Macarthur ni bob ong book report

Macarthur by bob ong students corner books in my baggage. But i think it is very shallow and there is a deeper meaning for choosing the title. The book is metaphorically based on what general douglas macarthur said in 1942 as he left the philippine islands during world war ii in the attempt of organizing the american offensive against japan to help the philippines in its cause. Abnkkbsnplako by bob ong, bakit baliktad magbasa ng libro ang mga pilipino. Macarthur by filipino writer bob ong is a short powerful novel about four boys raised in manilas urban jungle. The story revolves around the manila slum where the main characters noel, cyrus, voltron and jim lives in. As with all bob ong s published novels, it is notable for its use of contemporary street filipino words. Just buy the book i think its available in all bookstores nationwide.

Bob ong uses humor in this story not to entertain people but to inform them the reality and meaning of this text. It is also notable for its departure from the usual bob ong formula of using humor to comment on the various ironies of filipino culture. Masasabi kong may kakaibang kwela at hitik sa istorya ang hatid ng libro ni bob ong. Macarthur or the red book is a 2007 novel by filipino author bob ong. The book is basically all about the ills of mass media that you wish would change. How the mysterious bob ong got his penname the philippine star january 10, 2016 9. Macarthur is a novel written by a filipino author bob ong in 2007. For example, the sales of macarthur book goes to gawad kalinga. Macarthur is slang for human fecal material that refuses to get flushed, emerging and floating in interface between the air and water in the toilet bowel. It was written in filipino and depicts the culture and reality happening here in the philippines. Entitled mcarthur is the 6 th book, if not mistaken, of bob ong. I read it early this morning and finished the rest of it after sunday service. Bob ong s sixth book, macarthur is unique among all the stories he did because it is dramatic in nature but still used his famous style, humor and combined it with the sociopolitical concept of the story.