Mga Ibong Mandaragit
[1] The narrative, illustrates Hernandez's yearning for change and the elevation of the status of Philippine society and living conditions of Filipinos.[3] Hernandez's novel also tackles the lead character's search for Simoun's treasure, acting as a continuation of Rizal's El Filibusterismo.Mando became a guerrilla when he was betrayed to the Japanese by his boss, Don Segundo Montero, a rich landowner, merchant and collaborator who lived along Manila Bay.As a wealthy landowner obsessed with maintaining social status, Don Segundo Montero made an agreement with the new Japanese conquerors.Don Segundo Montero reiterated his ability to make friends with the Americans after they defeated the Japanese in their return to the Philippines.Tata Matyas also believed that all heroes – aside from Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Apolinario Mabini – should be role models for the Filipino people.That is why the social subject presented to the government, the asenderos and the merchants of the associations of farmers in the fields and the workers in the city do not disappear.