{"id":15,"date":"2015-10-01T00:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/?p=15"},"modified":"2015-10-01T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T01:11:26","slug":"a-martyrs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"A Martyr’s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi for my literature class. This is a graphic narrative of\u00a0the author\u2019s childhood experience in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. What drew me to the book is the protagonist\u2019s perspective of the horrific events and the way it was told.<\/p>\n

What struck me the most, however, is the quote: \u201cTo Die A Martyr Is To Inject Blood Into The Veins Of Society.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

I read this quote a number of times to try to decipher what it means. When I did make sense of it, I asked myself: h<\/em>ow does a martyr\u2019s death affect society?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The late Sen. Benigno \u201cNinoy\u201d Aquino Jr. FILE PHOTO<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

This reminded me of one of the most iconic person in the Philippines,\u00a0Benigno Aquino Jr<\/strong>. From the year 1972 to 1981, the Philippines was under the Marcos regime. Corruption, extravagance, and brutality were Marcos\u2019\u00a0expertise. Freedom of the press was shut down. Curfew was implemented. Filipinos\u2019 freedom were barely felt. The whole nation was under martial law which meant that political power was with the military alongside the current president.<\/p>\n

\"Assassination<\/a>

Assassination captured on video through RPN Channel 9<\/p><\/div>\n

Benigno Aquino Jr. who was a political elite was Marcos\u2019 worst critic and enemy, so he caught the media\u2019s attention right away. He was one of the best public speaker with an intelligent mind. When the current president declared martial law, he was his first target. He was arrested and imprisoned for allegedly possessing firearms and murder, was found guilty by a military court, and spent over seven years in prison. Due to a heart failure, he was permitted to go to the United States to have surgery in the conditions that he will not speak ill of the Philippine government while he\u2019s there and that he will not return to his home country. But the stubborn man he was, he spread the truth about Marcos dictatorship in the Western world<\/a> and\u00a0came back to his nation where he was assassinated. Filipinos were devastated but most of all, enraged. This led to a historical event that would never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

\"Ninoy's<\/a>

Ninoy’s funeral march on August 31, 1983 (Photo taken from Ninoy: Ideals & Ideologies 1932-1983)<\/p><\/div>\n

The EDSA People Power\u00a0Revolution erupted as a result of a martyr\u2019s death. The whole nation showed the world the true power of democracy and how Benigno Aquino Jr.\u2019s death injected blood into their veins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

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  1. http:\/\/www.notablebiographies.com\/An-Ba\/Aquino-Benigno.html<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. http:\/\/biography.yourdictionary.com\/articles\/biography-of-ninoy-aquino.html<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. http:\/\/www.ninoyaquino.ph\/about-ninoy-timeline.html<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. http:\/\/www.philippine-history.org\/edsa-people-power-revolution.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I just finished reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi for my literature class. This is a graphic narrative of\u00a0the author\u2019s childhood experience in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. What drew me to the book is the protagonist\u2019s perspective of the horrific events and the way it was told. What struck me the most, however, is the quote: \u201cTo Die A Martyr Is To Inject Blood Into The Veins Of Society.\u201d I read this quote a number of times to try to decipher what it means. When I did make…read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[831545],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astu","et-no-image","et-bg-layout-dark","et-white-bg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tbarrozo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}