WHAT situation in your life will trigger your love and concern for your country? When do people struggle for reform? What was the peaceful means carried on by the propagandists in the persons of Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and Graciano Lopez Jaena to show their struggle for reform?

 The nationalistic concern of the Filipinos made a mark through the writings of the propagandists who were known later as revolutionaries. The mark was seen in the literary forms which were fiecely nationalistic and mostly satirical and critical in nature. The bulk of Filipino writting was published in Diaryong Tagalog (1882), a Spanish-Tagalog newspaper, the publication which signalled the open campaign for reforms. In 1889, the La Solidaridad, an underground newspaper, became the mouthpiece of the reform movement.

 The literature of the reform movement made a tremendouse impact through Dr. Jose Rizal's two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. These novels emphasized the need for radical changes in the social, political, and religious affairs of the Country. The Literary pieces of these foremost writers Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Apolinario Mabini, and Jose Palma left a mark which would move us to have a strong love for our country. As you read these literary pieces, try to discover how the works of these writers make you love your country and your people more.