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    The document provides details about Jose Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere, including: 1. Rizal's purposes for writing the novel were to depict realities in the Philippines, reply to insults against Filipinos, unmask hypocrisy that had oppressed the people, and stir Filipino patriotism. 2. Leading attackers of the novel included friars who saw it as an attack on the Catholic religion and Spanish rule, while defenders said it should be judged as a work of literature, not doctrine. 3. The attacks showed that Rizal's critique of friar abuse and calls for reform had struck a nerve, implying the novel was an important manifesto demanding

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    The document provides details about Jose Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere, including: 1. Rizal's purposes for writing the novel were to depict realities in the Philippines, reply to insults against Filipinos, unmask hypocrisy that had oppressed the people, and stir Filipino patriotism. 2. Leading attackers of the novel included friars who saw it as an attack on the Catholic religion and Spanish rule, while defenders said it should be judged as a work of literature, not doctrine. 3. The attacks showed that Rizal's critique of friar abuse and calls for reform had struck a nerve, implying the novel was an important manifesto demanding

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    Exercise002🍀Specify the following characters in Noli Me Tangere:

    1. Pomposity in rivalry. – Doña Patrocinio


    2. Lack of concern in society. - Sisa
    3. Cacique mentality. – Capitan Tiago
    4. Intellectual dissatisfaction. – School Master
    5. The paragon of colonial mentality. – Doña Victorina
    6. Rich landlord with a social conscience. – Don Rafael Ibarra
    7. The common people. - Elias
    8. Liberal, European educated Filipino. -Crisostomo Ibarra
    9. The Filipino womanhood. -Maria Clara
    10. The personification of wickedness among the friars. – Fr. Damaso

    Exercise003🍀
    1. Why did Rizal come up with a proposal on writing a novel about the Philippines?
    It's because of the need for the Filipinos and the country to be known in Europe
    Why did it not materialize?
    Because those who were expected to collaborate with did not write anything on the subject
    due to many expatriates were no indifferent to the project since they are more interested to
    write about woman.
    2. How did Luna' s Spolarium, H. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. and E. Sue's The Wandering Jew
    influence Rizal to write a novel about the Philippines and the Filipinos?
    Luna’s Spolarium
    For Rizal, Luna’s canvass conveyed the plight of the vanquished and the pathetic suffering of the
    human race. It was perceived by Rizal as a reflection of the spirit of the social, moral and political life
    of his time. This made Rizal write a novel depicting the country to be redeemed from bondage and
    repression.
    H. stowe’s Uncle Tom’s cabin
    Provided Rizal the spring board to write a novel portraying vividly the miseries of Filipinos under
    the oppressive rule of the Spanish tyrants
    E. Sue’s The wandering Jew
    Anti-clerical novel, which made a great impression on him. Used as a modelto arouse the feeling
    against the existing Philippine situation and at the same time, communicate to theFilipinos the
    ideals he wanted them to embrace.
    3. What were Rizal's basic purposes for writing the Noli Me Tangere?
    a. To picture the past an dthe realities in the Philippines
    b. To reply to insults heaped on the Filipinos an dtheir country
    c. To unmasked the hypocrisy that has been impoverished and brutalised the Filipino people
    d. To stir the patriotism of the Filipinos
    4. Why did he entitle his first novel, Noli Me Tangere?
    The label to this novel has biblical basis,as those words were the ones were uttered by Jesus
    Christ to Mary Magdalene when the latter visited his tomb before sunrise on Easter Sunday.
    5. What was Rizal's diagnosis of Philippine society in the Noli?
    Friars were the enemies of reform, progress and justice in the country because of three
    reasons:
    -The agrarian problem in Calamba between the tenants and the Dominicans
    -Influence of the Spanish anti-clericalism
    -Rizal’s overall assessment of the Philippine political of the situation in 1886 and in 1872
    The friars were the real authority in different pueblos, they were the parish priest, tax collector,
    school inspector, superintendent of the public worksby forced labor, an intelligent officer and the
    president of all local boards
    Was his diagnosis correct? Why or why not?
    Yes, because according to Jaena the firar in each town is described as a sword of Damocles hanging
    over the head of the authority (town mayor) and said that the elected municipal officials served as a
    blind instruments to the friars.
    And according to Governor Simon de Anda, emphasized in his report that the only parish priest
    rules the colony.
    6. Why can the Noli Me Tangere be considered a charter of Filipino nationalism?
    Because it calls on Filipinos to:
    -Regain his self confidence
    -Appreciate his self worth
    -Return to the heritage of the ancestors
    -Asserts himselfas a co-equal of the Spaniards
    -Insist in the need for education
    - dedication of the country
    - assimilating the aspect of the western culture that could enhance the negative traditions
    It outlines the reforms needed in Filipino Society,which include:
    - Radical reforms in armed forces,clergy and the administration of justice
    - More respect for human dignity
    - Greater security for the individual
    -Less strength in the constabulary
    - Less privileges for organizations prone to abuses and corruption
    7. How did the following react to Rizal's Noli Me Tangere:
    7.1 Antonio Regidor;
     Congratulated Rizal for his writing and publishing of Noli Me Tangere.
     A Filipino exile for his alleged complicity in the 1872 Uprising.
    He said, “the book is superior” and “If Don Quixote has made its author immortal because he
    exposed to the world the suffering of Spain, your Noli Me Tangere will bring you equal glory
    7.2 Ferdinand Blumentritt;
    Defended Rizal by stressing his Catholic orientation and the point that the Spanish nationals
    have to accept these criticisms
    7.3 Archbishop Payo;
    -Sent a copy of the book to the rector of UST for examination on August 18, 1887
    7.4 Permanent Commission on Censorship; and
    Asked by the archbishop so they can decide on the fate of the novel
    7.6 Governor-General Terrero?
     The governor-general during those times, summoned Rizal to Malacanang Palace.

