Module 7 - Rizal
Module 7 - Rizal
Module 7 - Rizal
GAYATIN
BSHM MH 2-3
MODULE 7
PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT (1872 – 1892)
The Propaganda began The Anti-Friar Manifesto January 12, 1889 - the
when Father Mariano happened on March 1, 1888 Filipino propagandists and
Gomez, Father Graciano their Spanish friends
The Anti-Friar Manifesto of
Lopez Jaena and father organized the Asociacion
hundred of Filipino led by
Jacinto Zamora, also known Hispano-Filipino in Madrid for
Doroteo Cortes, patriotic
as GomBurZa, executed at the purpose of securing
lawyer in Manila, assisted by
the Luneta. reforms for the Philippines.
M.H. del Pilar and Jose A.
The Filipino exiles and Ramos Founded the La Solidaridad
many patriotic students by Graciano Lopez Jaena in
It requested the expulsion
abroad met in Hong Kong, Barcelona on February 15,
of the frias from the
Singapore, Madrid, Paris, 1889.
Philippines.
London and other foreign
cities. The newspaper was
created due to the reality that
Aggressively but peacefully, mass media is important in
by means of writing and propagating the propaganda
speeches, they crusaded for objectives.
reforms to rectify the evils of
the Spanish colonial system. December 1889 - M.H. del
Pilar replaced Jaena as the
editor of La Solidaridad.
1892
It stands for the Filipino natives and Spaniards to be equal under the law. The goals
of the propaganda movement is to have a Filipino representative in the Spanish
cortes to avoid injustices, to secularize the clergy, to recognize the Philippines as a
province of the colonizers, to abolish forced labor and bandala, provision of Spanish
citizenship to the Filipino natives, equal opportunity for the Filipino natives and
Spanish to enter government services, and guarantee of freedom and human rights.
The written works of the propaganda movements are not totally reached by its target
audience because of the interference of the Spanish government and the language
that is used to write it. The propagandists wrote it in Spanish which is totally
impossible for the Filipino natives to understand but it reached the local ilustrados
who led the revolutionary forces in the Philippines.
Jose Rizal had a lot of notable works published in La Solidaridad. He annotated the
first book written and published about the Philippines entitled “Sucessos de las Islas
Filipinas” by Antonio Morga. The goal of Jose Rizal is to open the eyes of the
Filipinos, to tell the truth about the culture and people of the Philippines, and to prove
that Filipinos were civilized even before the Spaniards came. It is proven that during
the precolonial period, Filipinos have a 100% literacy rate and there are no
discrimination with gender and races. Jose Rizal also published the “Como se
Gobiernan las Filipinas” and the socio-political essays “The Indolence of the Filipino”
and “Philippines, A Century Hence”. The Propaganda movement failed when Jose
Rizal was arrested and La Solidaridad went out of business in 1895.
Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere described the state of the country under the Spaniards
as a disgrace, which provided more hardships to the life of the Filipinos. The detailed
story about the sufferings of his countrymen were meant to awaken the Filipinos to
the truth that was adversely affecting the society and which had not been talked
about by the people most probably due to fear with the ruling Spaniards.
This novel has a lot of symbolism and real-life events that opened the eyes of the
Filipino people during the Spanish colonization to start the revolution and overthrow
the Spanish colonizers. Every character in Noli Me Tangere has a role that depicts
different roles in Philippine society to fight for the freedom of the country.
Noli Me Tangere is a novel that was an advisory for the Filipinos to fight against the
colonizers and today’s reminder of our history. The characters and the events in the
story resemble our life, culture, and beliefs of Filipino people. This literary piece will
mark in our hearts the values that the novel tells us to be a good role model that will
benefit our country. Reading this literary piece will make us realize the true meaning
of nationalism and be a catalyst for change.
Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere tells us that we should reflect on our actions and
beliefs for our country. The theme of the novel is to promote nationalism and to
accept change in ourselves is still applies to us today. We must patronize our
country by respecting the law, promoting Philippine culture, and realizing the true
goal of the country by helping each other towards the improvement of the country. It
teaches us the values of wisdom, fighting what is right, and loving our country. This
novel is being taught in school in order to not repeat the history itself by learning how
to love our country and to empower the youth as the catalyst of change for our
country. Being a true Filipino is what Jose Rizal wants us to be, to know who we are
and what is our true goals will make the country flourished.