Question

What is the main point of the story "The revolution according to Raymundo Mata"?

Answer 1

the role of the intellectual is to present altenative narratives on history other than those provided by the “combatants” who claim entitlement to official memory and national identity-who propagate “ heroic anthems sung in order to sweep all before them.” In this fearlessly intellectual novel, Gina Apostol takes on the keepers of official memory and creates a new, atonal anthem that defies single ownership and, in fact, can only be performed by the many- by multiple voices in multiple readings Raymundo Mata, appropriately blind, exists in a parallel universe where perception is always in question, and memory and the Filipino identity are turned inside out.

Answer 2

The main point of the story "The revolution according to Raymundo Mata".

• Jose Rizal, the renowned writer of the Philippines who was assassinated by the Spanish for his revolutionary actions and is widely regarded as the nation's founding father, is reimagined by Apostol as he tells the contentious and fragmented account of Mata.
• The protagonist starts his search for the national hero after reading Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not), an unlawful book by Rizal that was given to him by a priest named Pó Valenzuela.
• A Revolution It is a narrative about a story, according to Raymundo Mata, who also received the Philippine National Book Award. The book is a fictional memoir written by half-blind political pamphlet publisher and self-described bookworm Raymundo Mata, who also happens to be a half-blind bookworm.
• The changeover between the Spanish and American colonial conflicts in the Philippines is explored in Mata's book, but there is more.
• In the preface, footnotes, and postscript, the memoir's Filipino editor, anonymous translator, and American critic discuss the historical authenticity and calibre of Mata's work. These intricate, interfering layers result in a hyper metafiction that satirises societal critiques and political violence like Roberto Bolao's 2666 and is lighthearted and sardonic like Cervantes' Don Quixote.

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