ATA, ATA.

IANO KA CINAWA`
LuaIhali aulisla



Cacho IulIishing Houso, 1991
Union coi. Iinos, 15O1 MandaIuyong
239 pagos



Sulnillod y:
Jc-Annc Psychc O. RndIn
MD 2Y1-2

ANALYSIS

Tho sloiy is aloul a sliong and liavo vonan vho foughl foi hoi ovn iighls and
piovod lhal iogaidIoss of lhoii gondoi, anyono can sland up and do sonolhing lo
piolocl lhoii iighls. oing a vonan doosnl noan you nusl lo Iockod up in youi hono
vhoIo day laking caio of youi chiIdion and soiving youi husland vhon ho gols hono.
Il has noio lo il lhan loing a vifo and a nolhoi, and lhals vhal Loa uslananlo is
aloul. An indopondonl vonan lhals novoi afiaid of shoving hoi liuo soIf no nalloi
vhal olhoi poopIo nay lhink of hoi. Sho saciificod hoi Iovo jusl lo soaich foi hoisoIf and
nako hoi voiy ovn idonlily.

Loa voiks al Hunan Righls Oiganizalion. Sho has lvo kids fion lvo diffoionl
huslands. Ding is Mayas falhoi vhiIo Raffy is Ojios falhoi. Il vas duiing lho 8Os lino
and Maicos is lho ono Ioading oui counliy. Tho sloiy lakos pIaco in Mayas giadualion.
Il nado Loa and Ding a lil anxious of lhoii chiId nol having any avaid al fiisl lul
junpod vilh joy vhon Maya vas choson as lho Miss Kindoi 83. Il slailod lo locono
inloiosling vhon Loa hoId a paily foi Mayas achiovononl and nany guosls aiiivod.
Maya is challing vilh hoi fiionds and sho jusl koops on loIIing ovoiylhing aloul lho
sloiy of hoi faniIy. Ding vas voiy nad lul Maya jusl loId hin vhal Loa loId hoi, lhal
lhoios nolhing viong vilh loIIing lho liulh.

Whon Raffy caIIod and vanls lo nool hoi, sho vas slunnod and couIdnl spoak a
void. Sho iononloiod ovoiylhing lhal happonod vhon Raffy Iofl hoi foi his jol, lvo
opposing fooIings cano lhiough hoi. Sho vanlod lo lo vilh hin lul vhal aloul hoisoIf`
If shos going lo saciifico lho lhings sho vanls in hoi Iifo, sho vonl lo happy oilhoi.
Thoios going lo lo a lino vhon sho vouIdnl Iiko hoisoIf al aII, and poopIo viII nol Iiko
hoi if sho halos hoisoIf. ocauso Loa loIiovos lhal having ioIalionship lovaids lho
socioly slails fion youi ioIalionship vilh youisoIf fiisl.

Dings non and Loa novoi soon lo Iiko oach olhoi duo lo lho facl lhal Ding vas
onIy Loas socond husland. Ioi Loa, sho didnl knov if sho Iovos Ding oi nol. Ils jusl
lhal hos lho ono vho confoilod hoi duiing lho lino vhon Raffy and Loa vonl lhoii
sopaialo vays, and vonon, vhon confoilod duiing lhoii voak nononls, lond lo nol
knov vhal lhoy fooI aloul lhal poison. So sho cIingod lo hin Iiko a diovning poison. Il
vas hin lhal savod hoi fion lho IonoIinoss. ul sono poopIo onIy iogaid hin as a
husland in lod.

Sa panancn ng na|a|ang pag|a|uocg niqa sa pag|u|u|sa| dcspcrasqcn, andcn si Ding,
ang |c|cc, |ung naq napanini|ian siqang ioaq nindi i|c ang pipi|iin niqa. Pcrc si Ding ang
andcn a| pag na|u|ung|c| ang isang oaoac, |a|c na |ung ang |a|ung|u|an niqaq naq
|ina|anan sa pag-ioig,nag|a|ana|i siqa ng pag|i|a|a sa nisncng dandanin niqa. p.4O
Raffy nol vilh Loa again. Ho loId hoi lhal ho has sonolhing voiy inpoilanl lo
laIk aloul. WhiIo Ojio vas insido lho piojoclion ioon, lhoy slayod oulsido and Raffy
finaIIy said lhal hos going lo slalos. Loa lhoughl lhal hos going lo ask hoi if sho viII
cono vilh hin. Ralhoi, ho vanlod Ojio lo go vilh hin. Sho vanlod lo gol nad al hin
lul sho ionainod conposod of hoisoIf. Sho loId hin lhal il vas Ojios choico and nol
hois. So sho askod Ojio if ho vanls lo lo vilh hoi oi his falhoi. Loa oxpIainod lho
inpoilanco of having lolh paionls.

sa-da|auang |acn pa nu|a ngaqcn, sigurcq di nc na |c nasqadcng |ai|angan. Sa
pagi|an ng nanaq a| |a|aq, nas |ai|angan nc na ang |a|aq. Mcrcn |ang nga |ancng na
na|a|aniqang i|ancng sa nanaq. Mga |ancng na nas nai|a|ancng nc sa |a|aq dani| parcnc
|aqcng |a|a|i. p.113

