Caraga state university

Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines

URL: www.carsu.edu.ph

ANALYSIS ON THE WORKS OF

BONIFACIO

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 ANDRES BONIFACIO

 He is regarded as the "Father of the Philippine

Revolution" and one of the most influential
national heroes of his country.

 He was also the leading founder of the

Katipunan which aimed an independence
through armed revolution

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 Poverty led him to stop schooling but doesn’t stop learning. He studied and
devote most of his time in reading books while trying to improved his
knowledge in Spanish and Tagalog Language and even English as he works
in the British Firms.

 Though Bonifacio was considered as “Great Plebian”, but his love of our
country was incomparable. Not just by founding the Katipunan that aimed
for independence but also expressed in his literary works. which was
published in Kalayaan.

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 Andres Bonifacio is best known in Philippine history as the Supremo of the
Katipunan, the peasant army that launched the Philippine Revolution against
Spain in 1896.

 But little else is known about Bonifacio, making him an elusive character in
the Philippines’ struggle for independence.

 Stories about the orphaned boy single-handedly supporting his siblings by

selling fans and walking sticks, a theatrical performer and amateur poet, a
highly literate bodeguero skilled enough to manage foreign trading firms
have so romanticized our image of Bonifacio and his life

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 CONTENTIOUS EVIDENCE

 Fate has been unkind to Bonifacio. His mystery-shrouded life ended in an

ignominious death.
 And the only tangible proofs of his existence are a faded photograph and
some sparse writings, contentious evidence endlessly debated by historians.
 But the snippets of prose and poetry may provide a clear picture of the
personality and the rational workings of Bonifacio’s mind.
 They reveal a man with an adequate education, adept at writing using an
elegant hand and passionate about his idealistic and nationalistic principles.
Bonifacio’s revolutionary poetry diverged from the critical yet cautious
literature of the Reform Movement.

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 SPANISH WAY OF LIFE

 Bonifacio’s “Tapunan ng Lingap” (Care a Little) admonishes his countrymen to

reject the reprehensible habits and way of life of the Spaniards, which had
tarnished the Filipinos’ native psyche, and encourages a revolt against
oppression, bravely facing the enemy to protect the country’s interests:

Mga kapatid ko’y iwaksi ang sindak,

sa mga balita ng kastilang uslak
ugali ng isang sa tapang ay salat
na kahit sa bibig tayo’y ginugulat.
At huwag matakot sa pakikibaka,
sa lahing berdugo na lahing Espanya,
nangangarito na para manggagaga
ang ating sariling ibig pang makuha.

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 “PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA,”

 Was published in Kalayaan as the official newspaper of the Katipunan on

March 1896.

 It was published under the initials “A.I.B.” which was generally understood to
stand for “Agapito Bagumbayan,” which was the pseudo name placed under
the two contribution of Anders Bonifacio – “Pag – ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa”
and “Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog”, which was noted by historian Jim
Richardson.

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 Was translated in English as “Love of Country”

 On the very first part of the poem, Bonifacio said that there is no other
love greater and purer than the love of country.

 On the later part of the poem, it incite and encourage the people to join the
crusade for Philippine independence

 For a man of honor, his desire is the love his country, even to his songs,
poetry and writings the greatness of his country is always be the theme.

 He is willing to sacrifice for the country he love that gave him birth, blood,
wealth, knowledge even if it ends his life.

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 And if the mother land is offended, her honor, reason and dignity is outrage,
by a traitorous foreign country, unhappiness and grief will invade the hearts of
the Filipinos.

 Encourage the people to revenge, drive the Filipinos to rescue the motherland
that suffering in agony, trampled underfoot by the Spaniards.

 Rise up and save the country, snatch it from the claws of the tyrant.

 Dedicate your love to thy motherland, shed every drop of your blood, and it is
the fate and true glory if you lost your life for the defense of your country,

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 ANG DAPAT MABATID NG MGA TAGALOG

 Was the essay addressed only to the Tagalogs?

 Or Tagalog was superior compared to other people in Visayas and Mindanao?

 Thus, only the Tagalog had the worst experienced during the Spanish
colonization compared to other inhabitants of the Philippines?

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 Katagalugan often refers to the Tagalog-speaking regions of the island of
Luzon.

 Tagalog commonly refers to both ethno-linguistic group in the Philippines

and their language.

 However, the Katipunan extended the meaning according to Carlos

Ronquillo, “tagalog” means ‘tagailog’ refers to those who prefer to settle
along rivers, truly a trait, it cannot be denied, of all those born in the
Philippines, in whichever island or town.

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 On this essay, Andres Bonifacio portrayed the life of the Filipinos before the
coming of the Spaniards and also the suffering of the Filipinos in the hand
of the colonizers.

 That prior to the coming of the Spaniards in our country, there was a good
economic trading relation with the Japanese that make the economy grows.
 Young and old ones, ten girls knows how to read and write our own
language

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 CLEANSING REVOLUTION

 In the same vein, Bonifacio’s prose works such as “Dapat Mabatid ng

mga Tagalog” serve as a declaration of distrust and repudiation of
Spain’s failure to abide by its promises to bring justice and prosperity
to the Philippines, justifying a revolution to cleanse societal evil:

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 “Itinuturo ng katwiran, na wala tayong iba pang maaantay kundi lalut lalung
kahirapan, lalut lalung kataksilan, lalut lalung kaalipustaan at lalut lalung
kaalipinan. Itinuturo ng katwiran na huwag nating sayangin ang panahon sa
pag-asa sa ipinangakong kaginhawaan na hindi darating at hindi mangyayari
… Itinuturo ng katwiran ang tayo’y magkaisang loob, magkaisang isip at
akala at ng tayo’y magkalakas na maihanap ang naghaharing kasamaan sa
ating Bayan.

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 CATALYST FOR NATIONALISM

 True enough, though little known are the physical traits and features of
Bonifacio, a virtual persona of bravery and patriotism arises from his
surviving literary works.

 A deeper investigation is necessary to uncover the elusive Bonifacio.

Another interesting area of inquiry is the formation of his character through
his choice of books to augment his thirst for knowledge.

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 SUMMARY

 Both writings was published in Kalayaan under the pen name A.I.B.

 Portrays the life of the Filipino people before and during Spanish time.

 It expressed the love of the motherland.

 Incite and encourage the people to fight for the freedom of his country

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 References

 https://www.ahead.edu.ph/the-education-of-the-great-plebian/

 http://malacanang.gov.ph/7050-andres-bonifacios-pag-ibig-sa-tinubuang-lupa/

 https
://pinoypanitik.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/8/8/26880928/ang_dapat_mabatid_ng_mga_tagalog.pdf#:~:text=ANG
%20DAPAT%20MABATID%20NG%20MGA%20TAGALOG.%20ANG%20DAPAT,at%20kaginhawaaan.%
20Kasundo%20niya%20ang%20mga%20kapitbayan%20

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_Republic#:~:
text=The%20term%20Tagalog%20refers%20to%20both%20an%20ethno-linguistic,terms%20to%20all%20nat
ives%20in%20the%20Philippine%20islands
.

 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/315489/bonifacio-reveals-fervor-in-writings#ixzz76KBSVpWN

 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/315489/bonifacio-reveals-fervor-in-writings

 (Editor’s Note: Bryan C. Paraiso is senior historic sites development officer at the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines.)

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