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    Jhovie Ann A. Espeña Professor Nestor Josef Mercado World Literature 16 October 2021

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    The document summarizes the use of force in different contexts. It discusses a short story about a doctor forcibly treating a sick child, and how the doctor's actions were unprofessional. It then discusses the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos and how the media was forcibly silenced. Finally, it analyzes President Duterte's war on drugs policy and how suspected drug users are being forcibly killed, even after surrendering to authorities. The document concludes that while force can be justified in some situations, it is often abusive and not a real solution, and understanding is needed rather than force.

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    The document summarizes the use of force in different contexts. It discusses a short story about a doctor forcibly treating a sick child, and how the doctor's actions were unprofessional. It then discusses the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos and how the media was forcibly silenced. Finally, it analyzes President Duterte's war on drugs policy and how suspected drug users are being forcibly killed, even after surrendering to authorities. The document concludes that while force can be justified in some situations, it is often abusive and not a real solution, and understanding is needed rather than force.

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    PAGE 1

    Jhovie Ann A. Espeña

    Professor Nestor Josef Mercado

    World Literature

    16 October 2021

    Freedom is just an imagination

    The use of force of William Carlos Williams is a short story that narrates the conflict

    between a doctor and his little girl patient which is sick. The story points out that sometimes,

    using force is good. In the story however, the way on how he implemented it in his patient is

    unprofessional and wrong, even though the intention was good. It also pointed out the

    difficulties of a person in separating emotion and standard. In the beginning, the doctor

    approached the child very professionally. Over time, the child became more and more

    defensive to the point that the doctor didn’t control her which the reason why the doctor

    began to get mad at her.

    The story made me realize that using force to someone is justifiable if it’s for his own

    good, but this is not applied to everyone. There are only certain situations that can be applied

    for that. For example, when I was a child, I didn’t want to eat because I wanted to play. My

    mother coaxed me to eat first before I played. I didn't want to listen to her but instead force on

    with what I want. She didn’t control me so she has beaten me, and told me that my action

    wasn't right. After that she was trying again to convince me to eat, and finally I obeyed her

    because I don’t want to be beaten again. Using force by our parents is also a way to

    communicate that we should become better and to learn from our mistakes. However, the

    overuse of it is the one I’m against with.


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    Here in the Philippines, there are situations that use force, and that happened during

    the Martial Law. Former President Ferdinand Marcos declared dictatorship on September 21,

    1972. According to Camille Elemia, the media during that regime was forced to be silent, and by

    that time he shut down ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation and Associated Broadcasting

    Corporation (ABC) facilities. That included radio stations such as DZMT, DZTM and DZWS, which

    are the sister radio stations in Davao City, Cebu City, Laoag City and Dagupan City. Never forget

    Channel 5 and its sister TV stations in the cities of Davao and Cebu. He said that this network

    had been utilized as imperative instruments in the death endeavor against the President of the

    Republic of the Philippines by censuring him. Because of that, almost 10,000 people lost their

    jobs, according to Filipino Author E. San Juan Jr, citing reports from the International Press

    Institute and the Press Foundation of Asia.

    Actually, there is a situation now in the Philippines which is using overuse of force, and

    that is the war on drug program of President Duterte. That means, if someone doesn't want to

    surrender to police, he will be killed by the police. “President Rodrigo Duterte has urged the

    killing of drug addicts “to save the next generation from perdition” … At least 7,000 suspected

    drug users and pushers have been killed by police or unidentified vigilantes since July. Some

    victims include those who have voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. Many fear that

    implicating yourself might actually put you more at risk.” (Weiss B, 2017). President Duterte

    force people to change by killing them, even though his intention was good but the way how

    people force to change wasn’t good.


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    Overuse of force is not a solution, it is abusive. Using force to someone is good

    sometimes, but we should know our limits. Albert Einstein once said that peace cannot be kept

    by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

    References:

    Elemia, C. (2020, September 19). FAST FACTS: How Marcos silenced, controlled the

    media during Martial Law. Rappler. https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/how-marcos-

    silenced-media-press-freedom-martial-law

    Weiss, B. (2017, April 11). How to rehabilitate addicts in the Philippines’ vicious drug

    war? The World from PRX. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-11/how-rehabilitate-addicts-

    philippines-vicious-drug-war

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