{"product_id":"the-preying-birds-9789815017847","title":"The Preying Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eMando Plaridel is the lead character in this novel of social consciousness. His character combines the qualities found in Simoun and Ibarra, the two lead characters in national hero Jose Rizal's novels: \u003ci\u003eNoli Me Tangere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEl Filibusterismo\u003c\/i\u003e. Ibarra is the passive character in Rizal's novels, while Simoun is the active propagandist who wakes up the people from their centuries-old sleep under Spanish colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMando starts out as Andoy, a houseboy in the house of the powerful Montero family. He works hard and gets himself a good education. After the war, society begins to know him as the brave editor of the \u003ci\u003eKampilan\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper. He later becomes involved in the problems of the farmers with the abusive Monteros.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from an omniscient point of view, Hernandez is able to enter the consciousness of the wealthy characters. He shows how the ruling classes--the politicians, landowners, judges, deputies and the bishops--only protect their own interests, that is why they do not want to change the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Sabio is the progressive president of a university founded by Mando, who used the treasure thrown into the sea at the end of Rizal's novel to help improve society. The money is used to fund Freedom University and set up the brave newspaper \u003ci\u003eKampilan.\u003c\/i\u003e The novel points to the cooperative system of land ownership as the way out for the landless poor. The novel implies that change can only begin when the eyes of society have finally been opened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789815017847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 468","brand":"Amado V. Hernandez, Danton Remoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180750733493,"sku":"9789815017847","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_93121658-802a-4208-81bd-338cf1895bf8.jpg?v=1697518788","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-preying-birds-9789815017847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}