Sa aking mga minamahal na kababayan, ramdam naman nating lahat ang ating nararanasang pandemya sa kasalukuyan

at nais ko lamang magpahayag sa inyo ng aking mga plano upang sugpuin ito. Ang pandemyang ito ang ugat ng mga
suliraning ating nararanasan ngayon. Kapag ito ay nasugpo at mabisang natugunan ay masosolusyunan din natin ang iba
pang suliranin ng ating lipunan. Kung mas papatagalin pa natin ang pagtugon dito ay tayo lamang din ang mas
mahihirapang makaahon mula sa pandemyang ito. Malilimitahan nito ang mga bagay na prayoridad dapat ng bawat isa
gaya ng kabuhayan, pamilya, at trabaho; mahihirapan tayong umusad tungo sa ating mga pangarap.

Ang aking prayoridad ay maiwasan na maraming buhay pa ang mawala hangga’t ating makakaya. Ito’y ating sisimulan sa
pagpapabilis ng pagkalap ng mga datos o impormasyon ukol sa pandemya. Sapagkat kung ito ay ating magagawa,
magiging mas matibay ang pinanggagalingan ng mga desisyon, polisiya, at programa upang ating mapigilan ang
paglaganap ng virus. Magpapalikha ako ng mga posters na nagsasaad ng mga impormasyon ukol sa virus gaya ng paano
itoi kumakalat, paano ba ito nakahahawa, anong mga paraan ang marapat gawin upang maiwasang mahawa nito, at iba
pa. Sa ganitong paraan ay mas mabibigyan ang bawat isa ng kamalayan ukol sa pandemyang lumalaganap ngayon sa
ating lipunan. Titiyakin kong may maayos at sapat na pasilidad sa medisina na magagamit ng mga kababayan nating
taglay ang virus na ito. Ang mga gamot at bakuna ay agarang ipapamahagi upang mas mapabilis ang ating pagpuksa sa
virus. Ang mga negosyo o pangkabuhayan ng bawat isa ay sisiguraduhin kong maibabalik at inyong mapapatakbo nang
hindi nakakaapekto sa ating kalusugan. Titiyakin ko rin na ang mga frontliners ay makakatanggap ng suportang kanilang
kailangan mula sa ating pamahalaan. Ang bawat isa ay makakatanggap ng suportang pinansyal at pagkain lalo na ang mga
mahihirap na naapektuhan ng pandemyang ito. Kung sino ang mas nangangailangan ay mas pagtutuunan natin ng pansin
upang walang mahuli sa ating planong makabangon muli.

“Malikhain tayo. Maabilidad tayo. At sa dinami-dami ng pagsubok na pinagdaanan natin—sa lahat ng sakuna, sa digmaan
at diktadurya, sa pananakop—may isang bagay na tiyak: Nakaalpas lang tayo dahil hindi tayo nagkanya-kanya; dahil
pinalawak natin ang saklaw ng malasakit natin; dahil itinuring nating kakampi ang bawat Pilipino, ipinaglaban natin sila,
minahal natin sila,” wika ni dating bise president Leni Robredo. Sinabi rin ni dating bise president Leni Robredo na iisang
komunidad tayo; walang paraang malagpasan ito kundi ang isaisip ang kapakanan ng lahat. Aking mga
minamahal na kababayan, tayo ay magtutulungan upang sama-sama nating masugpo ang pandemyang ito at
lahat tayo ay muling makakaahon. Kakayanin nating lagpasan ito at tayo ay magtatagumpay sa laban na ito.

