Leadership In Antonio Luna's Heneral Artikulo Uno

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Heneral Luna was not an ideal leader; he didn't appreciate the necessity for charm, persuasion and consensus-building when it comes to leadership. Yet, one can't deny how critical Luna was, despite all his frailties, in securing Philippine independence. Luna's harsh language to ensure military discipline, his constant resort to threats- to prevent insubordination and mobilize troops, and temper -over tribalism and divisions within Filipino leadership, should be seen within the context of the traumas of nation-building, especially when a fledgling nation is confronting one colonizing power after the other while struggling with vicious internal divisions. He had gained the title “Heneral Artikulo Uno” for he always uses this article of the …show more content…

Laureana, starts with their family, their happy moments together, describing all of the distinguishable features of their family. Then she talks about Antonio’s brother, Juan. Making him remember of how and why did he enter that kind of life, was he not satisfied in just being a doctor, perhaps a scientist? This signifies the old myth about Ariande. The hero needs to be enlightened towards his vision. That he mustn’t always look beyond everything that is happening, because you might get lost in the end. Laureana made Antonio understand of what he really need to overcome every battle in his life, and it is not about winning wars, being educated, or politics that will make his vision true. It is just the love that we have inside our hearts. Our love for our family, friends, loved one and even to our country can drive one person to do such things that he is inspired to do for them, and that is all we need. In Campbell’s the The Power of Myth, The belly is a dark place where digestion takes place and new energy is created, but simply it means going somewhere dangerous. In the movie, Heneral Luna was about to get a face-off with Gen. Mascardo at Gua-Gua, but actually it is planned just to make Luna get off the main camp at Bagbag so that the Americans can make their way to overthrow it. In this scenario, Luna faced, defeat and danger and after that he wanted to resign as the General of the Philippine Army and made him one step closer towards his

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