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The Pretenders: Antonio Samson as Rizal??
Antonio Samson or "Tony" is a great man. He sacrifices his life for the sake of the people he used to love. He commits suicide!!Tony said that "I'll be a mess."(Jose 172) and his life ends there.
Antonio Samson is a smart man. He is a writer who wrote for Ilocanos.He tried to find his roots that shows his love in his native place. But Tony is not only a man who is looking for his roots, he is also a man who act in a society that he uses to hate but still he performed what he needs to act in that society that leads to his conflict which is he himself is against to the things that he is doing.
Antonio Samson is also a puppet is the novel. The Villas make him a puppet who did what the Villas would say. The Villas control Tony as Tony uses to like the materials things that the Villas would gave him."The desk was not as modern as Don Manuel's, but it was huge too. One side of the room was lined with empty, glass-covered shelves. And a low table beside the desk was the latest electric typewriter-its soft red color glowing handsomely in light"(Jose 83) That describes the working place or the room of Tony in the Villas Company. Also he did the speeches of Senator Reyes that whatever he wrote is just a lie that Senator Reyes would not do the beautiful things he wrote.
Tony didn't not consider Rizal as thee national hero.Because Rizal and the Ilustradors wants only equality not the freedom itself and beyond this equality is just the sake of them. "And that is why i do not consider Rizal a hero. He was a great in his way-but Marcelo H. del Pilar was a great man. He died a pauper in Spain. In the end, none of the illustrados could approximate the stature, the hoerism of Bonifacio."(Jose 88)
Rizal was truly a great man but Tony is correct he just want the equality that would benifits them, the illustradors. He died in great and memorable way. He was being shoot by the Spaniards which people said that he sacrifices his life for the sake of the Filipino people? If it is true that for the sake of his coutrymen.
Both Antonio Samson and Rizal are writers, The difference is Rizal wrote for the equality he wanted but Antonio Samson wrote for the sake of others(Sen. Reyes and Don Manuel Villa). They die in a sacrifical way. Some says Rizal died for us that he sacrifices his life for our sake his beloved countrymen while Tony die for the sake ofthe people he uses to love like Carmen Villa.
Both of them leave a make in our mind, they are our eye awakener that shows us what we need to do. In Rizal, his death made the people fight for their freedom that the people in that year sees what would happen next if they would not make a move for their freedom while in the novel with Antonio Samson, he is the eye awakener that awakes the Villas, senator Reye etc. that they need to change their lifestyle that their current lifestyle was not too good for the sake of many people which is involve especially the poor people.
Works Cited:
Jose, F. Sionil.(1962) The Pretenders. Solidaridad Publishing House, 531 Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila Philippines
Antonio Samson is a smart man. He is a writer who wrote for Ilocanos.He tried to find his roots that shows his love in his native place. But Tony is not only a man who is looking for his roots, he is also a man who act in a society that he uses to hate but still he performed what he needs to act in that society that leads to his conflict which is he himself is against to the things that he is doing.
Antonio Samson is also a puppet is the novel. The Villas make him a puppet who did what the Villas would say. The Villas control Tony as Tony uses to like the materials things that the Villas would gave him."The desk was not as modern as Don Manuel's, but it was huge too. One side of the room was lined with empty, glass-covered shelves. And a low table beside the desk was the latest electric typewriter-its soft red color glowing handsomely in light"(Jose 83) That describes the working place or the room of Tony in the Villas Company. Also he did the speeches of Senator Reyes that whatever he wrote is just a lie that Senator Reyes would not do the beautiful things he wrote.
Tony didn't not consider Rizal as thee national hero.Because Rizal and the Ilustradors wants only equality not the freedom itself and beyond this equality is just the sake of them. "And that is why i do not consider Rizal a hero. He was a great in his way-but Marcelo H. del Pilar was a great man. He died a pauper in Spain. In the end, none of the illustrados could approximate the stature, the hoerism of Bonifacio."(Jose 88)
Rizal was truly a great man but Tony is correct he just want the equality that would benifits them, the illustradors. He died in great and memorable way. He was being shoot by the Spaniards which people said that he sacrifices his life for the sake of the Filipino people? If it is true that for the sake of his coutrymen.
Both Antonio Samson and Rizal are writers, The difference is Rizal wrote for the equality he wanted but Antonio Samson wrote for the sake of others(Sen. Reyes and Don Manuel Villa). They die in a sacrifical way. Some says Rizal died for us that he sacrifices his life for our sake his beloved countrymen while Tony die for the sake ofthe people he uses to love like Carmen Villa.
Both of them leave a make in our mind, they are our eye awakener that shows us what we need to do. In Rizal, his death made the people fight for their freedom that the people in that year sees what would happen next if they would not make a move for their freedom while in the novel with Antonio Samson, he is the eye awakener that awakes the Villas, senator Reye etc. that they need to change their lifestyle that their current lifestyle was not too good for the sake of many people which is involve especially the poor people.
Works Cited:
Jose, F. Sionil.(1962) The Pretenders. Solidaridad Publishing House, 531 Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila Philippines
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