Little Women

The story I chose to critique is entitled “Little Women”, it is a novel written by Louisa May Alcott and she first published it
in 1869. Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, the second daughter of Amos Bronson and Abigail “Abba”
May Alcott. She was raised in Concord, Massachusetts, a small town to the north of Boston that was home to many great
writers of the day. She loved to read and write and enjoyed borrowing books from Emerson’s large library. As a child, she
struggled with the ladylike behavior that was expected of girls in the nineteenth century. Like Jo March or the
protagonist of her novel Little Women, she could not get over her disappointment in not being a boy, since opportunities
for women were limited. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, she had an urge to go and fight in it. But since she was
female and thus could not join the military, she signed up to be a Union nurse. Her feminist sympathies are expressed
through the character of Jo March in Little Women. Though she never married or had a family of her own, she was
devoted to her parents and her sisters. She understood that for women, having a family meant professional loss, and
having a profession meant personal loss. Little Women dramatizes this struggle between the desire to help one’s family
and the desire to help oneself. She died on March 6, 1888 because of her illness.
The novel describes the situations that women experienced in the 19 th century. This gives us historical background about
how the society treats women in the past. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving
mother, Marmee, in a quiet Massachusetts town while their father serves as an army chaplain during the American Civil
War. They befriend Theodore Lawrence (Laurie), the lonely grandson of a rich old man next door. The vital force of the
family is Jo, a headstrong tomboy who is the emotional centre of the book. In the course of the novel, beautiful, vain
Meg marries Laurie’s tutor, John Brooke, and starts her own family; quiet, sickly Beth dies from  scarlet fever; artistic Amy
marries Laurie after he is turned down by Jo; and Jo marries Professor Bhaer, whom she meets while living in a
boardinghouse, and together they set up a school for boys. The novel presented us with four different young girls so that
every reader can identify with at least one of them and learn from their mistakes. In this way,  Little Women resembles a
didactic novel, a work meant to teach moral lessons. Besides showcasing different kinds of heroines, the four March
sisters’ stories each stand for the different options a woman had in the 1860s: she could stay at home, like Beth; she
could marry, like Meg; she could become a modern and successful woman, like Amy; or she could struggle with her
professional life and her personal life, like Jo.

Louisa May Alcott, the second child of Amos Bronson and Abigail "Abba" May Alcott, was born on November 29, 1832.
She was raised in Concord, Massachusetts, which is a small town north of Boston and was the birthplace of many famous
authors of the time. She adored taking out books from Emerson's extensive library because she loved to read and write.
She had a hard time growing up in the nineteenth century, where females were expected to behave in a ladylike manner.
She struggled to overcome her disappointment in herself for not being a boy because possibilities for women were
scarce, much as Jo March or the main character of her book Little Women. She felt compelled to go fight in the Civil War
when it began in 1861. But because she was a woman and therefore could not enlist in the military, she applied to work
as a nurse for the Union. The Little Women character Jo March serves as an expression of her feminist sympathies. She
was devoted to her parents and sisters even though she never got married or started a family of her own. She saw that
having a family meant losing one's career, and having a career meant losing one's personal life. The conflict between
wanting to help one's family and wanting to help oneself is shown in Little Women. As a result of her condition, she
passed away on March 6, 1888.

The story describes the conditions that women endured in the 19th century. This gives historical context for how society
has historically handled women. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised by their loving mother Marmee in genteel
poverty in a small Massachusetts village while their father serves as an army chaplain in the American Civil War. They
make friends with Theodore Lawrence (Laurie), the lonely grandson of the old neighbor. The lifeblood of the family is Jo,
a tough tomboy who acts as the story's emotional center. In the course of the book, quiet, ill Beth passes away from
scarlet fever; Meg marries Laurie's tutor John Brooke and starts a family; Laurie marries artistic Amy after being rejected
by Jo; and Jo marries Professor Bhaer, whom she meets while living in a boardinghouse, and the two of them establish a
school for boys. The four diverse young girls in the book were chosen so that each reader may relate to at least one of
them and learn from their mistakes. Little Women in this regard resembles an instructive novel, a piece created to impart
moral teachings. The four March sisters' stories each represent a different type of heroine as well as the various choices a
woman had in the 1860s: she could stay at home, like Beth; she could marry, like Meg; she could develop into a modern,
successful woman, like Amy; or she could struggle to balance her personal and professional lives, like Jo.