Tho confIicl slailod vhon Ojio slailod lo hang-oul al Coiona. Ho asks foi nonoy
noio oflon and sonolinos vonl hono Ialo. Loa cano acioss Ojios loachoi and askod
hoi if ho vas sick locauso ho didnl go lo schooI foi lvo days. Sho soaichod foi hin and
found a pIaco lhal Iooks Iiko a houso foi diug addicls, an oId, diily and voin-oul pIaco
lhal couId oasiIy lo loin dovn ly a sloin. Whon sho oponod lho dooi, sho sav Ojio
pIaying liIIiaids. Ho didnl nolico hoi al fiisl lhon sav hoi and iushod angiiIy oulsido
sliaighl lo lhoii houso.
Al hono, Loa scoIdod hin lul novoi iocoivod any innodialo iosponso fion hin.
Insload, Maya lullod il and Loa jusl loId hoi off. Ojio slailod laIking lack al hoi and sho
sIappod hin. Ho Iol oul of ovoiylhing lhal ho kopl insido his hoail. Hov haid il is lo nol
havo a falhoi ly youi sido vhon ovoiylody oIso doos and hov a nolhoi cannol do
anylhing. ul sho ansvoiod hin:

anaq a| |a|aq, ancng |aionan? Di oa nga a|c ang nanaq a| |a|aq di|c? Sigurc nindi
nqc naiisip qcn, pcrc |a|aq a| nanaq nqc a|c. Ang dapa| ngang i|auag nqc sa|in, na|aq!
Sigurc, ga|i| |aqc ngaqcn sa|in pcrc nas dapa| nqc nga a|cng ipagna|a|i dani| da|auang
papc| ang ginaganpanan |c scnqc! Sigurc, sa |ingin nqc, ncrcn a|cng ginagauang nasana
pcrc nas narani |cng ginagauang naou|i! Hindi a|c nasanang nanaq a| nindi a|c
nasanang |a|aq! Pu|ang-inang nga |a|aq nqc, ounaq |aqc |ani| ua|a si|a, di oa? 8unaq
|aqc. a| andi|c a|c! p.139

Hoi cuiionl jol, fighling foi hunan iighls, sho vas facod ly a piolIon aloul a
nan vho diod in lho pickol Iino, a vifo lhal connillod suicido afloi knoving lhal his
husland vas doad and a chiId vho diod locauso of diaiihoa duo lo Iack of nolhois
lioasl niIk. }ohnny Doogiacias, hoi pailnoi, vas aIso caughl, foIIovod ly lho
disappoaianco of Sisloi Ann. Thoy said lhal sho vas on lho counliysido vilh a diffoionl
nano and is a nonloi of '|i|usang undcrgrcund.
Tho nononl cano vhon Ding confossod lhal ho has found a nov vifo and is
pIanning lo naiiy hoi. Ho askod Loa if ho couId lako Maya vilh hin lul lhon again, il
vas Mayas docision and nol hois. ul in lho ond, Ojio and Maya docidod lo slay vilh
hoi. Nol locauso lhoy donl vanl lo lo vilh lhon lul sinpIy locauso shos lhoii onIy
nolhoi. Loa and Raffy nol in a ioslauianl lofoio his fIighl lo slalos. Thoy laIkod aloul
hov Ojio and Maya iofusod lo go vilh lhoii falhoi. Loa loId hin lhal sho did nol choso
lo lo vilh lhon jusl foi sox lul locauso of Iovo. Raffy lhon askod vhy sho choso lo lo
Iofl aIono vhon hos going lo voik fai avay and sho jusl ansvoiod:

Dani| na|a|as |a a| na|a|as a|c, a| ioa ang gus|c |cng gauin sa gus|c nc. Tingnan
nc. naua|a |a sa a|in pcrc |ung sunu|c a|c saqc, ang naua|a sigurc sa a|in aq ang sari|i |c.
|i|igaqa |a oa sa isang oaoaing ua|ang sari|i? Hindi na siqa nagandang asaua pag
nag|agancn. p.23O

Tho chaiaclois inpIy lho nodoin vay of hov poopIo inloiacl vilh oach olhoi,
fioquonlIy using of vuIgai voids, shouling and nosl of lho lino aiguing. LspociaIIy in
Ding and Loas caso, novoi a day viII cono lhal lhoy vonl fighl. Loa oxpiossos hoisoIf
loIdIy unIiko duiing lho Spanish coIoniaIisn, vonon novoi daiod lo spoak lhonsoIvos
and fighl foi vhal lhoy loIiovod in. Tho nosl oyo-calching and noaningfuI Iino Ivo
ioad in lho sloiy vas al lho onding. Whon Loa said:
Hindi a|c na|a|a|c|. 8aoac a|c a| na|a|as a|c. A|c ang |agapagsi|ang ng |ac,
panounaq ng sanggc| ang diodio |c. Hindi pcr|c ina na |cq nunin|c na |c sa pag|a|i. Hindi
pcr|c oaoac |cq naiiuan a|c sa |aoanan. Para sa |a|ig|asan ng |ipunan a| |inaou|asan ng ana|
|c, sa dignaan ng nga uri| prinsipqc, sa napaqapa nan c nadugcng pagoaoagc, nag|iua|a
|aqc. sasana a|c! p.239

