Name: Mhelrace Dave C.

Pasaol Date: June 23, 2020

Course & Year: BS Architecture- 1st year
 
 
Interpretation of the Caricature: Kindly fill out the needed information in the table.  
 
Meaning of each
Caricature Objects/People Political or social issue
symbol Important clues
Title that you see presented
(objects/people)
1. A New Rice fields The land of Nueva Ecija The picture depicts a man which It shows city capitalist using the
Wrinkle in the symbolizes the landlord ruling the Torrens title process, which
Art of Thieving Homesteaders or the poor farmers that cleans, cultivate and required relinquishment of
Farmers persons who acquires or improve their land. customary claims to issue titles,
possesses land under a to grab lands in Nueva Ecija and
homestead law other central Luzon provinces. It
shows about the agrarian issue in
Usurper A person who takes a the Philippines that got worsen.
position of power or
importance illegally or by
force

Sun Possessed the feeling of

being shocked

2. American A man carrying a Filipino Worker It shows in the picture the two men An illustration obviously refers to
Worker/ sack of rice under the having different working conditions. the fundamental inequality of the
Filipino Worker tropical sun On the right side, it shows the Filipino difference in wages and working
worker struggling too much in their conditions between the Filipino
work while on the left side, it shows and American workers. The social
A man showing the American Worker the American worker having an easy issue presented is the inequality
 easy mechanized work because of machines and among different country in terms
labor different equipment that makes their of labor.
work easier.

A sack of rice It symbolizes the burden

that the Filipino worker’s
carries all the time

Cart Machine that makes the

labor easier

Sun It serves as the challenge

to Filipino worker’s
3. A Mass is Fraile Spanish You can see in the picture that the
better Filipino devoted women are very
Devout women Filipinos attentive to the Spanish fraile. This
means that in the past, Filipinos really
believe what the Spaniards preach and
this is the reason why most of us are
Roman Catholic Nowadays.
The social issue that the picture
shows is we are really devoted
our religion regardless of the
situation. We are very sensitive
when it comes to religion and this
is because the influence of
Spaniards in the past. Yes it is
good that we should be devoted to
our God but we need to consider
the condition we are in. We can
really see it in our law because
the church is considered as
separate with the government and
this shows so much religion. The
picture "A mass is better" mocks
 the Filipino and Spaniards
religiosity because it is foolish
and not practical sometimes.
There is an cholera outbreak and
the devout women and fraile
choose to conduct a mass. In our
current situation, If we conduct a
mass to save us from the corona
virus, I dont think it is a good
idea. We need to remember
staying at home is much safer and
we can have our own prayer at
our own house.
4. Equal Work, Stout Man American Teacher We can say that the American is It shows the serious
Unequal salary, superior based on what the picture discrimination in both position
why?…. Thin Man Filipino Teacher shows, a stout man having formal and wages between the Filipino
wear and smoking while on the other and American workers. The social
Bag of Money Salary a Filipino experiencing the struggle in issue presented was
carrying the school that indicates their discrimination among workers
Balance scale Fair Justice position having a small salary. because it shows equal work but
not equal salary. Americans are
School Work or Position seen as superior as well as the
English language for they have
colonized the Philippines.
Americans are superiors while
Filipinos are inferiors that’s why
when they colonized Philippines
Filipinos learned fast their
language. When Filipinos began
 winning civil service
appointments after 1913 they
found themselves facing serious
discrimination in both wages and
position. Francis B. Harrison the
liberal Governor General reed the
pro: American hiring policies of
the Taft era(1900-12) began the
“Filipinization” of the civil
service.
5. Why the Farmer Tenant Farmers The picture shows a tired farmer It shows the forms of landlord
“Apacero” plowing with the help of the carabao usury used to strip tenant farmers
Rebels but he carries the burden that the of their rightful share of the
Sacks that the farmer Landlord usury that landlord put up. That means Filipinos harvest. The picture depicts an
carry causes struggles to the really suffer from landlord usury. agrarian issue that farmers are the
farmers one who works hard even though
it’s not their property and even
Carabao It symbolize as the the money mostly will be on the
farmer’s helper that landlord which is the foreigners
makes their work easier that’s why they rebel.