... We can also remember how he pursued his studies until he was able to travel to different places and encountered different challenges. We can’t as well forget his two of his great works Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. And the event on how he died in Luneta is still in our memories as we observe Rizal Day on December 30 yearly. We Filipinos are until today educated about Dr. Rizal. One can possibly wonder why we are studying our national hero as a subject itself. It is simply because Rizal Course is mandated by law under Republic Act 1425 or known as Rizal Law. Many may not be familiar with this law. This act was before Senate Bill No. 438 written and sponsored by former Senator Claro M. Recto and then written by former Senator Jose P. Laurel as R.A. 1425. On the 12th day of June 1956, the bill was enacted. Rizal law is made up of six sections that can be conceptualized in the law’s three major provisions. First, it directs educational agencies to include in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities, public or private, the study of the life of our national hero, with emphasis on the original or unexpurgated versions of the Noli and El Fili. Second, it obliges all the libraries of all schools, colleges and universities to maintain an adequate number of copies of Noli and El Fili in their collections. Third, it directs the Board of National Education to take charge of the translation, reproduction and distribution of printed...
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...Chapter 35 The Fiesta By seven in the evening, guests have begun to arrive. Arriving first were the petty government officials and clerks. Within a while, Juanito Pelaez and Paulita Gomez have also arrived escorted by Dona Victorina. Basilio stood before the house observing the people going in the house. He then noticed Simoun alighted with the lamp in his hand. He knew that the lamp is a bomb that will blow up the whole house along with the people in it. Fearing for his safety, he walked away. But as he was doing so, he noticed Isagani and also urged him to leave. He refused explaining that this would be the last night he’ll see Paulita as a single woman. Basilio explained to him that the place is mined and that the lamp is set to blow up anytime soon. Realizing that Paulita will likely be killed from the explosion, he immediately ran into the house. Inside the house, a note was passed around containing the words Mene, Tekel, Phares and signed Crisostomo Ibarra. Since only Father Salvi knew who he was and verified that the handwriting is his, he tremebled with fear over the idea that he is going to kill all of them. Noticing that the light is fading away, the Captain-General asked Father Irene to turn up the wick. Just then Isagani barged into the room, grabbed the lamp and jumped into the river. All the while, the servants thought it was a thief. Chapter 36 Ben-Zayb’s Allicitions Ben Zayb immediately went home to write about the incident that happened at the wedding...
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...------------------------------------------------- Noli me Tangere Chapter 5 summary Crisosto Ibarra proceeded to his room after being dropped off. Too preoccupied with what he had just heard, Ibarra, although looking out the window, did not notice the house on the opposite bank, well-lit and with orchestra music being played. Had he observed more closely, he would have noticed the different class of people surrounding the lovely Maria Clara: Chinese, Spaniards,Filipinos, soldiers, curates, old men and young. Maria Clara, clothed in a picturesque garment, was having her hair fixed by Dona Victorina. Father Damaso was admiring her beauty while Father Sibyla was talking to her. Only a young Franciscan, who looked thin and wasted, was indifferent to her and what was happening around him. Ibarra, tired from all the thinking, fell asleep and only the Franciscan stood awake all night. ------------------------------------------------- Noli me Tangere Chapter 4 summary While admiring the tranquil night, the elder Lieutenant greeted Ibarra while he was deep in thoughts. He surprised Ibarra by revealing how much he knew about the elder Ibarra. Don Raphael Ibarra was the richest man in the province. While many did like him, there were also some who despised him out of envy. Once, there was a Spanish ex-artilleryman who was discharged from the army. Because hard labor would bring shame to their prestige, he somehow got himself a job as a tax collector. But this Spaniard was illiterate...
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...Bais, A (2012) The Noli Me Tángere Catalyst of Revolution 1. Summarize the author's ideas in your own words. There are several points that the author mentioned in this article. However, he focused on the idea of Rizal using his writings especially the Noli Me Tangere as a catalyst of revolution. He stated there that Rizal intentionally used his writings to fight against the Spaniards and he did not want to take the power of Spaniards over us, instead he wanted us to be assimilated with Spain. It was also mentioned by the author that Rizal would rather use pen and a paper because he didn’t want useless bloodshed. He believe that Filipinos are not prepared for the revolution. 2. Do you agree with the idea that he wants to convey or not? Why? Yes, maybe Rizal intentionally wrote his articles to ignite the emotions of his readers and show their nationalism through a revolution. There are several events in the novel Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo that reflect the kind of oppression that Filipino experienced from the Spaniards. These written proofs are enough to ignited the urge of Filipinos to fight for their own rights. 3. Based on this writing, what kind of 'Rizal' does the author want to portray to us? Rizal as a reformist. He was able to fight for what he believes in without using any force. However, I would say that he can also be considered as a revolutionalist because his writings were one of the reasons why Filipinos fight against Spaniards. We know Rizal as an educated...