Tho Iasl Iino on lho paiagiaph alovo shovs lhal lho aulhoi fiooIy oxpiossos hoi
lhoughls and choosos nol lo lo loo foinaI vilh hoi voids. Sho oxpiossos ovoiylhing sho
vanlod lo say ly using voids lhal can oasiIy lo undoislood ly young and aduIl
ioadois. Tho sloiy cIoaiIy loIIs us hov injuslico ioigns duiing Maicos poiiod and al lho
sano lino, hov a vonan can lo a gioal vifo, nolhoi and a cilizon vilhoul loing
conlioIIod ly anyono.

Tho fiisl fov sconos givo us a happy and pioud nood lhal a nolhoi has vhon
hoi chiId is poifoining on slago and vinning lho losl lilIo. As lho sloiy goos on,
iovoaIing oach and ovoiy dolaiI of vhy sho had lvo huslands, il locano noio soiious,
and hov sho loconos saicaslic vhon shos avoiding avkvaid and hassIo nononls. ul
I foIl iofioshod and nado no ioaIizod hov gioal a vonan can lo vilhoul dogiading
hoisoIf jusl locauso sho has a diffoionl Iifo lhan anyono oIso doos.

MOST INTLRLSTINC CHARACTLR

A BU5TAMANT

Sho is a nolhoi of lvo kids and a vifo of lvo diffoionl huslands. Hoi jol is lo
piolocl lho Hunan Righls lhals vhy shos a nonloi of a sociaI aclion gioup and has a
pailnoi nanod }ohnny Doogiacias. Sho doosnl Iiko pulling on nako-up locauso insload
of onhancing lho giiIs loauly, il onIy danagos lho skin. Sho doosnl hido lho liulh fion
hoi kids locauso lhoios nolhing lo lo onlaiiassod aloul having lvo huslands locauso
sonohov, sho lolh Iovod lhon. Sho laughl hoi kids voiy voII and sho Iovos lhon.

Sho novoi suIks foi loo Iong and facos oach of hoi ovn piolIons vilh slionglh,
piido and dignily. Sho says vhals on hoi nind and is nol afiaid of vhal olhoi poopIo
nighl lhink of hoi. Sho can lo a falhoi loo. Sho can novo olhoi poopIos hoails. Sho is
passionalo foi hoi jol. Sho slands foi vhal sho loIiovos in. Sho onjoys loing a vonan.
And IaslIy, shos a sliong and idoaI vonan.



MOST DRAMATIC AND INTLRLSTINC MOMLNT

Tho nosl dianalic nononl foi no is vhon Ojio and Maya voio on lho hospilaI
locauso of a ninoi accidonl in lho licycIo. Ding and Raffy iushod lo chock lhoii kids,
Loa gol inlo an aigunonl vilh Ding again lul insload of aiguing vilh hin, sho
appioachod Raffy. }usl lho sano, ho vas nad al hoi, ho scoIdod hoi and Ding aIso
joinod in scoIding hoi, ono afloi anolhoi. Sho foIl Iiko a vonan vilh a lhousand sins.
Sho yoIIod lack al lhon and loId lhon lo gol lhoii kids if lhoy vanl lo lhon sho ian
avay and luisl oul ciying in lho laxi.

On lho olhoi hand, lho nosl inloiosling nononl foi no vas afloi loing nossod
up in lho hospilaI, sho caIIod }ohnny. Thoy valchod a novio and sho loId hin hov lho
lvo of hoi husland joinod foicos lo ciush hoi. Sho lhoughl lhal lhoy nusl lo golling
aIong voII iighl al lhal nononl. Sho vondois if vhal lho lvo of lhon fooI knoving lhal
lhoy havo lho sano vifo. Sho lhon loId }ohnny lhal sho vanlod hin lo do hoi. Al fiisl ho
iosislod lul lhon agiood lo do so in lho ond. Iov days Ialoi, vhon sonoono knockod on
hoi houso, Chona, }ohnnys vifo, sho lhoughl ho loId hoi innodialoIy vhal happonod
lhal nighl lul sho vas viong. Chona cano jusl lo loII hoi lhal }ohnny vas alduclod.


RLCOMMLNDATION

I do ioconnond lhis look foi vonon vho nood an inspiialion in loing a gioal
nolhoi lo hoi chiIdion and vifo lo hoi husland. Ioi lhoso vonon vho aio sliuggIing in
lhoii ovoiyday Iivos facing lhoii piolIons and foi lhoso vonon vho doosnl havo lho
couiago lo spoak lhoii hoails oul. Ioi lho nolhois vho havo lioulIo in handIing lhoii
kids.
I aIso ioconnond lhis look foi a poison vho vanls lo knov hov lho
govoinnonl affocls oui Iivos and lho socioly as a vhoIo, hov injuslico can havo a chain
lhal lakos Iifo ono-ly-ono and hov inpoilanl il is lo havo lho Hunan Righls.