Summarizing a text: “Policies

and achievements of the

Government and
regeneration of the Filipinos”
By Manuel L. Quezon
 How to summarize a text?
• Get the main points of the essay and
important supporting details.
• Main Point:
Manuel L. Quezon describes the Filipinos as the citizens
of the Philippines who have lost their character for a
chance of a stronger nation.
• Supporting detail 1:
To begin with, he then describes national strength as
something that can depend on character. He starts
with how a Filipino is not inferior to any man and has
qualities that are as brilliant as those of the proudest
stock of mankind. However, the fact is that these
qualities are said to be lost and only exist in the past as
Filipino have degenerated to a version that is
unpleasant.
• Supporting Detail 2:
The Filipino of today is easy going, and leans towards
parasitism. Filipinos lost their sense of righteousness
and their conduct is prompted by expediency rather
than by principle. We can observe that the Filipinos of
this generation are inconstant and unconventional.
However, remedies are possible and that we can be
morally strong and virile, the mold of Filipinos can be
brought back again
Supporting detail 3:
Ultimately, it is in the strongest desire of Manuel l.
Quezon that the Filipinos will stand up and become
resilient as a molave. He then mentions that, norms
and codes shall be readopted for the sake of the
regenerations of the Filipinos and that is should be
realized to the strength of the nation that has
character.