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The memoir titled "Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General" was written by Santiago V. Alvarez, a revolutionary general and founder of the Nacionalista Party who was deeply involved in the Katipunan society and Philippine Revolution. The memoir provides Alvarez's first-hand account of the events surrounding the Revolution from 1896 to 1897, including the Tejeros Convention, as he seeks to convey the true struggles and sacrifices of the Revolution from his perspective as a leader in the Magdiwang faction. However, as a participant from a faction that opposed Emilio Aguinaldo's Magdalo party, his recounting of events may differ from others involved.

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Hermoso Taboncave

The memoir titled "Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General" was written by Santiago V. Alvarez, a revolutionary general and founder of the Nacionalista Party who was deeply involved in the Katipunan society and Philippine Revolution. The memoir provides Alvarez's first-hand account of the events surrounding the Revolution from 1896 to 1897, including the Tejeros Convention, as he seeks to convey the true struggles and sacrifices of the Revolution from his perspective as a leader in the Magdiwang faction. However, as a participant from a faction that opposed Emilio Aguinaldo's Magdalo party, his recounting of events may differ from others involved.

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Sophia Micaella M.

Hermoso
BSEDEN 1-1
January 6,2023
Prof. Dennis Estocado
Primary Sources Analysis

Title of sources: Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General


Type of primary source: Memoir

Content and Context analysis

Who is the author of the primary source? What do you know about the author that may
shape his/her perspective?
❖ The author of the primary source is Santiago V. Alvarez. He is a revolutionary
general and founder and honorary president of the first directorate of the
Nacionalista Party. Prior to the outbreak of the revolution, Santiago was already a
delegate general of the provincial council of the Katipunan in Cavite. He became
captain general and later, commander-in-chief, of the Magdiwang forces and
valiantly fought the Spaniards from 1896 to 1897.

Who is the intended audience of the primary source?


❖ His memoir was intended to every audience especially the youth who wanted to
know the truth about the Philippine Revolution. He wanted to shed lights on the
different facets of the Revolution, for the youth whom he considered as the direct
beneficiary of his work.

Where and when is the primary source published or created?


❖ The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoir of the General was published by
Ateneo de Manila University in 1992 and reprinted in 1996

Describe the historical context. What was happening during this event or time period?

❖ The Katipunan served as an awakening call for the Filipinos to fight for their
freedom. In his memoir, he narrated the events that took place before the outbreak
of the Philippine revolution against the Spanish rule. The author of the memoir,
Santiago Alvarez, claimed to be one of those who guided the revolution. The
contents of his notes based on the events and records that the Katipunans had
entrusted to him. Thus, he was not only an eye witness but also an active
participant of the events he narrated on his work.

The Tejeros Convention was mentioned on his memoir wherein on March 22, 1897
the Tejeros Convention was held in order to reconcile the differences between the
two factions of the Katipunan: the Magdalo, which viewed Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
as its leader, and the Magdiwang, which gravitated towards Andres Bonifacio. As a
result, it was decided that the Katipunan should be disbanded and a revolutionary
government should be set up. Its executives were chosen by elections; Emilio
Aguinaldo was chosen as president and Andres Bonifacio, the former Katipunan
commander, was chosen as director of the interior. Initially agreeing with him,
Bonifacio was offended when Daniel Tirona opposed. In addition to establishing a
new administration, Bonifacio proclaimed the Tejeros Convention procedures null
and void. The others considered this to be a treasonous conduct, and Bonifacio
was accused of doing so by refusing to acknowledge the newly formed
Revolutionary Government. In Maragondon, Cavite, he was detained and given a
death sentence.

OBSERVE EXPLAIN INFER QUESTION

Description of source: Meaning: What is What sentiment What about the source
what do you observe? the meaning of the (attitude or feelings) makes you curious?
Consider the images, object words, do you think the What questions
people, objects, symbols etc? author wants to remain? What
activities, action, words, convey through the additional information
phrases, facts and source? What based would you need to
numbers. on the source can you know to deepen your
infer about the understanding of the
historical event or time ideas expressed in the
period source?

There are a few There are a lot of The author was


activities that I’ve meaning that were writing directly
observe from the mentioned on the based from what he
memoir. During the memoir. First is the experiences. He
period of the events Katipunan which conveys his memoir
that was mentioned it was a secret without diminishing
contained activities society founded by the glory or the
such as social Andres Bonifacio. dignity of the
stratification, Consequently, the revolution on their
economic Katipunan, which struggles for seeking
exploitation, labour represented an the independence of
conscription, religious alternative our country. Aside
suppression to movement, gave from bringing out the
individual and birth to a new truth, he also wrote
common grievances concept that is the successes,
against the Spanish radical and failures and the
authorities as typified revolutionary in bravery and the
by the “Nativistic” and character- brutality that
peasant uprising, to conceptualizing happened on the
the early Creoles the idea of a revolution. However,
flight, up until the sovereign state for Santiago
Propaganda the Indio’s. The participated in the
Movement. There are word neophyte events, therefore his
quite well-known was mentioned account of them
people here in the quite a lot from the may have been
Philippines that were memoir, which different from other
mentioned like Andres means newly participants'. His
Bonifacio, Emilio convert. story is told from his
Aguinaldo, Santiago point of view, and as
Alvarez himself, and he belongs to the
Artemio Ricarte. Magdiwang party, it
also leans in that
direction. Given that
it is stated or
indicated in the
narrative that the
Magdalo party
discriminated
against Magdiwang
and that there is a
conflict between the
two parties, it is
probable that
Alvarez's
interpretation of the
events will differ
from the other
party's (Magdalo
party) narrator.

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