Implementation of

Rizal’s works or novels adding ‘Life and

Cavanna viewed Rizal’s novel as
political and social order because
develop the nationalism
Works of Rizal’ to the Rizal mainly focused on the equality
of the youth and the of Filipino & Spaniards. Thus, his
basic educational character is also reflected and
moral standards of connected to the novel he is
people because Rizal
curriculum. making as to why moral principles
are effortlessly omitted. He claimed
was a moral example that Rizal was only a political and
and a moral teacher social reformer, not a moral one
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 534). (Schumacher, 2011, p. 538).

#1 There is nothing wrong in Scandals throughout the

Rizal’s novels that constitute a
Rizal and his novels novel are abundant which
danger to the Catholic religion’s
were against the abuses faith and its morals, rather they is why it is advised to not
teach the realities of the society teach students the entire
and distortions when the Spaniards colonized the
novel but the abridged
happening in the Philippines. The realities of the
society presented in Rizal’s novels version of it that shows
church rather than the are tragic, or some may not, and it only the essence of Rizal’s
church itself serves as a revelation for people
novel
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 540). who may read Rizal’s novels. The
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 540).
social realities given in the novels
are the abuses of the people who
are powerful in the time of the
Rizal’s novels open the Spanish era, such as the leaders of Novelist's rights are used
the Catholic Church.
eyes of many by utilizing by Rizal in his novels which
#2 Understanding the other
the different mortal sins perspective of the novel is one of question the reality of his
than those of corporal the important things the group characters such as Tasio
realized. The two novels of Rizal
works to fully develop the the Philosopher and Don
have different perspectives on
people’s love and service teaching people to love their Custodio who both
for their country
native land. By providing questioned Catholicism
unwanted scenarios, it teaches the (Schumacher, 2011, p. 539-540).
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 536).
readers to dig deeper into the
meaning of the words written in
the novel. Through that, the novels
Despite the unwanted For Cavanna, Rizal’s work is
are trying to convey the teachings
behaviors of the novels’ of the novel to distinguish the an attack on the clergy and
characters (Padre Damaso difference between what is good was written to ridicule the
and Padre Salvi), Rizal and bad. Thus, behind the fictional Catholic faith. He said that
scenarios, which constitute
indicatively highlighted the Rizal clamorously attacked
realities that could happen in the
righteousness of the other real world, people can take the
not just the abuses of certain
dispositions namely Padre message of the novel as a priests but the Catholic
Fernandez and Padre teaching that it should not be Church itself, contrary to De
Florentino practiced. La Costa’s belief
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 536). (Schumacher, 2011, p. 545).
#3 Rizal and his novels give us a
deep understanding of being
De la Costa observed how Filipinos, how can we possess There are 120 reference
moral virtues, & how can we passages that came from
Rizal’s novels are full of fictional
practice patriotism & nationalism
characters with fictional Cavanna and are said to be
just like him who’s willing to
personalities rather than history against Catholic morals,
devote himself to the freedom of
& facts. Implementation of the country. The past completes worship, and discipline came
teaching it to every curriculum our present, which best describes from Rizal’s novel. He used a
is advisable however, the why learning his novels is different approach that
exaggeration of evil implied in important. contradicts the approach of De
the novel shouldn't be adapted La Costa’s principle
(Schumacher, 2011, p. 539-340). (Schumacher, 2011, p. 546).