Book Review of Desaparesidos

Republic of the Philippines
Tarlac State University

College of Education
Lucinda Campus, Tarlac City
Chapter 12
DESAPARESIDOS
Prepared by: Patricia Iris V. Razon

BSED 1D-1
Prepared for: Mr. Jose Angel D. Zaballa
Instructor
September 27,2013
I.
Title:
Desaparesidos
II.
Author:
Lualhati Bautista
CachoPublishhing House, 2007
III.
Characters
a. Nonong- First husband of Anna who was killed by the military whose
body was displayed at the town plaza.
b. KaLeila/Anna- Member of the activists who is the wife of Nonong and
soon when Nonong died became the wife of Roy. She is the mother whos
searching for her long lost daughter, Malaya.
c. Roy- Member of the activists who is the husband of Anna, their daughter
is Lourie. His whole family was killed by the military during a raid in their
Baryo.
d. Malaya- the long lost and long been searched daughter of Anna. She is a
daughter of Anna from Nonong. She grew upin Canada with Karla/ Sonia
not with her real mother, Anna.
e. Lourie- daughter of Roy and Anna. She did not grow up in the hands of
her parents most especially not with her father thats why she has a hard
feeling for her parents.
f. Eman- Childhood friend of Lourie. He was the only person with whom
Lourie felt a sense of belonging.
g. TatayDencio- Father of Nonong who was also killed because he did not
give any information about his son, Nonong who is a member of the
activists.
h. Tatay Manuel- Father of Roy who made way to escape Karla, her daughter
on her womb and Malaya. He was killed with all the members of his
family except for Roy during a raid in their Baryo.
i. Lito- Member of the Activists who was also caught by the Military. It was
Roy who tortured him as commanded by the military to him.
j. Sister Lourdes- a nun who helps for the victims of the Martial Law.
IV.
Plot/ Summary
It all started with a woman named Ana. She lived on the time of
Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos administration. She is a member of
the activists. His husband Nonong was an activist too which caused him to
be killed by the military and have his body displayed at the town plaza.
Anna has a baby that time. On the other hand, here comes Roy, a member
of the activists too. Since Anna has a baby and she cannot take care of it,
Roy offered that her baby, named Malaya would be taken care of by his
Family. Anna left her Malaya with Karla, the wife of Jinky, a member of
the activists too who is unexpectedly pregnant.
One night there was a raid on Roys familys baryo. But before that
Tatay Manuel, the father of Roy, had made a way to escape Karla, her
daughter on her womb and Malaya from the baryo that will be raided by
the military as expected by them because the preceded baryo was already
in raid. Unexpectedly in that raid, each and every member of the family of
Roy was all killed by the merciless mind and unpitying hands and hearts
of the Military. Roy had heard about this, his anger and madness was on
the top of his head with fierce mind seeking for a very big revenge
thinking and having his mind not yet accepted the truth that his whole
family was killed without the capacity to fight back to those powerful
military. Since Anna also knew and heard about the shocking news, she
worried so much because her daughter, Malaya was with Karla on the
house of Roys family. She then decided to seek and find her daughter in
the midst of nowhere to start.
She went down from their hideout place with Jinky hoping
that they both would still see their loved ones. What was shocking is that
when they are almost on the place where there is their connection from the
group, there were Military on the front gate with their vehicle. Since they
just got down from the tricycle, and they do not have any vehicle they just
ran as fast as they could. Unfortunately they were still caught. Anna
experienced a lot and a very big torture from the military. She did not just
get kicks and punches with so much discomfort and pain but moreover her
whole naked body was shown off to the Military. And theres more,
unbelievably, one military placed something on her sex organ and she is
sure that it is not another sex organ. All the military came laughing about
her. On the other hand, here was Jinky who has also experienced a big
torture where in not just simple kicks and punches but unmercilessly his
sex organ was electrified. This caused him to burst out and had betrayal in
replace for his salvation and thought the Military the hide out of their
group. Since the Military had known it, they came there and surprisingly,
with Jinky.
The whole group were all shocked and uncertain how the hell
Jinky ever did that to them. They were all angry about him. They were all
put to jail and were also tortured. One time it was Roy, who tortured Lito,
another loyal member of the activists. And it was such a big heavy feeling
that he was the one who did that as ordered by the Military. They were
place in the jail wherein it was stiff and too cold and there were no pillows
and blankets available to be given to them. They were all puzzled where
Jinky was. He was given the freedom because he allied with the
government already and has fully betrayed his group. All the while Roy
had known this and has made a way to escape from that jail. Successfully
he did. On the other side Anna was also freed legally from the jail.
Anna and Roy lived together and realized that they love each other.
They made love that sprung out for them to have a daughter who is
Lorena. Unfortunately she did not grow up with her parents and with this
she had learned to have a big anger for the both. Since Anna was already
free, she sought and never stopped looking for her daughter, Malaya.
Many years had passed, one time there was a general assembly for
all the victims of the torture and hardships of the Martial Law. She met a
Chosen Chapter
Chapter 12
a. Summary
General Assembly or Meeting of Victims of the Martial Law,
this is the occasion that day wherein more or less ten thousand people
attended to file a case and claim that they were one of those victims.
Anna is so busy in giving forms to the victims and too busy looking on
each and every faces of the visitors having with her the hope that she
might still see Karla. She has a heavy feeling because it has been long
since she and her daughter has not been in good terms. Shed like to
ask for forgiveness from her daughter but then every time she tries,
Louries door is locked. One night she twisted Louries door and it did
not open. She asked if Louries inside. She screamed. Louries not
answering. She is in a big panic and then immediately gets the extra
key for that door. When she opened it, she found Lourie inside lying in
the bed. As expected, Lourie became very angry for the second time.
They fought again with each other having Lourie shouting on her own
mother. She is too mad having the reason that she was not given
privacy on what her parents were doing. Roy and Anna went in the
next room after that. They can hear Louries shouts for madness. When
Anna is about to go out and make her calm down, Roy shouted. He
claims that Lourie wont understand her way of being concerned, her
fear and her way of securing her daughter.
Later on, Anna met Emily. Her parents were also victims of the
hardships and tortures of the Martial Law. She was a friend and a
classmate of Jinky when they were still young. With her, Anna got the
information needed and the idea that gave her hope that she can still
find her find her daughter, Malaya. Anna and Ron soon decided to
travel unto Jinkysparents province. Lourie was left home alone in
their house. While Anna and Roy were on the bus, she can feel the
warmth love of Roy that even just once for a long period of time, Roy
and her life are still connected.

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