write a close analysis about their works cite your understanding each of the following literary pieces.
1.The Bread of Salt by: NVM Gonzales
2. I Saw the Fall of the Philippines by: Carlos P. Romulo
3.Footnote to Youth by: Jose Garcia Villa
4. The Mats by: Francisco Arcellana
1.The Bread of Salt by: NVM Gonzales
2. I Saw the Fall of the Philippines by: Carlos P. Romulo
3.Footnote to Youth by: Jose Garcia Villa
4. The Mats by: Francisco Arcellana
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1 The Bread of Salt is a coming of age story by Filipino national artist Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez. It is about a fourteen-year-old male narrator who falls for Aida, the niece of a Spaniard plantation owner, and who realizes that this girl is out of his league.
2. This is an eye-witness account of the Battle of the Philippines, down through the author's thrilling escape on the last plane from Bataan and again on the last plane from Mindanao. His book is of particular significance because of Col. Romulo's close association with the men who were directing that campaign.
3. Footnote to Youth” is a 1932 short story set in the Philippines and centered on Dodong, a farmer's son who marries young. When seventeen-year-old Dodong decides to marry his sweetheart, Teang, his father feels that Dodong is too young to marry but is unable to stop him.
4. Marcelina's father comes home from a trip to Manila with beautiful hand-made sleeping mats for each member of his large family, including the three daughters who died when they were very young