Lagrimas, Lloyd Mar E.

BT301

I. Chapter 4: Cabesang Tales

Characters Involved

Cabesang Tales- He is the former Cabeza de barangay or head of the

barangay, he grew rich through hard work and perseverance. He
worked on the farm but he wanted to live on his own.

Juli- She is the daughter of Cabesang Tales and she is the one
Cabesang Tales want to send to college in order to match educational
attainment of Basilio, her sweetheart.

Tandang Selo – He is the father of Cabesang Tales. He was a

woodcutter who lived in the forest. He raised the sick and young Basilio
after his mother Sisa died.

150-200 Summary

The chapter talks about the family history of Cabesang Tales. Tandang Selo was a
woodcutter who lived in the forest. His son Cabesang Tales worked on a farm but
but wanted to live on his own so the family cut down trees to clear land for farming.
One by one, Canesang Tales’ family got sick and died (including his wife and oldest
daughter Lucia), and they thought the spirits of the forest were getting revenge.
During their first harvest, the church claimed their fields and charged them an
annual fee of 20-30 pesos to use them. The family built their house and thought of
sending Juli to school.

Cabesang Tales became Cabeza de Barangay and ended up paying tax deficits and
other costs with his own money. Cabesang Tales promised Juli she would be able to
study but the rental price increased to 200 pesos eventually. Tales protested but the
friar administrator sent his servants to take back the land. Cabesang Tales rebelled
and said he will only surrender his fields to “the first man who would water them
with blood from his own veins.” Cabesang Tales refused to surrender his lands
because the friars don’t have documents to prove that they own them. Cabesang
Tales decided to pay lawyers and officials to help him but they took advantage of
him and used up his savings.

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 A. 50-100 Reflection
In this chapter we will know the life and struggles of the Family of
Cabesang Tales. He is a hardworking man and after he was sitted as the
Cabeza de Barangay, it is the start of the calvary of his life. The friars
came in the harvest time and their claiming the land and they demand
Tales for payment. Tales accept the agreement because he don’t have a
choice because he wanted Juli to go to college. But year after year the
payment is increasing and he can’t sustain them. He brings the problem
to a court, but he losses the case. Time goes by and he was kidnapped by
the bandits and they are demanding some ransom for his life. Juli her
daughter think what she can do to save her father, she borrowed money
to save her father’s life.
B. Comparison with Noli me Tangere

Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are the two novels of our National
Hero which is Dr. Jose Rizal which both similar and different from each
other. In a way they both talked about how Spaniards abused us, the
abuse of church by their power and discriminations about Filipinos. Noli Me
Tangere is a love story or romantic novel and El Fili Busterismo is a
political Novel with revenge and it was dedicated to the three fathers or
the GOMBURZA.

Noli me Tangere showed Crisostomo Ibarra as a compassionate , idealistic,

and patient. While in the El Filibusterismo, he was portrayed angry and
vengeful and he was disguised himself named Simoun. Noli Me Tangere is
written in the idea that would exposed the sufferings of the Philippines. In
general the Noli Me Tangere is more on reformist side of Dr. Jose Rizal and
the El Filibusterismo is on his revolutionist.

C. Implied Topic on this Chapter

In this chapter it is all about on Cabesang Tales Family and their history.
Cabesang Tales is son of Tandang Selo who is a woodcutter in the forest.
Cabesang Tales was ambitious and he want to live by his own so he
decided to clear the land to build his own farm. But time goes by his
family died one by one including his wife and his oldest daughter. The
Harvest come and bandits came on that day and they claimed that the
land of Cabesang Tales are their own land. They have an agreement that
Cabesang Tales will pay rent on the land, but years goes by the rent is
increasing and Cabesang Tales can’t handle it so he issued a case in the
court but he lose. After that he was kidnapped by the bandits and they are
demanding ransom to save his life.

II.

A. How does El Filibusterismo impact in our society?

El Filibusterismo can inspired us/Filipinos to fight in our freedom against

abusive Spaniards also we can gain knowledge in this novel the Fighting

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 for our Freedom and importance of education. Dr. Jose Rizal’s message in
El Filibusterismo is he wanted Filipinos to have better life and he show our
society that proper education and decent life are all achievable.

B. References

https://philnews.ph/2021/10/29/message-of-el-filibusterismo-themes-
purpose-of-the-novel/

http://thelifeandworksofrizal.blogspot.com/2011/04/el-filibusterismo-
summary-and-analysis_2369.html

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/cavite-state-university/bs-
psychology/el-filibusterismo-characters-and-summary/14865207

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