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...MY REACTION PAPER TO NOLI ME TANGERE The title of this novel "Noli Me Tangere" is a Latin words meaning in tagalong “Huwag Mo Akong Salingin”. Jose Rizal, our national hero is the writer of this novel, where in, this novel was written during his time, where in, the exact year was 1884, he was in Madrid taking up medicine when he write this novel. When he finished his course (Medicine), he went to Paris and continues writing this novel. In Berlin, Jose Rizal finished the last part of this novel. This novel was written to remind us the bad things that Jose Rizal experienced during his time by the Spanish. From the very start of this novel, the first plan of our national hero is, to write this novel with the help of his countryman that is also suffering to the hands of the Spanish, but suddenly he failed to do it with the help of his countryman, because his countryman lose their hope in fulfilling their dreams to have freedom in the hands of the Spanish colonies. Jose Rizal did not give up, because he continue write this novel without the help of his countryman, and he decided to write it by himself only. The first chapter of this novel was entitled µ¶the paging¶¶, where in, in this chapter stated the lifestyle of Don Santiago de los Santos also known as Capitan Tiago, he was from Binondo and he was the step father of Maria Clara according to this chapter. In this chapter, the other characters was Padre sibyla, Padre Damaso, and Tangent Guevarra.According to this chapter, Capitan...
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...Rizal sa Berlin (1886): Tag-lamig at ang Noli • Naghirap si Rizal dahil walang padalang pera mula sa Calamba at siya’y talagang wala ni isang kusing • Naibenta na niya pati mga aklat niya, hindi niya mabayaran ang renta, kumakain lamang siya isang beses isang araw (na tinapay, tubig at sabaw lamang), naluma ang kanyang mga damit at manipis na sa kagagamit, siya mismo ang naglalaba ng kanyang damit dahil wala na siyang pambayad • Nagkasakit si Rizal dahil sa lamig at nang magsimula ang kanyang pagubo ay natakot siyang maaring magkaroon siya ng tuberculosis • Rizal sa isang sulat sa isang kaibigan: “Hindi na ako nananalig na malalathala pa ang Noli Me Tangere noong nasa Berlin ako…Naroon ako sa puntong ibabalibag ko sa apoy ang aking akda bilang isang isinumpang bagay, nararapat lamang matupok…” Rizal at Viola (Disyembre1886): Noli Me Tangere • Naabutan ni Maximo Viola si Rizal na hulog ang katawan at yayat ang itsura at pinayuhan si Rizal na kulang lamang sa pagkain at walang tuberculosis pagkatapos eksaminin ang kalagayan ng kaibigan • Nagbalik ang pananalig ni Rizal sa sarili sa tulong ng aruga at pagtangkilik ng kaibigang si Maximo Viola Berlin (Pebrero 21, 1887): Noli Me Tangere • Natapos ni Rizal ang manuscript ng Noli Me Tangere 11:30 ng gabi Lunes Pebrero 21 1887 • Natanggap mula kay Paciano sa pamamagitan ng bayaw na si Silvestre Ubaldo ang 300 pisong hiningi niya (na nagastos niya sa pagkain at tirahan kayat walang natira para pagpapalimbag) • Nagalok si Maximo Viola na...
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...myself to the persons who in the stage played. I enjoy watching the whole time. I absorbed every chapter of the play. While I’m watching I remember what Spaniards done in Filipinos. Spaniards abused the weakness of Filipinos; they used their power to do what they want to do. Especially I remember the system of the government, religious group and the justice implements in our country during the time of Spaniard colony. The whole time that I watch I feel blessed and proud for being one of the Filipino because we Filipinos fight for freedom in a good and nice way. We fight even we don’t have strong weapon to fight Spaniards army. I believed that the hero of El Filibusterismo is a rich jeweler named Simoun. He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli Metangere. One good thing I saw in the play was that, it did not only show simoun’s (Jose Rizal) strong or positive points but his weaknesses and personal struggles also. It only shows that no man is perfect as was our national hero. However, this does not degrade his personality and character. Instead, it strengthens even more the views that Dr. Jose Rizal understood and had a good heart for his fellow countrymen. The impact of El Filibusterismo is to awaken the eyes of the Filipinos, to make revenge against the Spaniards, it just for peace and to get back the freedom. To show how Spaniards abused Filipinos. How the government system affects our lives. How religious groups used their power to manipulate Filipinos. Also El Filibusterismo...
