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Name: ANGELINE POYOS Date: Nov.

19, 2024

DISCUSSION-REFLECTION BOARD INSTRUCTIONS


In the Part 4 folder of your coursesite, go to Part 5 Grp Thought Paper: Rizal's Thoughts on
Revolution (Due Nov 9, 20 pts)
IN YOUR FINAL PROJECT GROUPINGS, answer the question down below as a group in 1000
words.
• Support your answers with Examples/citations from AT LEAST 3 VALID ACADEMIC
SOURCES. You may use specific examples from our Noli & El Fili lectures
• You have until Nov 18, 11:59 to submit your work (in this activity page)
• Grading rubrics are found here.
GUIDE QUESTION:
1. In Noli Me Tangere, The Philippines, a Century Hence and (as we shall discuss) El
Filibusterismo Rizal disapproved of revolution because it is highly destructive of a
society and the suffering it caused AND thought that Freedom through peaceful, gradual,
change through paths of gradual socio-political reforms that would help "prepare"
Filipinos to govern themselves, was the "correct path". For Rizal, a people seeking
independence or justice should strive to "be worthy of independence/Justice" by learning
to govern themselves, embracing "virtue, justice & righteousness," and establishing a
rational, progressive, just society first before committing themselves to a bid for
freedom/justice.

2. But do you agree or disagree with Rizal's ideas against violent revolution? Especially
when people who are most affected with an unequal, oppressive dictatorial society- such
as the lower classes- are already badly suffering from the abuses of those in power (who
may not listen to the cries of the oppressed)? Do people need to be "Worthy of Justice"
before fighting for justice? Explain & support your answers

THOUGHT PAPER
In this discussion, I want to share my thoughts on Jose Rizal’s ideas about violent
revolution. I partly agree with his point about violent revolution as a way to achieve change, but
I also disagree on some points. Rizal believed that violent revolution causes more harm than
good and that gradual, peaceful reforms are the better path to progress. His ideas continue to give
debates, especially when we think about the struggles of oppressed groups in society. While I
understand and agree with his hope that peaceful change can lead to a better future, I also believe
there are situations where revolution might be necessary when peaceful means fail.
Furthermore, his two (2) prominent works Nole Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo,
continually emphasized the notion of danger in violence and need for education, virtue and
readiness among the Filipinos before it seeks the independency itself. While, reading his works
under Rizal’s writing it pinpoints to the ideas that his intention was noble, and to think of it he
has limitation to his approach specifically when it was applied to extreme cases of oppression
where peaceful methods fail to bring justice for everyone.
On the other hand, why I partly disagree is that Rizal feared that violent revolutions
would bring harm than good to anyone, it was shown in El Filibusterismo of Rizal, in support to
that, inside the novel is we have the character of Simoun in his revolutionary plans ended in
chaos, not in a liberation way. It was highlighted on how violence can spiral into suffering
without addressing the deeper issues of governance and morality. Another example is the essay
of Rizal entitled “the Philippines a Century hence” it pointed that in order to gain the Filipinos
independency it must first prepared the themselves to self-rule to avoid patching up and
replacing one oppressor with another oppressor.
However, the reason why I also agree on some point of Rizal’s notion. Specifically on the
goal of education for peaceful reforms in order to achieve change, since in the Noli Me Tangere,
one of the character Ibarra establish a goal that symbolizes school or education vision. Since, the
education for Rizal, was a tool to uplift Filipinos and teach them how to demand justice in a
peaceful, and rational way without bringing up the violent revolutions. On this part, he aims to
minimize the bloodshed that we often seen in revolutions or wars.
In fact, people are worthy of Justice, the idea is that people need to be worthy and they
are worthy of the justice. Since, everyone puts the burden on the oppressed to prove their virtue,
in contrary to addressing the violence that the oppressor did. I believed in Justice in not
something that we must fight for or must be earn for, since it is a basic human right and it given.
In such Noli Me Tangere, there were characters like Elias that argues that oppressed don’t have
time to wait for the people who had powers. Hence, it must be willingly given up or be given by
their privileges. This reflects the multi-faceted by the low class, who are force to take the
suffering. Not just delaying justice un till society is “prepare” to risks allowing injustice to
continue indefinitely.
Therefore, my overall stance is I disagree with him by fearing the revolutionary violence
because I believe the there are instances that oppressed people must fight for justice because the
system of a peaceful reform might fail and not succeed thus fighting the system in power leave
them no choice if we or the oppressed people fight for justice and independency. Although, I do
agree with Rizal that revolutions should be guided by not just principle of justice but as well as
the inclusion to avoid causing harm than good.
In conclusion, in Rizal’s vision of peaceful change is hypothetically ideal, but not as
always realistic in situations of unjust oppression. Violent revolutionary, is somehow chaotic, it
can be requisite to achieve justice and freedom.
REFERENCES
 Rizal, Jose. Noli Me Tangere. Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero.
 Rizal, Jose. El Filibusterismo. Translated by Soledad Lacson-Locsin.
 Rizal, Jose. The Philippines a Century Hence.

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