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Frod Batod
Frod Batod
Espanyol na ginagamit ang relihiyon upang apihin at abusuhin ang iba at upang busugin ang sarili
sa pagkain, salapi, at babae. Ang pangalan ng fraile ay hango sa salitang Hiligaynon na “botod” na
nangangahulugang bundat o malaki ang tiyan dahil sa sobrang pagkain.
Sinabing ang mga pagbisita ni Lopez Jaena sa mga mahirap at karaniwang tao sa Jaro, Iloilo noong
kabataan niya ang nagmulat sa kaniya sa mga kawalan ng katarungan sa paligid at nagtulak sa
kaniyang isulat ang Fray Botod sa edad na 18. (KLL) ed VSA
Rizal conceded that the blame for the mental indolence of the
masses rested largely with the friars and the dire education system.
But the masses themselves, he evidently believed, were also
culpable, for they suffered from an acute inability to think
independently and rationally. Quite often, he lamented,” ‘their
intelligence cannot grasp the true meaning of Christian doctrines”
and so ‘they kneel down instead of inquiring and examining their
beliefs.
Whether propagandists such as Rizal were writing from a politically
reformist or separatist stance with regard to Spanish colonialism, the
main thrust of their critique was consistent: clerical rule, or ‘monastic
supremacy’, was keeping the Philippines mired in backwardness,
poverty and ignorance.
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY:Graciano
Lopez Jaena's
Fray Botod
introduces the
stereotypical
Spanish friar who
uses religion as
atool for oppressing
others in order to
satiate his appetite
for food, money and
women. This friar
stereotype later
became thesymbol
of the Spanish
regime in
thePhilippines. The
sketches in
Fray Botod
, told through a
dialog between
aFilipinoand his
liberal Spanish
friend, illustrate
the vile
character of the
friar through
various situations.
These situations
include
havingimmoral
relationships with
young girls called
canding-canding
, threatening and
punishing some
students from the
Universityof Manila,
neglecting his
duties as a parish
priest in favor of
gambling,
conducting his
business unfairly,
and barbarouslypuni
shing
anIndiolabourer who
failed to work at his
estate for three
days because of his
sick wife.
Tiyak na marami ang umiidolo kay Andres dahil sa katapangan niya at kahandaan na humawak ng
armas para ipaglaban ang kalayaan. Pero maliban sa tapang at away, dapat tandaan at higit na dapat
tularan ang pagiging masigasig ni Andres bilang karaniwang Pinoy na mapagmahal sa kaniyang
pamilya.