Ibong Adarna

by Anonymous, Antonio Buenaventura, Vitaliana Pineda

Corrido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan nang tatlong Principeng Magcacapatid na Anac nang Haring Fernando at nang Reina Valeriana sa Cahariang Berbania

Genres: Classics, Poetry, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Read For School, Adventure

198 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 27, 2006

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Krystine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Juan is such a playboy =))

[Jireh]

UGH FINALLY FINISHED THIS

I like that the Adarna House publication has summaries and insights for every part. I think Almario's words put this work into a more palatable light than it would had I read it without his thoughts. That said, I practically forgot all about the third part where Don Juan completely shifts from the role of the hero to the role of buffoon lol

I know we should try not to apply modern morality to old writing but man. This was a trip.

[Annika · Rating 3 out of 5]

story's great and magical and everything but I did not understand a thing.

[fooleveunder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unang beses kong basahin ito maliban sa pagkakataong ipabása nang mandatoryo noog high school. Ang unang yugto lang ng korído ang natatandaan ko. Akala ko, ang paghúli ni Don Juan sa Adarna ang siyang wakas. Di ko alam kung bakit hindi ko alam ang yugto 2–4 gayong nakikinig naman ako noon sa guro ko.

Sa apat na yugto ng korído, unti-unti akong nawawalan ng interes sa kuwento. Kung pagsusunod-sunurin ang magagandang yugto túngo sa di ko nagustuhan, ito ay magiging 1, 2, 3, at 4. Nawala na ang papel ng Adarna sa yugto 2 pataas. Minimal lang ang ginawa ng ibon tulad ng pagtakas at pag-utos kay Don Juan. Gayong Ibong Adarna ang pamagat ng korído, tunay ngang ang orihinal nitong ngalan ay Korído na Pinagdaanang Búhay ng Tatlong Prinsipeng . . . .

Ang 1034 na saknong ay mapapaiksi pa sana. Napahabà lang sa muling pagsasalaysay ng mga tauhan sa pangyayari. Paulit-ulit din ang takbo ng istorya: mula sa pagpapasahan ng mga ermitanyo at maski ang pagbibigay ng pagsubok ng hari na nakayayamot dahil batid ko na’ng mangyayári.

Kinasisiyahan ko pa naman ang katauhan ni Don Juan bílang dalisay na tao sa una at ikalawang yugto ngunit nag-iba na ang paningin ko sa kaniya sa hulíng dalawang bahagi ng kuwento. Hindi ako nalulugod sa mga istoryang pagpipili ng babae o kung anumang mala-teleseryeng tema ng pag-ibig.

Gayumpaman, maganda ang mga komento ni Ginoong Almario. Maigi kung basahin ito pagkatapos mong mabása ang bawat yugto. Natuwa rin ako sa pagpapayaman ng bokabularyo ko dahil sa malalalim sa salitâng nandito. Malaking bagay ang talasalitaan sa dulo.

[Jayson Macapagal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ibong Adarna is a epic story written in poem by unknown author. It's a required reading material in highschool with 'Florante and Laura' (Francisco Balagtas), 'Noli Me Tangere' (Jose Rizal) and 'El Filibusterismo' (Jose Rizal).

I can't understand why this is a obligatory for students to read. Too many cliche and flaws, but what do you expect from a traditional story? Like reading a fairy tale with the same old plot pattern. I didn't like the second half of the book where the bird had escaped and to look for it again... Then, the love stories — can't find the connection between those; pretty lame. And why the author didn't gave chances to Don Pedro and Don Diego from the first part of story? Only Don Juan met the old wise man that gave him advices on how to capture the bird. Actually, can capture the first time his brother saw it if only knew how to... (or they're too evil and eventually will refuse and turn down the old wise man even if they'd found him?). But, I did like the character of Don Juan: I think the author wants to show us, even good people are not perfect (off course nothing's perfect!), and can sometimes make decisions that are not morally accepted in the society. The three brothers are complicated, described how human behaviour changed by circumstances they went through.

Overall, it's decent; weird though.

[Veroe Paren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Isn't funny how filipinos are having a hard time reading this in filipino? But i bet you that they can easily understand king james english. How the f is that possible? Filipino language should be taught seriously. And they should stop doing that taglish bullsh*t. Always mixing english to their language and not even bother translating english word into tagalog is literally one of the main reasons why the filipino language is getting destroyed.

Almost 400 years of foreign occupation yet the colonizers never managed to destroy their language, but after they became independent, it is the filipinos themselves who's destroying it.

[Hera Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ito yung akda na hindi ko talaga masyadong nagustuhan sa apat na Obra Maestrang kailangan isapuso naming mga Filipino Majors. Bakit ba ayaw hindi malapit ang puso ko dito? Kasi nga makikita sa akdang ito na ang mga kababaihan ay talagang madaling madala ng mga kalalakihan na halatang-halata naman sa magkakapatid na Juana at Leonora, basahin niyo ulit

[Jessica Lagarto · Rating 5 out of 5]

very nice

[Antonio Gabriel · Rating 2 out of 5]

A Filipino Epic that shows a weird and slow build up that leads to nothing. But I can see this in Grade 3...

[Sean Kayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

[mia]

for school

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read during highschool for school. Kept the book with me, because how beautiful the poems was written

[Arielle Rae Aguilar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember reading this in Filipino class and I also remember how interesting this was! The only problem was that it was really hard to 'sink into it' for me because, well, this is embarassing... Because it was pretty hard to understand, and I had to read it out loud in my head (so its very slow progress). Even if I have lived in the Philippines most of my life, it has always been hard for me to read whole books in Filipino, since I have always read books in English. It was a very intesting story though, and it had a satisfactorily HEA. The story itself reminds me of another fairytale, although I cant think of it now...
Overall, a good read, although I do wish it would be translated to English (sorry!)

[Ann Jenelle Rotol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hindi naman kahanga-hangang bida si Juan. Bakit kaya ito yung kailangang ipabasa sa mga first year high school. Lahat kaya ng gumawa ng dapat gawin ni Juan ay si Maria. At dahil sa kapalpakan ni Juan e, nawalan pa tuloy ng daliri si Maria. Ano kaya yun? Ano ba yan?

Pero ok din naman ito. Kasi may mga values ka pa ring matututunan. Tulad na lang ng pagpapasikat ng anak para makuha ang pagmamahal ng kanilang magulang. Nangyayari sa totoong buhay yon di ba? O kaya, may mga magulang lang talagang alam ng mapanganib e pinapapunta pa nila ang mga anak nila doon. Haha, joke lang! Pero ok din to. Filipino tayo e! Kailangan magbigay suporta! :))

[Mariel Macatangay]

Too deep Filipino words..

[Chiara Sauveterre]

This is fucking stupid i give it a zero

[Nona Mey]

good