Thursday, June 25, 2009

Writers in English in the Postwar Period...











Carlos Bulosan


Once I’ve read the life of Carlos Bulosan, I was inspired, because of the struggle he experienced in his life, the discrimination he felt make him stand on his feet alone. He left the country to find the salvation of the economic depression of his home. He arrived in Seattle where in there he forces to work in low paying jobs than being a jobless one. In many years of discrimination, he undergoes the surgery of tuberculosis and in the hospital for two years; he took the advantage of reading one book per day. It really amazed me because overall he read 365

books in a year. For this he became the voice concerning the struggles of Filipinos, he lives in. I learned that we can all be famous in our own ways, even those who are illiterate that cannot afford studying in schools can be successful.


(Source: wikipedia.org:Carlos Bulosan. 30 April 2009 at 00:38..

< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Bulosan>.)


Picture source: http://www.bulosan.org/assets/images/carlos.jpg


















Bienvenido Santos



Life of Bienvenido Santos was totally a different Story compared to Carlos Bulosan who can’t afford studying in schools. But then Santos is really a good writer because he studied in different known universities in united states where as he is also a scholar there. He also studied in University of the Philippines where he received the bachelor degree. He received several Palanca awards for his stories; also receive doctorate degree in humanities. He is so admiring huh What I have learned in his life is that we need to strive harder to achieve our goals and give much effort on it, life is really difficult, we should be serious about it. Life is challenging us to learn that every single effort we give, after all it has a price. We can also pursue our dreams if we love what we are doing so.



(Source: wikipedia.org:Bienvenido Santos. 16 June 2009 at 08:37.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienvenido_Santos>.)


Picture source: http://www.thewilyfilipino.com/images/santos.jpg