Critical Essay on the Cries free essay sample

Four different sources, places and dates have been chosen from namely: The Cry of Pugad Lawin by Pio Valenzuela on August 23 and 26; The Cry of Bahay Toro by Santiago Alvarez on August 24; The Cry of Kalookan by Gregoria de Jesus on August 23; The Cry of Balintawak by Captain Oglegario Diaz on August 25; The Cry of Balintawak by Guilliermo masangkay on August 26; and lastly, The Cry of Balintawak by Vicente Samson on August 26; while Pasong Tamo was not mentioned again throughout the chapter. The only detail that they all agree about is the year 1896. All 6 different sources present similar ideas in their stories but different dates and places which caused them to oppose each other. Until the National Historical Institute (NHI) discovered Valenzuela’s Memoirs that is parallel to his first statement on the first ‘cry’ which is The Cry of Pugad Lawin. As NHI considered the information found as precise. Around the year of 1963, Pres. We will write a custom essay sample on Critical Essay on the Cries or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Diosdado Macapagal agreed with the discovery of NHI and declared it as the official ‘cry’ which launched the 1896 Philippine Revolution. While I-Stories considers Valenzuela’s Pugad Lawin version as the most credible for a reason that his memories about the happening was still fresh when he wrote this. I do not agree with Valenzuela because he was not consistent with his stories despite the memoirs of him that was found. Where in later was found out that the place Pugad Lawin itself could not be proven to exist for no other records during the Spanish colonization speaks of it. Also in agreement with the testimonials and comments of different Philippine History book authors such as Pedro A. Gagelonia of the Far Eastern University who pointed out that â€Å"The Cry of Pugad Lawin cannot be accepted as historically accurate because it lacks positive documentation and supporting evidences from the witness. The testimony of only one eye witness is not enough†¦Ã¢â‚¬  along with the statement of John N. Schrumacher, S. J, of the Ateneo de Manila University which is â€Å"I would certainly give much less credence to all accounts coming from Pio Valezuela, and to the interpretations Agoncillo got from him verbally, since Valenzuela gave so many versions†¦Ã¢â‚¬  in addition with a part taken from the textual analysis of Dr. Soledad Borromeo-Buehler of the University of the Philippines which says â€Å"The name Pugad Lawin does not appear in contemporary accounts of the revolution, nor in the censuses of 1903, 1918, municipal records of Calookan, nor on pertinent maps of that town† alongside with analysing the different contemporary records and documents from the Spanish colonization period where in she found that these documents were presented or translated to the public in manners such as â€Å"unquoted, misquoted or misrepresented†. The only way out of this prolonged contention is to consider the idea that the â€Å"cry† could have happened in all of those places on the different dates considering that all of those places are generally in Caloocan. Relatively, since each â€Å"cry† happened on different dates and places with the same Katipunan leaders, it is possible that they conducted each cry at each of the different places around Caloocan. A proof that could support my statement is the discovery that Andres Bonifacio was actually a mestizo who was a resident of Tondo but was not enrolled for the head tax among the naturales in Tondo which means that he did not pay taxes which leads to a conclusion that he could not have had a cedula. Not having a cedula immediately leads to persecution by the Spaniards whereas Bonifacio was able to survive which could mean that he was able to produce a fake one. When a cedula was finally found with his name on it, an investigation proved that it is fake. Align with the preceding stretch, It may be assumed that Bonifacio could have had several or even dozens of fake cedulas that he tore up during those numerous â€Å"cries†. In other words, the seven different views about the â€Å"cries† may all be correct since they are all located along the areas of Caloocan, starting with The Cry of Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896 down to The Cry of Balintawak on August 26, 1896. Or rather, there is no choice but to wait for one of them to be proven certain. References Borromeo-Buehler, S. (1998). The cry of balintawak: A contrived controversy.