tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211839422693133367.post5440059311357925117..comments2023-06-26T15:35:50.442+08:00Comments on Jose Rizal's El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere: El Filibusterismo - CHAPTER VII: SIMOUNUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211839422693133367.post-69797266674202792812015-07-09T15:28:19.171+08:002015-07-09T15:28:19.171+08:00Under Spain, Spanish as a language was NOT the e...Under Spain, Spanish as a language was NOT the everyday language of the majority in the Philippines Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211839422693133367.post-6284539658972584292014-10-23T16:31:03.464+08:002014-10-23T16:31:03.464+08:00Poor Rizal he could not express himself in Tagalog...Poor Rizal he could not express himself in Tagalog, so he wrote the novel in Spanish. Maybe as a result of medium of instruction being Spanish? You know like some of us who may be at best average in English but are worse if we were to convey our thoughts in our native language. Don't get me wrong, language is not the only measure of intelligence. Otherwise spatial intelligence would not be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com