those
times with his friend Ramon Limzon would cut a Spanish class to
watch the latest Elvis Presly movie and drink a beer. And he missed
all the places that he used to visit a child, like Quezon Boulevard
etc.

3rd Martin dreamed becoming a doctor to help the poor. But he found
himself more interested in history and economics than biology. He had
finished college at the age of 22 when his uncle died.

4th Lt. Vicente Magtibay, an officer in the special operations command

of the Philippine constabulary ( the name of PNP before ). He was
working hard for a promotion and his wife supported him in this goal
by serving the “colonels”.
Phase 2: Talk about the main events and
the problems that occur the 1st part of the
middle. Talk about the major problem

Martin Gatdula, a member of Sanduguang Bayan, one of

those activist formed because of the chaos and
desperation of the country. He was worrying because they
did not have any fund for that night rally. no placards,
no sound system, no everything.
Phase 3: Talk about the 3rd half of the
middle and steps leading up to the solution

For me the solution was to bring all the people that is not
evacuating yet so there was no gun shot again.
Phase 4: You don’t talk about this phase in
your paragraph 3 but your must still it

The solution above this planned, because if there are people that is
no evacuating there will be have shot on there body
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Co-Winner, National Book Award/Juan C . Laya Award, Best Novel in a
Philippine Language, 2004 “In the grand tradition of Rizal and Nick
Joaquin, Azucena Grajo Uranza uses our troubled history as the matrix
of her fiction.