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1. In Excerpt 1, what impression of the Filipinos do you get from reading Morga’s
description of the type of food the natives eat? Which phrase gives you this
impression?
2. What is Rizal’s purpose in writing an annotation about the food preferences of the
English, Spaniards and Chinese?
Rizal's motivation is to advise that in each country there are various sorts of
food inclinations. It depends on what they have as their assets and obviously on their
culture. Some may like what English people eat and some may not like other
countries. It is essentially clarified that what is uncommon from the other can simply
be typical for a few.
In view of Morga, Filipinos generally fabricate dividers among them and the
individuals who are more grounded than them that they can't endure. They will in
general seclude themselves from the individuals who are unrivaled from them that
may hurt them and influence their lives in light of the fact that that is the thing that
they believe is ok for them.
4. In Rizal’s subsequent annotation, what does he mean when he says, “ Perhaps for
the same reason, other nations have great esteem for the lion and bear, putting them
on their shields and giving them honourable epithets”?
Rizal implies that for the very explanation that lions and bears are utilized by
different countries as their safeguards, they realized that those were unrivaled from
them, that is the reason they are utilized and regarded for security purposes.
5. In general, what is Rizal’s motive in writing his annotations of Morga’s work/ how
does this fit into the aims of other propagandists working for reforms during this
time?