JINKY L.

SAN JUAN
BSED MATH 2

1. The battle over the novel Noli Me Tangere became a virulent war of words. Explain the
roles of the following individuals during the critiquing of the novel of Jose Rizal the Noli
Me Tangere.
a. Fr. Font
● He printed his report and distributed copies of it in order to discredit the
controversial novel.
b. Fr. Jose Rodriguez
● Augustinian, Prior to Guadalupe, he published a series of eight pamphlets
under the General heading Cuestiones de Sumo Interes (Questions of
Supreme Interest) to blast the Noli and other anti-Spanish writings.
1.Why should I not read them?
2.Beware of them, Why?
3.And what can you tell me of the plague?
4.Why do the impious triumph?
5.Do you think there is really no purgatory?
6.Is there or is there no hell?
7.Confession or damnation?
c. Fr. Vicente Garcia
● a filipino catholic priest-scholar, a theologian of the Manila Cathedral, and
a tagalog translator of the famous Imitation of Christ by Thomas a
Kempis, under the pen name Justo Desiderio Magalang, wrote a defense
of the Noli which was published in Singapore as an appendix to a
pamphlet dated July 18, 1888. Blasted the arguments of Fr. Rodrigues as
follows:
1. Rizal cannot become an “ignorant man”.
2. Rizal did not attack the Church and Spain.
3. Fr. Rodriguez said that those who read the Noli commit, a mortal sin:
since he read the novel, therefore he also commits a mortal sin
2. Who is Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade?
● Spanish bodyguard of Dr. Rizal who was assigned by Governor General
Terrero while the storm over the Noli was raging in fury.
3. Discuss Calamba's Agrarian Trouble.
● Findings of Rizal which the tenants signed and three officials:
1.The Dominicans owned the town of Calamba
2.Arbitrary increase of land rentals
3.Owners never contributed for the celebration of the town fiests,
education, and improvement of agriculture
4.Tenants were dispossessed of lands for flimsy grounds
5.High rates were collected
4. What are the reasons why Rizal was compelled to leave Calamba?
● His presence in Calamba was jeopardizing the safety and happiness of
his family and friends
● He could fight better and serve his country’s cause by writing in foreign
countries.