St.

Paul University Surigao

St. Paul University System
8400 Surigao City

Jessa G. Basadre
BSA 201

Activity 5

The town of San Diego San Diego represents many of the Philippines towns back during
the Spanish colonization: lush greens and vegetation, mountains,
rivers, etc. Farming was also very prominent back then.
The house of Capitan Kapitan Tiyago's house was described as being in Daang
Tiago Anloague (Anloague Street) near one of the streaming rivulets of
Pasig River called Binundok River. Inside, Rizal describes it as
luxurious and opulent, decorated with paintings of both religious
and bucolic scenes, large mirrors, and elaborate chandeliers.
Rizal also notes that despite its lavishness, the furniture is
uncomfortable,
Manila as seen through the eyes of the novel’s protagonist, Crisostomo
Ibarra who, readers learn, has just recently returned to the
Philippines after an absence of several years. Manila was dreary,
unmodern and unlovely. The trees around the plazas are withered,
the unpaved streets choke people with dust on dry days and turn
into slurry on rainy days, and the architecture is uninspiring.
Pasig River Called by some the creek of Binondo, which, like all rivers of
Manila at that time, combined the functions of public bath, sewer,
laundry, fishery, waterway and should the Chinese water-pedlar
find it convenient, even a source of drinking water. Rizal’s
picturesque account of the Pasig River included the ship Tabo
sailing along the waterway, which was described to have been
filled with life and energy
The townspeople They were controlled by the spaniards with threats of
excommunication, punishment, and accusations of heresy, the
friars clash with their own countrymen.
The Church and the clergy Rizal shows the shocking extent to which the Catholic friars have
commandeered the country’s politics and culture, manipulating
the lives of Filipino citizens in an attempt to assert authority and
influence. Thus, Rizal illustrates the Catholic priests’ corruption
and their unchecked power, which doesn’t stem from actual
religious zeal, but rather from a love of supremacy that
colonization has enabled and encouraged.