Sionomio, Leonard Sir Billy Gabayno

BSCRIM G2021 February 10,2023

HENERAL LUNA REACTION PAPER

“Bayan o sarili, negosyo o kalayaan.” A lot of people died due to the fight against the
American colonizers. A lot of people sacrificed their lives for the sake of their country.
But some people were not willing to sacrifice their lives because they didn’t want to die.
They only thought about their sake. Some people chose their lives than their country.
This is my favourite part because we’ve seen the people who sacrificed for the sake of
their country. They chose their country than themselves. They were willing to fight the
American colonizers. They didn’t think of their own lives because for them, their country
was better than their lives. Watching Heneral Luna is truly an experience and would
serve as an inspiration but I feel sad when Heneral Luna died. Why did one of his
soldiers killed him? This is the biggest mistake done by Heneral Luna’s soldiers.
Heneral Luna was brave, intelligent, and excellent and he did everything for the sake of
his country. I don’t understand why his soldiers killed him where in fact, they were all
Filipinos. The impact of being selfish is that no one can love you because you only think
of your own self. You are not willing to sacrifice yourself for the sake of the country. For
you, self is better than yourself. “Hindi makikita o makakamit ang kalayaan sa pag-
aaruga ng pamilya.” This was said by Heneral Luna in the movie. I believe that what the
General wanted to emphasize was that there’s really a point in our life that we need to
turn back from our families in order to save our country. Just in case it happens in our
generation, we need to do the best of our abilities for the sake our country.