El Filibusterismo Chap 1-3 Report and Analysis
El Filibusterismo Chap 1-3 Report and Analysis
Book Report
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Book Analysis
It is stated that the friars are in the upper deck, symbolising
the church’s power during that time. It is also stated that the
Europeans, too, were in the upper deck, symbolising how the
Europeans, or foreigners in general, were seen as a higher
power and still are seen as such. Also, the upper class was in
the upper deck while the lower class was in the lower deck.
This symbolises the difference between what is given to the
higher class compared to the lower class. The character of
Doña Victorina symbolises the willingness of us Filipinos to
give up our own culture to be more foreign, European and
American in specifics. She wishes for the Indios to disappear
completely even though she herself in an Indio, no matter
how much makeup she applies on herself.
Bibliography
-Rizal, Jose. 1891. On the Upper Deck, El Filibusterismo