8/9/2019 Rereading the Noli, Fili - Manuel Arguilla

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terization of the Governor-General,

down through those of the priests,

the rich Spaniards, the weal thymiddle-class, the superstitious poor,

the students, the tulisanes - his

touch is unerring, his eye seems to

have been all, and his heart to have

understood.

He is an unrivalled story-teller!

Whether it is to arouse you to pity,

to indignation, to laughter, to

terror, or to give you a feeling of

romantic satisfaction- he does it

with a narrative skill that only a

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Barangays

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born teller of tales could

possessed. In the opinion of

writer, the chapters in th~~ NolTangere entitled "The Sacrista

and "the Meeting in the T

Hall" can favorably compare

any two chapters from any o

novel that can be brought forw

The first is a little 111Hst.erpiec

pathos; the other, of irony!

In my youth,r

brought afrom a feading of the 1VolTangere the image of Elias, a tary, enigmatici and, thrilling

sonality. This last reading of

novel has given me not the mem

of one character; it has left with

the consciousness of a body of

ple weaving out of their sepa

and often clashing destinies

fabric of a national character. I

left me both proud and humble.

A letter

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or m\luieipality. . Trade, these toys consisted of

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the Greater Manila area, has the instrmnen ts, magic tricks and prac-

, most number o f barangays - 6,9~3,; tical joke artides~paper deeo-

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