ium ▁poison ing . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Category : Groups ▁( period ic ▁table ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Lu ha ▁ng ▁Bu way a ▁or , ▁" C roc od ile ' s ▁T ear " ▁in ▁translation , ▁is ▁a ▁novel ▁written ▁by ▁Pal an ca ▁A war de e ▁and ▁Filip ino ▁novel ist ▁Am ado ▁V . ▁Hern ande z . ▁It ▁consists ▁of ▁ 5 3 ▁chap ters . ▁The ▁story ▁is ▁about ▁poor ▁far mers ▁unit ing ▁against ▁the ▁gre edy ▁des ires ▁of ▁the ▁prominent ▁family ▁of ▁the ▁Grand es . ▁ ▁In ▁Filip ino ▁id i oms , ▁" c roc od iles " ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁symbol ize ▁those ▁people ▁who ▁are ▁cor rupt . ▁The ▁" bu way a " ▁( c roc od ile ) ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁Grand es ▁family , ▁who ▁were ▁gre edy ▁for ▁money . ▁ ▁Description ▁Lu ha ▁ng ▁Bu way a , ▁together ▁with ▁Hern ande z ' s ▁other ▁novel ▁M ga ▁Ib ong ▁Mand ar agit , ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁personal ▁experiences ▁while ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁B ilib id ▁Pr ison ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁until ▁his ▁release ▁on ▁par ole ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁about ▁pe as ants ▁from ▁a ▁bar rio ▁and ▁their ▁leader , ▁in ▁the ▁person ▁of ▁a ▁school ▁teacher , ▁fighting ▁against ▁opp ression ▁and ▁gre ed . ▁ ▁Through ▁their