TATA SELO By: Rogelio Sikat
I feel pity for Tata Selo, I pity a murderer like him. Even though murder is a crime, I can't help but pity Tata Selo. I also feel sad an angered that the reality of injustice can push even old frail men to do most heinous of things such as murder. I pity him for experiencing cruelities such as having his land taken due to poverty, being physically assualted and going to prison for defending himself. The Tata Selo's Story by Rogelio Sikat represents a reality wherein the social rank of a person differs the way of treatment he or she receives in that certain society. Tata Selo embodied the life of a mere commoner with an underprivileged way of living due to certainpersonal matters. Meanwhile Kabesang Tano personifies a person in that certain society that has a h...