Read the poem attached which is delved into the experience of martial law and what happened after. It was written using the point of view of a child and his relationship with his father. Answer the following guide questions.

1. How would you describe the persona and the persona's father? How would you

describe their relationship? Would you say that your relationship with your father

is similar or different? Explain.

2. In lines 12-13 in the poem, there is the use of the words “snappy” and“ snapped”,

respectively. What do these words mean? How do they add to the poem in terms

of sound? How do they add to your understanding of the relationship between the

father and the son?

3. Who is Apo in the poem? Cite evidence to support your answer.

4. How would you describe the relationship between the persona’s father and Apo?

What does this tell us about the father’s perspective about martial law?

5. What kind of values does the persona’s father want to teach to his child,

specifically, about what it means to be a man? Do you agree with these values?

Why or why not?

6. Why is Apo compared to the “scary” Jesus in the hallway? What do they seem to

have in common?

7. What do the father, Apo, and the “scary” Jesus have in common?

8. Read the last line of the poem. What does it mean? How does this regulate the

persona’s behavior?

9. Do you think the persona’s perspective about martial law is the same as his

father’s? Why or why not?

10.How does this poem provide you as the reader a glimpse of what martial law was

like? How did the poem make you feel?