Sep 2, 2009

Letter to the young women of Malolos

Rizal wrote this letter in the year 1889, two years after he made the Noli Me Tangere. He wrote this letter to the 20 young women of Malolos who were descendants of Chinese Mestizos family (Reyes, Tantoco, Tiongson, Tantiangco and Uitangcoy). The letter seems to be an open attack to the abuses of the Spaniards to the Philippines. In the letter, Rizal pointed out that if the Filipino woman will not change, she should not be entrusted with the education of her children. Rizal is encouraging the young women to have greater desire to learn, be reasonable and open their eyes on how the Spaniards treat the Filipino women. Like in his novel, Noli, he showed different characters of women. He made the character of Maria Clara as a conservative and meek woman and Sisa as a weak woman who got crazy because her son’s death.


- Orcena, Ma. Amelia

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