Rizal1.2.docx

REACTION PAPER ON THE PHILIPPINES IN THE ADVENT OF RIZAL I. Introduction This paper deals with the condition of the Philippines during the Spanish Colonization. Filipinos were victims of the evils of an unjust, biased and deteriorating power controlled by an aggressive state. Spaniards are not only in controls of politics and the church, but the education as a whole. They also made the economic growth of the Philippines boom extensively that benefited the Filipinos and also the other countries. II. Conflict / Argument According to chapter two, The Philippines in the Advent of Rizal. The economic condition of the Philippines in 1815 in the termination of galleon trade was taken to action. Foreign trade flourished and eventually led to an increase in the country’s non Spanish European Residents. The effect of the makeovers on the country’s economic landscape benefited not only foreign merchants but also a large number of indigenous workers and the government. The commercial also boom when the Chinese merchants profited as the European businessmen. The Chinese were typically the middlemen in the provinces and engaged in the retail of imported goods. The country’s agricultural production has expanded economic growth, providing the opportunity for entrepreneurial natives and Chinese mestizos who owned large land holdings in the provinces to increase their cultivation. In the 19th century, the problem faced by the Catholic Church was not altogether external and some liberal minds in the organizations began to sprout. The anticlerical attitude of the liberals was generally direct against the Spanish clergy. Native priests were assigned as assistants and the clamor of some native priests for equality gradually emerged. In the social conditions, economic development brought a massive change in the social atmosphere in the Philippines. The ensuing developments elevated both the social and economic status of middle class who gradually formed into a new breed of Filipino elite. They are the first one that stands against the Spanish government; during that time Filipinos were easily manipulated and threatened by them; and there were no equal rights between them. III. Conclusion / Reaction The Spanish colonization taught us that no matter how you are maltreated by others stand and fight for what is right to achieve the real freedom as long as you are not stepping others shoes. We are what we are, because of the past the memories that shaped and taught us about our past experiences. They were what they were for their own experiences.

Ma. Janelle S. Go BSAR – 5B

REACTION PAPER ON THE MAKING OF RIZAL LAW I. Introduction This paper deals about the controversial debate in the senate before the Rizal Law has been approved and implemented. For about a month throughout the making of the said bill, the conflicting issue is about the heated argumentation between the supporters and contradicts in the said legislative act. II. Conflict / Argument The conflict / argumentation based on making the Rizal Law or the Senate Bill No. 438, is the debate among the members of the senate. The supporters was Senator Jose P. Laurel who was the Committee on Education took the sponsorship of the Rizal Bill, he and Claro M. Recto defended the bill in the deliberation. Their reason in pursuing for the enactment of the Rizal Law is to appreciate the works of Rizal and to be able to see us, honoring not only Rizal but also our heroes who died for the sake of our freedom against the invader. The contradicts was the Catholic Bishops and supporters who had uncompromising adherence to their religion faith. They prepared a pastoral letter calling the members of the Catholic Churches to reject the bill. Fr. Horacio De La Costa wrote the pastoral letter for the bishops, articulating their standpoint on Rizal. The name of the Different drafts is A, B, C, D, and E. The bishops are against it because the virtues on Rizal contradict the statement made them during the height of Rizal controversy. III. Conclusion / Reaction In conclusion in Senator Recto stand in the Senate Bill No. 438, against the claim of the detractors that the novel were inimical to the Catholic Faith. The bill did not intend to destroy the Catholic Church image but only to remind the ideals of freedom and nationalism for which our heroes lived and died. Appreciating is one of the things that we must have because it is a way of a thanksgiving. Also appreciating the works and sacrifices of our heroes by applying them in our daily lives, and fighting for what is right and what we believe as long as we are not stepping others shoes.

Ma. Janelle S. Go BSAR – 5B