Jolography ( An Analysis and Reflection)

 Bonsato, Alona N.
BSED-ENGLISH 3A


ANALYSIS: 


The poem Jolography written by Jose Manalo seems like describing the language and the style of communication that some Filipinos are using especially in the area of Manila. The people being described in the poem were also called as "Jologs" refering to a person who talks using the language of both mixed English and Filipino. As I observed in the poem, some  words are exaggeratedly used in communication. Maybe the people being described in the poem are trying to speak English without making sense of their grammar. 


The scenario in the poem somehow comparable to the common scenario when we Filipinos are talking to "foreigners" who visited in our country. There are times that these foreigners asked us for the location and we, Filipinos tried our best to answer their question in the basic English we knew without really giving care to our grammar and pronunciation because we, ourselves struggling to use the English language.

 Jolography depicts the reality also of Filipinos because the poem described some activities happened in some part in Manila. Specifically, the poet characterize the person in the poem as stubborn doing improper and illegal activities such as using rugby, clubing, and picpocketing. The poet also described how these people cloth and  behave as he mentioned " a jolog with inverted cap, wearing all Smiles" that means being high. Generally, the poem does not talk about the "Jologs" person and it's not just about how they use the language but the poem also allow us to see the reality happening in the city or rural area.


REFLECTION 

"In a breakaway movement, we're the shake
to the motive pockets, to the max"
These lines described the action of a person that was having a motive to snatch pockets. "In a breakaway movement, we're the shake" meant how fast the crime happened. This line from the poem Jolography somewhat depicts the real scenario here in the Philippines where there are many crimes or illegal activities happened. And what could be the main reason for this? Basically, what comes to my mind is poverty. 

As we all know, Philippines has been one of the top countries listed as undeveloped nation. Up until now we are still belong to one of the poorest country. And so, the poem also serve as a wake up call to everyone that our country is still struggling and this is a huge problem that a government should respond to. The government should see poverty as the major problem in our nation and they should find ways such as programs that help address the problem. 

On the other side, the grammatical errors that those "jologs" characterized by, I think  this is one of the problem here in the Philippines also, that many are not good in English grammar. And this reflect to how some Filipinos give importance to education. Because the jolography itself is somewhat a representation that Filipinos are not good in grammar and that some tried hard to speak in English just to make them feel good about themselves without minding the grammar. 

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