Politically Revolutionary Fiction is...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Political Revolutionary Fiction is...
Current mood: blah
Category: News and Politics


... highly intriguing.

I would like to proudly promulgate (ah, the damned alliteration), for both my own sense of satisfaction and vanity, that I have as of 30/07/08 11:10pm have alas finished reading 'Noli Me Tangere' by Jose Rizal.

After 63 Chapters, 278 external notes, several passages in Latin and innumerous shifts in writing tense, I have finally completed it.

It was rather compelling as I was reading along, although his unique literary style was something to grow accustomed to. The utterly theocratic system of Philippines at the time was interesting to both exploit and explore from a modernist perspective. It calls to mind Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' and how McCarthyism was able to be manipulated allegorically within the theocracy of Puritan society. Having completed reading the novel, it is completely lucid to me as to why it was both banned and regarded as a subversive novel, and Rizal branded as a subvert.

SPEAKING OF SUBVERTING THE SYSTEM - Here's my random rant for the day! (LOL That sounded like a segment on Rove, most likely headed my Husey or Helliar) My illustrious, gargantuan 'educator' of Studies of Religion has completely undermined the leaders system. She's a complete subvert in terms of both our spiritual nourishment and the established paradigms of our school. Excuse my plebeian use of the 'Harry Potter' analogy, but that woman is uncannily like Professor Umbridge, so much to the point that it's freaking scary. The similarities are striking, indeed. Many a member of my religion class have vehemently expressed their desires to resort to violence and 'shoot' her.

I do believe that the correct verb would be 'harpoon.'

Despite my human/environmental rights tendencies, I've discovered that Japan has alas a legitimate reason to continue whaling.

Ok. That was highly malicious. My apologies.

But Dyanne. I know you totally would have laughed.



Oh my word. I just had a thought. I could have used 'The Crucible' and 'Noli Me Tangere' as additional material together! Shaizer! I could have! It's a shame, really. A multitude of lazy people are using 'The Crucible.' But. But. 'The Crucible' and 'The Noli' fit like hand to glove! Hmm... it'll be ok. I have my political cartoons. Yet honestly, just imagine, what a politically analytical essay that would have been!