A Filipino poet’s personal history of boyhood poverty, migration to America, and harsh years as a West Coast laborer.
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A Filipino poet’s personal history of boyhood poverty, migration to America, and harsh years as a West Coast laborer.
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"First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well-known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. Bulosan does not spare the reader any of the horrors that accompanied the migrant's life, but his quiet, stoic voice is the most convincing witness to the terrible events he witnessed"--
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Sexual content
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Prostitution depicted; narrator narrowly escapes sexual assault in a shelter
Violence & gore
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Uprisings, murder, beatings, and bloody cockfights; frequent traumatic violence
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central focus on labor rights, racism, class struggle, and immigrant exploitation
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Pervasive poverty, racism, sexual coercion, child hardship, and systemic cruelty
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