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...------------------------------------------------- Noli me Tangere Chapter 5 summary Crisosto Ibarra proceeded to his room after being dropped off. Too preoccupied with what he had just heard, Ibarra, although looking out the window, did not notice the house on the opposite bank, well-lit and with orchestra music being played. Had he observed more closely, he would have noticed the different class of people surrounding the lovely Maria Clara: Chinese, Spaniards,Filipinos, soldiers, curates, old men and young. Maria Clara, clothed in a picturesque garment, was having her hair fixed by Dona Victorina. Father Damaso was admiring her beauty while Father Sibyla was talking to her. Only a young Franciscan, who looked thin and wasted, was indifferent to her and what was happening around him. Ibarra, tired from all the thinking, fell asleep and only the Franciscan stood awake all night. ------------------------------------------------- Noli me Tangere Chapter 4 summary While admiring the tranquil night, the elder Lieutenant greeted Ibarra while he was deep in thoughts. He surprised Ibarra by revealing how much he knew about the elder Ibarra. Don Raphael Ibarra was the richest man in the province. While many did like him, there were also some who despised him out of envy. Once, there was a Spanish ex-artilleryman who was discharged from the army. Because hard labor would bring shame to their prestige, he somehow got himself a job as a tax collector. But this Spaniard was illiterate and...
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...José Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and medical doctor, conceived the idea of writing a novel that would expose the ills of Philippine society after reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. He preferred that the prospective novel express the way Filipino culture was backward, anti-progress, anti-intellectual, and not conducive to the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment. He was then a student of medicine in the Universidad Central de Madrid. In a reunion of Filipinos at the house of his friend Pedro A. Paterno in Madrid on 2 January 1884, Rizal proposed the writing of a novel about the Philippines written by a group of Filipinos. His proposal was unanimously approved by the Filipinos present at the party, among whom were Pedro, Maximino and Antonio Paterno, Graciano López Jaena, Evaristo Aguirre, Eduardo de Lete, Julio Llorente and Valentin Ventura. However, this project did not materialize. The people who agreed to help Rizal with the novel did not write anything. Initially, the novel was planned to cover and describe all phases of Filipino life, but almost everybody wanted to write about women. Rizal even saw his companions spend more time gambling and flirting with Spanish women. Because of this, he pulled out of the plan of co-writing with others and decided to draft the novel alone. Plot Having completed his studies in Europe, young Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin comes back to the Philippines after a 7-year absence. In his honor, Don Santiago delos Santos...
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...philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights, Quezon City • 1108 Philippines The Afterlives of the Noli me tángere Anna Melinda Testa-de Ocampo Philippine Studies vol. 59 no. 4 (2011): 495–527 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print articles for individual, noncommercial use only. However, unless prior permission has been obtained, you may not download an entire issue of a journal, or download multiple copies of articles. Please contact the publisher for any further use of this work at philstudies@admu.edu.ph. http://www.philippinestudies.net A N N A M E L I N D A T E S TA - D E o C A M P o The Afterlives of the Noli me tángere Filipinos rarely read the Noli me tángere in the original Spanish, but it lives on in translation, a second life or afterlife, as Walter Benjamin puts it. During the American period, the first English translation, An Eagle Flight, based on the first French translation in 1899, was published in 1900. The second English translation, entitled Friars and Filipinos, appeared in 1902, and it was made by Frank Ernest Gannett, then secretary to Jacob Schurman, chair of the First Philippine Commission. Politics intruded in the translations; the omissions and additions recreated...
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...annually as Rizal Day, a Philippine national holiday, was one of the causes of the Philippine Revolution. Rizal was born to a rich family in Calamba, Laguna and was the seventh of eleven children. He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, earning a Bachelor of Arts, and enrolled in medicine at the University of Santo Tomas. He continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, earning the degree of Licentiate in Medicine. He also attended the University of Paris and earned a second doctorate at the University of Heidelberg. Rizal was a polyglot conversant in twenty-two languages.[3][4][5][6] He was a prolific poet, essayist, diarist, correspondent, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, Noli me Tangere and El filibusterismo.[7]These social commentaries on Spanish rule formed the nucleus of literature that inspired peaceful reformists and armed revolutionaries alike. As a political figure, José Rizal was the founder of La Liga Filipina, a civic organization that subsequently gave birth to the Katipunan[8] led by Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo. He was a proponent of achieving Philippine self-government peacefully through institutional reform rather than through violent revolution, although he would support "violent means" as a last resort.[9] Rizal believed that the only justification for national liberation and self-government is the restoration of the dignity of the people, saying "...why...
