John Christoper U.
Ocampo BS CRIM-1K
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Identify (1)political, (1)social, and (1)cultural local or global events that influenced
Rizal during the 19th century. (10pts)
Political
One of the main reasons I
believe why Rizal wrote Noli
me tangere and El filibusterismo
was to expose the evils of
Spanish rule in the Philippines.
It establishes Rizal's reputation
as the leading spokesman of the
Philippine reform movement.
Hoping to demonstrate that the
indigenous peoples here in our
country had a long history
before the arrival of the
Spaniards, Rizal rose the
reputation as the leader of the
Propaganda Movement, writing
numerous pieces for its
newspaper, La Solidaridad.
Rizal's political program
included the Philippines'
incorporation as a province of
Spain and representation in the
Cortes. The replacement of
Spanish friars with Filipino
priests so freedom of assembly
and expression, equality, and
equality before the law for
Filipinos and Spaniards. This
civic movement advocated
social reforms through legal
means. Now Rizal was
considered even more of a threat
by the Spanish authorities. It
eventually led to his exile in
Dapitan, northern Mindanao.
While Rizal was in Cuba, the
Katipunan was in the throes of a
full-fledged revolution, and
Rizal was accused of being a
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Social
I believe that one of the reasons
Rizal embraced the identity of being
an Indio was because they continued
to mistreat the true Indios. It is worth
noting that the first liberals were
Creoles. They claimed to be
Spaniards born in the Philippines. A
creole priest, Father Burgos of
GomBurZa, once punished an Indio
priest for refusing to bow to a creole.
The peninsulas were as racist as the
liberals. They created a new identity
based on the Indio, but as you can
see, rich Filipinos, descendants of
creoles, continue to treat Indios as
like if they are animals.
Cultural
The novels of Jose Rizal
reawakened Philippine
nationalism by writing, for Rizal,
"The pen was mightier than the
sword," and he exposed the
corruption and wrongdoings of
government officials as well
Spanish friars through his
writings. One of the best works,
two novels that stood out from the
rest, are Noli Me Tángere and El
Filibusterismo. Rizal harshly
criticized Spanish colonial rule in
the country and exposed the ills
of Philippine society at the time
in both novels. Because he wrote
about the injustices and brutalities
perpetrated by Spaniards in the
country, the authorities prohibited
Filipinos from reading divisive
books, but they can't stop it, so
more Filipinos read the books,
and our eyes were opened to the
fact that they were living in
deplorable conditions and
subjected to unspeakable abuses
at the hands of the friars. These
two novels by Rizal, now
considered literary masterpieces,
are said to have sparked the
Philippine Revolution
inadvertently.
member of the secret militant
society. He was detained in
Barcelona on his way to Cuba
and returned to Manila to face a
court martial. Rizal was charged
with sedition, conspiracy, and
rebellion and was sentenced to
death by firing squad.