6. ď Filibuster
Filibuster -an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a
legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
7. ď Migranters
Migranters-Human migration is the movement by people from one place to
another with the intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily in a new
location
8. ď Cuba
Cuba is a Caribbean island nation under
communist rule. It has sugar-white beaches
and is dotted with tobacco fields, which play a
part in the production of the country's
legendary cigars
9. ď The importance of Rizalâs ideas for our generation has a
twofold basis first the applicability to present âday problems,
and second ,their inspirational value. Rizal holds a mirror to
our face and we see ourselves our vices our defects ,our
meanness, because the conditions he describes are the very
conditions we see around us,and the characters he portrays
are people we continue to meet. One hand holds a mirror to
shame us and the other points the way to our
regeneration.Yet the truth is that the mirror was not meant to
reveal our image, but the image of the people and the
society of Rizal time
Renato Constantino relevance of Rizalâs
teachings
10. ď
u council to stay in Madrid and write there is very benevolent; but I
can not and I must not accept it. I can not stand life in Madrid;
there we are all "vox clamantis in deserto"; my relatives want to see
me and I want to see them too; Nowhere is life as pleasant to me as
in my homeland, next to my family. I am still not Europeanized as
the Filipinos of Madrid say; I always want to return to the country
of my aborigines. "The goat always throws the bush," they told me.
ď Rizal responded to Blumentritt. In a letter dated 19 June 1887, the
patriot wrote:
Revolution as a Means of
Social Change
11. ď Rizal himself was admired as a good leader.His colleagues in
the Propaganda Moverment repected him because he showed
a kind of leadership that was not motived by personal
interest.The call for a good leadership could leadership could
be gleaned from El Fili when he stressed the importance of
National sentiment to guard the society against all kinds of
injustices and oppression
On leadership and
Governance
12. ď At the time that Simoun was planning to launch the
revolution,students including Basilio were also fighting
for the establishment of a school that would allow
natives to learn the Spanish language.Simoun strongly
reated against the project advocated by the students.For
him ,it would mean the death of national identity and
the institutionalization of Tyranny.In Chapters 6
(Basilio) AND 7 ( Simoun), Simoun expressed his
disapproval of the studentsâprogram ,convincing
Basilio to join him in his plan of revolution instead.
On Education and
Language
13. ď Jose Rizal through the character of Padre
Florentino, a patriotic Filipino priest in El
Fili.Rizal saw the youth as future of the
country because this generation would one
day lead the nation. Their actions today
would shape the path of tomorrow.
ď Rizal stressed the important role of the
youth in challenging the government as
seen in the efforts of students like Basilio
and Isagani to organize themselves and
unite to call for reforms.
On the Filipino Youth
14. {
â To fore tell the
destiny of a nation, it
is necessary to open
the books that tell of
her pastâ
Jose Rizal
17. { {Kabesang Tales
ď Cabeza Telesforo Juan
de Dios, a former cabeza
de barangay (barangay
head) of Sagpang, a
barangay in San Diego's
neighboring town Tiani,
who resurfaced as the
feared LuzĂłn bandit
Matanglawin. He is the
son of Tandang Selo, and
father of Juli and Tano.
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18. { {Placido Penitente
ď
A student of the
University of Santo
Tomas who was very
intelligent and wise but
did not want, if not only
by his mother's plea, to
pursue his studies. He
also controls his temper
against Padre Millon, his
physics teacher. During
his High School days, he
was an honor student
hailing from Batangas.
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19. { {Padre Camorra
ď The lustful parish
priest of Tiani, San
Diego's adjacent town
who has longtime
desires for young
women. He nearly
raped Juli causing the
latter to commit
suicide.
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20. { {Hermana Penchang
ď Sagpang's
rich pusakal (gambler).
She offers Juli to be
her maid so the latter
can obtain money to
free Kabesang Tales.
Disbelieving of Juli
and her close friends,
she considers herself
as an ally of the friars.
Earl Teves Photography
21. { {Juli
ď Huli - Juliana de Dios,
the girlfriend of Basilio,
and the youngest
daughter of Kabesang
Tales. To claim her father
from the bandits, she
had to work as a maid
under the supervision of
Hermana Penchang.
Eventually, she was
freed but committed
suicide after Father
Camorra attempted to
rape her.
Earl Teves Photography