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KATIPUNAN AND THE REVOLUTION: MEMOIRS OF A GENERAL
TEST OF AUTHENTICITY
Brief Description of the Source The book Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General narrates the personal experiences and observations of its author as a general during the Philippine Revolution of which both Katipunan and the government that succeeded it championed with great vigor. He narrated the events that took place before the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish Rule, which broke out in August 1986 and was initiated by the revolutionary movement or the secret society popularly known as Katipunan that is founded by Andres Bonifacio four years prior to the Philippine Revolution. As well as the activities of the Katipunan, the election at Tejeros and the events that culminated in the revolution after the untimely death of Andres Bonifacio, the Supremo of the Sons of the People, using authentic and credible. Santiago Alvarez, author of the memoir, was the son of Mariano Alvarez and a member of the Magdiwang Council by serving as Captain-General of its forces. For full five years, from August 1896 to August 1901, he claimed to be one of those who guided the Revolution. When he wrote his memoir in 1927, Alvarez was already fifty-five years old. And as an active participant of the unfolding events, he is writing directly from his experience. He was not an ordinary spectator trying to recollect what had transpired before his eye but an active participant and a decision-maker; his privilege of being part of the leaders of the Katipunan enabled him a concrete picture of events so he was in a position to know the authenticity of the narrative. Aside from that, his writing of this book was already 20 years past the event so he cannot be accused of carrying immediate emotional luggage, and since he is not yet in his old age as well, so neither can he be accused of senility. Overall, his only enemy for readers to believe the veracity of his recollections would be a frail memory. This book should be a primary source because all the details and information stated in the book came from Alvarez's experience and observations, in other words he is a witness to that event of that year. It did not come from what he read or heard because he himself became part of the Katipunan. Thus, date of the information is the same as the date of the actual event and the meeting place (milieu) was the Philippines when it was still occupied by the Spanish. And this book Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General by Santiago V. Alvarez was published by the Ateneo de Manila University in 1992 and reprinted in 1996. The book was originally published in Sampaguita, a Tagalog weekly during the 1920s and was originally written in Tagalog but was translated by Paula Carolina Malay in English. Alvarez, without denigrating the dignity or glory of the revolution or deprecating the struggle for independence and “in the interest of noble truth” he wrote of the successes as well as failures, bravery as well as brutality, providing the new raw material for recreating this aspect of the Filipino past.
TEST OF CREDIBILITY
The book Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General tells the story of the Katipunan from Alvarez’s personal observation and experiences as the general of that said group. The purpose of the Katipunan is free the country from conquest of the Spaniards. This group was organized to plan the revolution to fight the occupiers of the Philippines. The event in which an assembly of both Magdalo and Magdiwang party that took place in Terejos, its purpose is: to tackle what kind of government and how it should be establish; to discuss the best measure to take to strengthen Magdiwang government against the enemy; and the election of the leaders for the new government.
The people involved in the events, well aside from the author Santiago Alvarez himself, were the people present at the meeting in Tejeros, which were also members of the Katipunan. The participants in the meeting were members of both the Magdiwang and Magdalo. Among the members of Magdiwang are Jacinto Lumbreras, Andres Bonifacio, Mariano Alvarez, Pascual Alvarez, and others. Among the Magdalo are Baldomero Aguinaldo, Daniel Tirona, and Cayetano Topacio. These people are all involved in the event as well as those people mentioned in the book. Santiago's narration of the events may have been different because he is also participant of the event. His narrative is from his perspective which also has an inclination to Magdiwang party because he is part of that group. Alvarez's account of the events in Tejeros such as when Baldomera wanted the meeting to end immediately because it was getting dark, Baldomera also suggested a new way of voting, and also implication that Bonifacio may have been deceived in a form of Mr. Diego Mojica whispering to the former about underhand things regarding many of the ballots distributed were already filled out and that the voters had not done those themselves. It is possible that Alvarez’s analysis of the events may differ from other party’s ( Magdalo party) narration, especially since it is mentioned or implied in the book that Magdalo party discriminated against Magdiwang and there is a dispute between the two parties. Additionally, this book’s narration of the events differs from Teodoro A. Agoncillo, another historian and author of the book Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan.
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REVOLT OF THE MASSES: THE STORY OF BONIFACIO AND THE
KATIPUNAN
TEST OF AUTHENTICITY
The book Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan was written by Teodoro A. Agoncillo and was first published in 1956 by the College of Liberal Arts of the University of the Philippines. Then the second edition and printing were respectively printed in 2002 and 2005. The setting or the milieu of information on which the author based this book is in the Philippines when it was still under the Spanish rule. Whiles Teodoro A. Agoncillo was the author of this book and is also well -known historian in Philippines. He was known in his field as a historian in the 20th century. He has written many history books and up until his death he served in the country to spread the things of the past (history). The book, on the other hand is an in-depth discussion on the Katipunan and the life history of its Supremo Andres Bonifacio through the use of pertinent primary sources concerning the Philippine Revolution against Spain. Thus as such this book should be considered as a secondary source since he based this on this narrative on the primary one. Additionally according to the author, he paid more attention to the Katipunan because of his belief that Bonifacio can best be seen and appreciated against the backdrop of the revolutionary society. And that Bonifacio's bravery would be more visible and recognizable if he could be narrated as a Katipunero of the Revolution.
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Course: Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA)
University: Polytechnic University of the Philippines
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