     Asked Rizal for a copy of his novel.

    He made no concrete action about the novel


    8. Who were the leading attackers of Rizal's Noli?
    Father Salvador Font  An Augustinian that submitted a report on December 29,
    1829, recommending the prohibition of the importation,
    reproduction and circulation of the books in the Philippines.
    Senator Fernando Vida  Unjustly lambasted and criticized Rizal and his Noli in the two
    chambers of the Spanish Cortes in 1888 and 1889 in Madrid
    Deputy Luis M. de Pando  Fernando Vida
    o Described Rizal as a native, with a doctor of medicine
    Prime Minister Praxedes degree from the University of Madrid, an intimate
    Mateo Sagasta friend of Bismarck and have obtained a professional
    chair of medicine in a German University.
    Vincente Barrantes  A Spanish academician who spent many years in high posts of
    Philippine Administration.
     Attacked Rizal I the newspaper La Espana Moderna in 1889 as
    a man of contradiction whose criticisms of the friars and the
    Spanish Regime were actually an insult to the Filipinos
    themselves.
    First attack from the  An anonymous letter signed by a friar.
    Philippines
    Fr. Salvador Font  Tried to prevent the circulation of the novel by publishing a
    few copies of his report.
    Father Jose Rodriguez  Attacked Noli by issuing a series of pamphlets under the title
    Cuestiones de Sumo Interes
     Judged the novel on a doctrinal level, when he said that it
    should not be read by devot Christians.

    What were their principal attacks on the novel?


     Consisted of four parts:
    o Attacks of the religion of the state
    o Attacks on the administration, the government employees and the courts
    o Attack on the Civil guards
    Attacks on the territorial integrity of the Spanish Kingdom

    9. Who defended Rizal's Noli from its attackers? How did they defend Rizal and his novel?

    Fr. Francisco Sanchez  One of those who defended Noli.


     He was Rizal’s teacher in rhetoric at Ateneo.
    Father Vincente Garcia  Filipino priest that gave Noli the greatest defense.
     Translated into tagalong the famous Imitation of Christ.
     Writing under the pen name Desiderio Magalang
     Said that the book was a work of literature and should be
    judged that way and not on a doctrinal level.
    Marcelo H. del Pilar  Wrote a pamphlet entitled Caiigat Cayo (Be Slippery as an Eel)
    in reponse to Fr. Rodriguez’s pamphlet entitled Caiigat Cayo
    (Beware)
    Ferdinand Blumentritt  Defended Rizal by stressing his Catholic orientation and the
    point that the Spanish nationals have to accept these
    criticisms.

    10.What particular implication can be drawn from the attacks made on Rizal and his Noli Me
    Tangere?
    - The manifesto demanding the ouster of the Spanish friars

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