Group 3

Alimon, Cindy Mae

Bedayo, Ryan Paul

Mahilum, Aionah Mei

Mande, Mary Releen

Natiag, Erica Bliss

GROUP THOUGHT PAPER. In your respective groups, discuss the question and then write a paper on the
topic. “Given the characteristics of literature and the hazards of translation, is Republic Act 1425
realistic? Why or why not?”. Answer this question from your perspective as a student. The paper must
not be more than 1,500 words.

There are laws being imposed by the government to help in the upholding of the must-have
significant characteristics of the Filipinos that will consequently result in the preservation of these things
within the heart and mind of every individual. One law to corroborate this is the Republic Act 1425
otherwise known as the “Republic Act 1425” which makes the reading of Rizal’s life and works
mandatory in all public and private colleges and state universities in the Philippines. This move by “Jose
Rizal” is very timely, especially that if not taken into consideration as early as now, we wouldn’t have
something to expect in the future for there are certain possibilities that linger around us and that could
make the essence of this law fade into the background together with its purported reasons. In the very
first place, the law intends to inculcate to the students the values and characteristics that Rizal himself
had naturally epitomized, and for all of us, is it as realistic as making this all possible?

Characteristics of literature as we have learned tells us that literature is a reflection of society.

Literature also projects the virtues or good values in the society for people to imitate. However, the
hazards of translation (in the line of the expurgated novels) showcased the losing of the true meaning
along the way, biases the author in relating actual situations, and it also leads to creating the
comparison.