Rizal's Retraction

His central aim is not just to provide one example of a legitimate, contextual (Hispanic) perspective. He also is eager to show that embracing different theological perspectives from around the globe is a necessary and unavoidable aspect of the church’s catholicity. González makes his case in the introduction.

     Francisco Pizarro was a conquistador born in Trujillo, Spain in about 1471. His father, Gonzalo Pizarro, was an infantry captain and he taught Francisco how to fight at an early age. Francisco Pizarro never learned to read and write but he was full of adventure.

For instance, one of the passages. For instance, when Lupe says, “And when they changed, we also began to change. It was nicer that way. Knowing that someone called existed. The right to health care, to food and to schooling for our children” (Argueta 31). This illustrates how the people did not view religious figures as ordinary people. Instead, Lupe states that when the liberation theological movement started to occur that the priest started to demand the rights to the poor. This was unheard of during those times. Therefore, it was a relief that the priest started to demand health care, food and schooling. Furthermore, Lupe goes on to say, “Previously, they used to instill fear in us; we believed they were like magicians who could annihilate us with the simplest gesture” (Argueta 23). In other words, Lupe is see’s the priest different because previously the priest acted as a superior towards the people. Hence, this changed has opened the eyes to the lower class. Thus, priest are now fundamentally important in opposing the oppressive regime in El Salvador. This shines the light on liberation theology and how it has changed the the roles of several;

After explaining the main reason for the revolt, Garner goes on to focus on two of the main arguments opposing his own. Unlike other historians, Garner ascertains that religion and the harsh oppression of the Spanish were not sole causes of the revolt. To build his case, throughout his paper, he compares

“The moment I understood her hatred, my family had not been personally hurt by Trujillo just as before losing my baby. Jesus had not taken anything away from me. There was the Perozos, not a man left in that family and Martinez Reyna and his wife murdered in their bed and thousands of Haitians murdered at the border. Making the river they say still red. I had heard but not believed. How could our all loving father let us suffer? I looked up challenging him and the two faces merged” (Alvarez 53).

I will now go on to Trinidad, Father Martinez's "nephew" who also exhibits a divided character, lustful and gluttonous, as well as having himself crucified and scourged during Passion Week. When he ate dinner, he ate as if he were "afraid of never seeing food again. When his attention left his plate for a moment, it was fixed in the same greedy way upon the girl who served the table...with careless contempt"(145). Trinidad seems to have such an ugly personality, but at the same time he carries out his religious duties, to the extreme.  It is as if one makes up for the other, contradicting Catholicism.  Padre Martinez, who also tends to acts upon rules of his own, has taught Trinidad literal religion, not spiritual religion. Trinidad seems to think repeated sins can easily be forgiven, acting more to please those around him instead of God. Trinidad's character of sin and solitude seems to be allowing him to get the best of both worlds, when he should just be content with one.

The Philippines is a multi-ethnic country and is densely influenced by the Spanish. Roman Catholic is a common religion practiced within my family and are educated in strict, Catholic private schools. They celebrated religious activities such as Holy Week and Santa Cruzan in honor of the patron of saints. Ernaline was born in Manila, Philippines on October 22, 1973. She attended Angelicum School at age 13 and graduated high school at 16 years old. Her dad was a marine engineer, earning up to $80,000 a year, and her mother was a housewife. Ernesto studied marine engineering at Philippine Maritime Institute. Her father was deliberately away traveling the world and came to see them for only about three times a year while her mother tended to all their needs with the help of maids. I am raised as a devout Catholic and currently

narratives by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, a Catholic, Father Isaac Jougues, also Catholic, and

At the beginning, the author (Equiano) gave an apologia, stating why he had chosen to write his narrative. He did not wish to be senseless, which is the danger when writing about one’s self. Somewhat, he wished to celebrate God, for God had made him a favorite and presented him with a great deal of favor,

Carlos has very strong Dominican values; he’s very stern with his four girls. As it states in the book he was known to tell his daughters “I don’t want loose women in my family” pg. 28. They were not supposed to be interment with a man until they were married. He’s also a respected Doctor and revolutionist. Carlos had to adapt to his new life in America. In the Dominican He was a Doctor with a well-known reputation he had family all around him he was able to provide for his family anything they wanted and the five girls follow the Dominican values for women. Now that he’s living in New York he’s going to have to have to reestablish his self by making sure his credentials are in order to practice as

. . one can’t help but wonder what form the author/protagonist’s life will take in the aftermath of his exorcism” (261). In this quote, Gonzales-Berry asserts that Miguel Chico’s has been exonerated of his repression through the art of writing. As stated by Marquez, serving as an inner historian has provided Miguel Chico a different perspective on life. Moreover, Gonzales-Berry’s curiosity is insightful because now that Miguel Chico has released his repression, he can now enjoy what he was encouraged to repress—his body. Lastly, in the article, “Sinners Among Angels, or Family History and the Ethnic Narrator in Arturo Islas’s The Rain God” written by David Rice, adheres to the idea of repression as he writes, “Through his vision of Felix’s return, Miguel Chico realizes that the family can only be saved if it is reconnected to the past which it represses and denies” (184). In this quote, Rice claims that the Angel family suffers from repression. His viewpoint is coming from the inner historian—Miguel Chico—as Marquez refers in his article. He refers to the salvation of the Angel family because the burden of their past is preventing the family from living their lives, hence not function as a family. In order to proceed, Rice suggests that the Angel family must acknowledge the past and learn to accept it.

Religion has had a profound effect on human culture; unfortunately, the trouble with it is faith, which creates skepticism in many individuals. In order to accommodate the issue of faith, religions have regulations, values, and ceremonies, making religion a belief system, hence creating clarity to support faith. Catholicism has become a belief system that feeds its follower with answers; however, these answers are only assumptions. There are no factual answers, and as a result, religious leaders have created an expectation in which religion is supposed to fit; nonetheless, its accuracy is unknown. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings,” the values of religion are the center of

Throughout “The True History of The Conquest of New Spain,” Diaz criticizes Nuhuatl religions through his denouncing tone and use of repetitions. His repetitions of “cursed,” such as the “cursed idols” (149) and “cursed temples” (149), and of

Have you ever wondered why people use tone while writing ? Tone is a very strategic way to get the reader's attention. While reading, people can have a different opinion than you. De Vaca did not know that he would have to use tone or even write a report on all that happened in order to save his own life.

Márquez provides a religious and political commentary through the comparison of independent action and duty to fate and religion, when Father Amador is ordered by Colonel Lazaro Aponte to