Tata Selo by Rogelio Sikat Reaction Paper
The story of Tata Selo by Rogelio Sikat is a story about a poor old man that killed the owner of his land. First of all this story portrays the social injustice in our society. An inequality where if you are poor, your reason will be invalidated. The story also tells us about the mistreatment of police officers to suspects. In the story, Tata Selo was hit by the "Hepe" several times because "Kabesa" is the one that give him his position. It is similar especially to all the brutality and killings by authorities from different administrations in the Philippines. This story also shows the slice of life of being a farmer and not owning the land. There are still a lot of this case in the Philippines in now age especially lands owned by big families. After reading the story, it makes me fell that we need appreciate more the things that we possessed. We are very fortunate because we don't experience those kind of ...