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...NOTES IN LIT II Literature under Spanish Colonialism (1893) 1565 * When Spain established their first permanent settlement in the Philippines. They place upon the on the Filipino people the Spanish Monarch and Roman Catholic Religion. Pueblos * (taga-bayan) Filipinos who settled where they were within easy reach of the power of the church and State. Hinterlands * (taga- bukid or taga bundok) are the Filipinos who kept their distance from colonial administrators and their native agents, staying close to the sources of their livelihood in the mountains. * The distinction were beyond indicating mere geographic origin and took an overtones of cultural snobbery as the effect of colonization seeped deeper into the consciousness of lowland Filipinos. Filipino * This name was reserved for Spaniards born in the Philippines, and everybody else who had only native ancestors was an “Indian”. Parish Priest * It was practically the only Spaniard who had direct contact with the Filipinos. * Became the embodiment of Spanish power and culture among the colonized populace, though their contact with him and the beliefs and values he carried, religion exerted a pervasive influence on the minds of Christianized Filipinos. Medieval Catholicism * These were presented by Friar began to be challenged by Filipinos who had by virtue of university education and come into the orbit of liberal minds in the 19th century Spain and Europe. * Also the literature of...
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...REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425. AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Dec 31, 1969 Source: Republic Act No. 1425 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.http://www.gov.ph/1956/06/12/republic-act-no-1425/ Importance of R.A. 1425 (Rizal Bill) in the Philippine Education System: Put in the minds of every Filipino especially the younger generation the true essence of nationalism. Set the life of Rizal as an inspiration or a role model to every Filipino. Put into action or reality the words spoken by Rizal, "Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan." Give attribute to the bravery of our heroes as they sacrifice their own life for the freedom of our country and countrymen. Insights and learnings from the stories, poems, and novels of Rizal that may be used as basis in current issues as said that "past is the reflection of the future". Set into the minds of every Filipino that in fighting for freedom isn't only just by means of war. Establish the value of being helpful to others especially to our countrymen. Establish the essence of patriotism - love for the country and buy our own products that are made by Filipinos. Mold or sharpen the national characteristic of being a Filipino by culture, beliefs, behavior...
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...Year/Grade Level Observed: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year high school Subject Area: Filipino and P.E. Date of Observation: December 13, 16, 19, 2013 Topic: Ibong Adarna Noli me tangere El filibusterismo Physical Education Cooperating Teacher: Mr. Joy E. Dayto ------------------------------------------------- Observation Questions: 1. What are the objectives of the lesson? I have observed many subjects. And I think the objective in every different subject is; to make students learn but his objective is not OBE or outcomes based. And the reason is the teacher is not making any lesson plan. 2. What learning activities were introduced? I think it is about sharing his experience to his students makes a good learning activity. With the help of sharing your students will be active and it is a good strategy to take away any drowsiness in the classroom. 3. How do the learners participate in these activities? By listening and doing what the teacher will tell. Like in their class in P.E. they participate by playing the volleyball in correct manner. 4. What instructional materials were employed? Discuss whether such materials were computer generated or not. How did she prepare these materials? There are no instructional materials if the teacher teaches his students. But there are some if there is a reporter. They’re not computer generated. Their materials are more on Manila paper. 5. How did the teacher assess the...
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...A Brief History of Philippine Literature in English I. Pre-Colonial Period - Consisted of early Filipino literature passed down orally; oral pieces have a communal authorship – it was difficult to trace the original author of the piece since oral literature did not focus on ownership or copyright, rather on the act of storytelling itself; - Many oral pieces became lost in the wave of the new literary influence brought about by the Spanish colonization; however, according to the Philippine Literature: A History & Anthology, English Edition (Lumbera, B. & Lumbera C.), the pre-colonial period of Philippine literature is considered the longest in the country’s history; - Literature in this period is based on tradition, reflecting daily life activities such as housework, farming, fishing, hunting, and taking care of the children as well; - Oral pieces told stories which explained heroes and their adventures; they attempted to explain certain natural phenomena, and, at the same time, served as entertainment purposes; - Pre-colonial literature showed certain elements that linked the Filipino culture to other Southeast Asian countries (e.g. oral pieces which were performed through a tribal dance have certain similarities to the Malay dance); - This period in Philippine literature history represented the ethos of the people before the arrival of a huge cultural influence – literature as...
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