This made Crisostomo Ibarra angry that made him start a revolution against Padre Damaso and the Spanish government. Although the gravediggers did not follow Padre Damaso’s order, they threw the body into the river. He was told that Padre Damaso ordered the gravediggers to transfer Rafael Ibarra’s body to the Chinese Cemetery. Lieutenant Guevarra, his father’s friend, told the story behind his father’s death. He was shocked to learn about his father’s death. He also visited his love, Maria Clara whom he missed for so long. He reunited with his acquaintances including his nemesis, Padre Damaso at Kapitan Tiago’s house. It followed the story of Crisostomo Ibarra who came from Europe to study and returned in the Philippines after his seven years of journey. Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tange re was all about the description of the Spanish colonization here in the Philippines and how the Spanish treated Filipinos badly. Philippine literature explains the reflection of our lives as Filipinos and how we interact with our society. The characters in different literary pieces represent their stand in the current issues of the society, especially the symbolic representation of the writer’s use. Literature is one of the priceless treasures that will change our lives and we uncover ourselves to the things around us.
There is a saying that, “Literature is a mirror of our culture”.
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