When Father Dámaso, one of the novel’s darkest figures, fractures Tagalog in his sermon the scene is comic, but when he violently forbids a schoolmaster from teaching Spanish to his Filipino students, broken Tagalog becomes a political weapon.
When Father Dámaso, one of the novel’s darkest figures, fractures Tagalog in his sermon the scene is comic, but when he violently forbids a schoolmaster from teaching Spanish to his Filipino students, broken Tagalog becomes a political weapon.
