Jose Rizal and the Revolution: Revisiting Renato Constantino’s “Veneration without Understanding” By Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay When we open the pages of history books in the Philippines‚ it is not surprising to see texts about the martyrdom of our most celebrated hero-- Dr. Jose Rizal. In fact‚ it seems that his name already occupied a permanent and prominent place in every publication that has something to say about the Philippines. Truthfully‚ there is nothing wrong about immortalizing
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And so‚ his heroism seemed questionable to Joaquin as Rizal is a Creole‚ or someone who did not seem entirely embody a Filipino. Joaquin does not end his critique on hereos with Rizal. In fact‚ the following chapters explores people like Andres Bonifacio‚ Emilio Aguinaldo‚ Apolinario Mabini‚ and Antonio Luna from their upbringing to their position in society and in the revolution. The
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TEODORO Agoncillo once chided me for asking too many what-if questions in history‚ ?Why concern yourself with what did not happen‚ when just reconstructing what happened is already a big challenge.? I have never given up on the what-ifs because often what did not happen can be more engaging than what actually happened. Take for example‚ the debate over the cause of Napoleon?s death that textbooks set down as stomach cancer. There were forensic doctors who examined strands of Napoleon?s hair and
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realized even more that Rizal deserves to be our National Hero despite of knowing that not all people would agree with my point of view. Some might oppose to what I have said saying that Rizal was not able to fight for our country just like what Bonifacio did. As I read the article Veneration without Understanding by Renato Constantino‚ I got a clearer view of what was the main reason why Rizal should be considered as the National Hero and what other things did he do aside from the things that majority
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Andres Bonifacio oversees the Tejeros Convention‚ which elects Aguinaldo as president‚ Mariano Trias as vice-president‚ and himself as interior minister. He storms out of the convention when Daniel Tirona objects to his election. Aguinaldo’s brother Crispulo informs him of his accession and convinces him to leave his troops just as he was seeking to defend against the Spaniards at Pasong Santol. The rebels are defeated and Crispulo was killed. Meanwhile‚ an embittered Bonifacio establishes
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The Spanish colonizers wanted to undermine the native oral tradition by substituting for it the story of the Passion of Christ. However‚ the native tradition survived and even flourished in areas inaccessible to the Spaniards. Also‚ the Spaniards were late in instituting a public educational system‚ which contributed to the survival of the existing folk literature. The church authorities adopted a policy of spreading the Church doctrines by communicating to the natives in their own language
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Edroline Gaspar Question Andres Bonifacio Emilio Jacinto Apolinario Mabini 1.What is you impression of each of the author after reading his literary work? Andres Bonifacio is a great writer because he arranged his thoughts in this piece flawlessly. Emilio Jacinto uses a lot of similes and metaphors. Apolinario Mabini is very deep. He doesn’t say his point directly. 2. Bonifacio: Enumerate 10 things that every Filipino should know Jacinto: Interpret
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civil and clerical officials would put his life and his family’s life in danger. He did not retract his writings because he was thinking not only of the welfare of the present generations but also of the future generations. Through his novels‚ bonifacio and the other katipuneros were inspired. rizal opened the minds of the people. At first‚ he resented the revolution for he was not a revolutionary man and he did not want bloodshed. All he wanted was a reformation which the government did not
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Chapter 1 1.) What are the many explanations about the origin of our land? There are many explanations about the origin of our land. As Christians‚ we believe that the land forms were made by God as part of God’s creation of the world. After the Great flood in the time of Noah‚ many continents and islands appeared. So the descendants of Noah spread out to many parts of the world. The other religions of some tribes in the Philippines explain the origin of this land by telling “legends”.
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MY CONFERENCE WITH DR. RIZAL IN DAPITAN From the “Memoirs of the Katipunan and the Philippine Revolution” by Dr. Pio A. Valenzuela With a roundtrip first class ticket which cost me P60‚ and under the assumed name of Procopio Bonifacio‚ I embarked on the steamship Venus on Monday‚ June 15‚ 1896‚ between 10 and 11 o’clock in the morning‚ accompanied by Raymundo Mata‚ a blind man‚ and Rufino Magos‚ both residents of Barrio Binakayan‚ Kawit‚ Cavite‚ who were deck passengers. On the boat as first
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