My Martial Law Baby

(Comprehension Questions)

1. Why does the speaker start with a quote from Jose Garcia

Villa? What does the quote mean?

2. Why does the speaker ask a series of questions to

the martial law baby?

3. What items does the speaker mention? What idea

is being conveyed by the mentioning of these items?

4. What are the characteristics of a martial

law baby based on the questions the speaker asks?

5. Considering your answer to question number 4, why does the

speaker advise the martial law baby to “grow up, grow up”?

6. What does the last line of the fifth stanza mean? What does this

say about the speaker’s observation on a martial law

baby?

7. Why does the speaker wish the martial law baby luck? What is the good luck for when he advises him

or her to grow up?

8. What does the last line suggest? What idea does it give regarding

martial law babies and the period they were born in?

9. How do you think are millennials different from or similar to martial law babies? What do you think has brought forth these similarities and

differences?

10. Why is it important to study about the kind of young people in every

generation? What do the characteristics of each generation tell about the kind of citizens they will be when they become

adults?