In his introduction to the book, Julián Olivares noted that the title story was one of three, the others being "The Salamanders" and "Zoo Island," which "bring into focus the experience of the migratory cycle." In "The Harvest," "this cycle is enclosed within the greater cycle of life, death and regeneration." Discussing the story's culminating moment of revelation, Olivares commented, "The sense of deracination caused by migrant farmwork is countered by the youngster's awareness of belonging to a world. According to Patricia De La Fuente, who reviewed the book in Western American Literature, "Rivera possesses that rare ability in writers to convert everyday episodes in the lives of ordinary people into small masterpieces of sparse yet often lyrical prose." Moreno said he plans to reopen the park after they have completely addressed its lack of proper sewerage system.The publication of The Harvest: Short Stories five years after Rivera's death cemented his reputation as the foremost chronicler of the Chicano migrant workers' experience. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources indefinitely closed Manila Zoo last January after it discovered the park had been draining untreated sewage to one one of the estuaries leading to Manila Bay. The local chief executive said donations from private firms are welcome to restore the park to its full glory. “It has to be environment-friendly We can enhance this in such a way that students on their regular classes will go here because they have to study biology,” Moreno said in an interview. He previously shared that he wanted Manila Zoo to become an environment-friendly park that families and students could regularly visit. “Parang ang sakit naman noon kung kayo ang malagay sa katayuan noon,” Moreno added. Eh kung ‘yung mga napa-plunder nakakapiyansa, nakakalabas silang pansamantala, ‘yung hayop namin doon, 40, 50 years na,” he said, apparently referring to his predecessor, former Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. Moreno in his first days in office said he wanted to redevelop and repackage the zoo since he “pities” the animals enclosed in the park. Tomas Rivera’s short story, Zoo Island, describes how Mexican immigrants suffered. The immigrants and their children work in the fields, day after day. and then back to their meager camp to sleep. Tomas Riveras own history reflects the situation of his characters. Siy said he shares the same vision with Moreno to make Manila Zoo one of the city’s prime tourist spot once again. His parents were Mexican immigrants and he was born in Texas, 1935. His proposed design was featured on the Facebook page of Discover Manila, a travel and lifestyle blog that “captures the best and undiscovered treasures of Manila.” “My goal was to design Manila Zoo to make it not just a prime tourist destination and center for education, but at the same time to make it the best environment for the animals a place that they can experience the great comfort they feel in their natural habitat,” Siy added. (City of Manila Official Website/Released) Children playing by the entrance of Manila Zoo in Manila. In those days, I realized how my thesis project can be so much more,” he said. “I interviewed staffs and observed the animals and the environment they are in. In another Facebook post, Siy added that he realized his thesis could be “so much more” after he spent significant time in the zoo understanding its state for around a year. I thought that making a thesis project that is close to my heart can motivate me more in making a good design,” Siy continued. “And as I pass by the zoo going to school, seeing it fade through time made me turn it into my thesis project. And I really had a couple of great memories with my family there,” he explained. “Most of the people in my generation would say that Manila Zoo became a big part of my childhood. Siy said he featured Manila Zoo in his thesis since he is an animal lover and a true-blue “Manileño,” based on his interview with a local media outlet.
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