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I. Answer The Given Questions Below.: Activity For NMT Chapter 3

In this chapter, Laruja questions Ibarra about his travels to observe if his views of the Philippines have changed in a way that could cause trouble. Doña Victorina abandoned her Filipino identity and adopted foreign customs because she believed it made her superior. She has a distorted view of identity where indigenous traditions are seen as inferior. Ibarra says that while his country seems to have forgotten him, he has always thought about it, feeling cut off without news of his father's death. The chapter examines different types of people in Philippine society and their modern equivalents, including those who assert colonial domination, abandon identity for social gain, and the indigenous population viewed as inferior.

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I. Answer The Given Questions Below.: Activity For NMT Chapter 3

In this chapter, Laruja questions Ibarra about his travels to observe if his views of the Philippines have changed in a way that could cause trouble. Doña Victorina abandoned her Filipino identity and adopted foreign customs because she believed it made her superior. She has a distorted view of identity where indigenous traditions are seen as inferior. Ibarra says that while his country seems to have forgotten him, he has always thought about it, feeling cut off without news of his father's death. The chapter examines different types of people in Philippine society and their modern equivalents, including those who assert colonial domination, abandon identity for social gain, and the indigenous population viewed as inferior.

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Activity for NMT Chapter 3

I. Answer the given questions below.

1. What does Doña Victorina represent throughout the chosen excerpts of


the novel?
I believe she is a representation of an idiotic Filipino who abandoned
her true identity to get to a higher place in life. Because she believes that a
being a Filipino lessens her capacity as an individual due to colonial
mentality. And as she abandoned her true identity, she thought of herself as
higher than everyone else. She basically has a distorted view of her identity.
Her mind believes that everything that is indigenous is inferior and
everything foreign as superior.

2. How will you describe Laruja in this Chapter? Who do you think does he
represent in the present time?
In this chapter, Laruja was just questioning Ibarra regarding his
travels the whole time. I assumed he was observing if Ibarra had now a
different thought of his own country due to what he has seen in his travels
which might cause trouble in the future. I think he represents people who
likes to dominate and dictate people and try to cunningly plan their next
move to keep you from freedom.
II. Explain the meaning of the following lines based on how they are used
in the novel.

1. “Here we are in the world and not in the church. The seat of honor
belongs to you.”
It was a rephrase of, “I don’t want trouble,” or “I don’t want to sit
there.” Because the tone of his voice actually said that they were of equal
position even in the world. Another meaning may be that the church is
separate from everything else in the world.

2. “Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always


thought about it.”
For one year, he did not receive any news from the Philippines while
he was in Europe. None of his acquaintances let him know that his father
had died. Therefore, he felt like the people have forgotten him. But, he
hasn’t.

III. Answer the following questions briefly but completely. 

1. Why did the Franciscan resent Ibarra?


Maybe because he was the son of a person he hates.

2. How did Dr. Jose Rizal show appreciation for the heritage of every
country that he visited?
Like Ibarra, Rizal made it a point to study the history of a country
before visiting it.
3. What is the point of Rizal in introducing the rubicund youth who wrote
down some observations in the gathering?
He wanted to point out that at that time, our history was being
written by foreigners who had spent so little time in the country. An
example of this would be the historical account stating that Magellan
discovered the Philippines in 1521. How could he have discovered it when
there were already Filipinos on the islands when Magellan arrived?

4. Why were there so many Filipinos who were not educated by their
parents during the Spanish era?
The "indiyo" mothers were convinced by the friars that education was
bad for the children since education would enlighten the children of the
situations the “indiyos” were in.

5. How are the different types of people in society being described in the
text? How will you relate these types of people in the present time?

In the text,
1. There people who colonized others and thought of themselves highly.
2. There were also people who abandoned their identity to have a better
position in life.
3. And there were people who were Indiyos and were thought lowly of.

I can relate the said people above in the present times as:
1. Government officials who overuse their power.
2. Filipinos who corrupt the people of their money. (May be business men,
government officials, and government employee)
3. Filipinos who are poor and struggling in life.

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