Activity No.

1 Content and Contextual Analysis of the KKK and the Kartilya ng Katipunan

Instruction: Read the original text of the Kartilya ng Katipunan. Critically examine the content and write
a paragraph-long response to the 14 Codes of Conduct. On your response, determine the value/s being
exemplified by each rule and assess its importance to you as an individual and to the Filipino society in
general. You can use either the Filipino or English language for your response. Further, examine the
context wherein the document was written. Describe the situation of the Philippines during that time and
justify why the Katipunan had to be considered a government (you can search for this over the web).
Each item (for the 14 Codes of Conduct) is equivalent for ten (10) points. The description of the context
is equivalent for twenty (20) points. Submit your file in pdf format.

You will be graded according to the following criteria:

Criteria Response on the Kartilya Description of Context

Content and Presentation of 7pts 15pts
Perspective
Organization 3pts 5pts

Follow the format below:

Name: Camille Amenabar Rosal Date of Submission: 02.16.23

Class Code: B21

Mga Aral nang Katipunan ng mga A.N.B. Response

1. Ang kabuhayang hindi ginugugol sa isang Spend your life in the service of a noble cause. Live
malaki at banal na kadahilanan ay kahoy na your life by helping and being there for others through
walang lilim, kundi damong makamandag your means for a Filipino is a man of his own and a
man for other people. It is not necessary but for me
when I can get to help other people, I feel happy and
fulfilled. In our life as Filipinos, we experience
hardships and it is something to be proud of that in
times like this, our fellow Filipinos help us in ways
they can too because I believe that it is not wrong if
you won’t help but not helping knowing you have the
means makes it wrong.
2. Ang gawang magaling na nagbubuhat sa We can truly be free if we do things we love for our
pagpipita sa sarili, at hindi sa talagang nasang happiness and not only for what we can get when
gumawa ng kagalingan, ay di kabaitan. doing it. In this lifetime, let’s do things that makes us
happy and fulfilled and not just waiting for something
to be received by doing such things. I can see how
other Filipinos try really hard to work to let everyone
see his/her success in life. It’s not wrong actually but
isn’t it more fulfilling to do work and to do things for
yourself? To make yourself happy and fulfilled? Let’s
do better.
3. Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang pagkakawang Piety. Being religious or reverent. I know a lot of
gawa, ang pagibig sa kapua at ang isukat ang people who goes to church every Sunday, praying to
bawat kilos, gawa’t pangungusap sa talagang God and asking for things yet when they come out of
the church, they start backstabbing and talking
Katuiran.
disgusting things to their fellow Flipinos. For me, if
you only care for yourself, stop minding other
people’s business, loving your family and friends and
being good to others while worshipping the Lord is
what really makes you pious. It is not through
worshipping alone we can measure someone’s piety
but through the actions he/she shows and treats
other people as well.
4. Maitim man at maputi ang kulay ng balat, lahat In life, there are other people better, smarter and
ng tao’y magkakapantay; mangyayaring ang isa’y wiser than us and we need to accept that. But to
higtan sa dunong, sa yaman, sa ganda…; ngunit judge someone’s status and capabilities based on
their skin color is another thing. Not because one is
di mahihigtan sa pagkatao.
dark doesn’t mean he/she is incapable, and doesn’t
mean one is white-skinned he/she is way better than
you. This has been a problem in the society
especially today. We laugh at those who are dark-
skinned but worships those who have the porcelain
skins. Skin color is not a social status. It is important
to appreciate our own colors. Know better and stop
colorism.
5. Ang may mataas na kalooban inuuna ang puri A generous and big-hearted person works for his and
sa pagpipita sa sarili; ang may hamak na others fulfillment while a person who is inconsiderate
kalooban inuuna ang pagpipita sa sarili sa puri. of others do things more for him/herself alone. There
are really Filipinos who doesn’t care if they are
already doing disgusting things just for their own
even if it means stepping on other people. And we
should not be like that. Truly, Filipinos are known for
being hospitable. And being inconsiderate of other
people just for your own interest will not do you any
good. In this lifetime, a person must not only thinks of
her/himself especially if you are blessed on your
status in life.
6. Sa taong may hiya, salita’y panunumpa. Today, we all need sensible people around us.
Especially now that we all have been struggling and
the only thing we can afford is a sensible person.
Someone whom we can share things without
worrying if that person will spread what you’ve just
said. It’s like having a person whom you can trust
count on and will make sure you feel assured and
secured all the time especially on your life’s
happenings.
7. Huag mong sasayangin ang panahun; ang As they say “ang kwarta mubalik ra, ang oras dili na.”
yamang nawala’y magyayaring magbalik; nguni’t This is something that we should remember always.
panahong nagdaan na’y di na muli pang Let ourselves enjoy today, spend money and spend
time with your friends because tomorrow, these will
magdadaan.
all just be memories. Let us cherish and value what
we have today because we might regret not enjoying
now and truly, time will not come back for you.
8. Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi, at kabakahin ang This is very common to us Filipinos because we
umaapi. always stand for what is right. We attest for the
person who is oppressed and we defy the oppressor
because we care for those people whom we know
needs our help big time.
9. Ang taong matalino’y ang may pagiingat sa Most of us look for people with high quality. A person
bawat sasabihin, at matutong ipaglihim ang dapat whom when we share things to them, they
ipaglihim. automatically shut their mouth and keep the things
 we said to themselves. This trait is what makes a
person intelligent because he/she respects the bond
you shared together and values the things you
shares to them.
10. Sa daang matinik ng kabuhayan, lalaki ay This conduct doesn’t apply only to a father. I can
siyang patnugot ng asawa’t mga anak; kung ang relate this one to ourselves as well. We guide
umaakay ay tungo sa sama, ang patutunguhan ng ourselves to what we want to become or who we
want to be and if we decide for our self, we also
iaakay ay kasamaan din.
decide for our future. If we won’t think properly, we
will put ourselves on danger. And if we apply our
decision-making to the people that surrounds us, we
also drag them with the bad decisions we might have.
11. Ang babai ay huag mong tignang isang bagay This conduct is not common anymore to most of us
na libangan lamang, kundi isang katuang at but there are still people who thinks that women are
karamay sa mga kahirapan nitong kabuhayan; things they can play and dump when they don’t like it
anymore. Some men thinks that they are more
gamitan mo ng buong pagpipitagan ang kaniyang
capable than women and thinks women are useless
kahinaan, at alalahanin ang inang pinagbuhata’t
when in fact there are things men do that women can
nagiwi sa iyong kasangulan.
do better and that’s what men can’t accept. They
want to be dominant to the point that they forget that
it is a woman who gave birth to them and made them
in to life. Disrespecting women means disrespecting
the one who gave life to you- your mother.
12. Ang di mo ibig na gawin sa asawa mo, anak People nowadays use the phrase “ngano man diay di
at kapatid, ay huag mong gagawin sa asawa, ko man sad na siya ig unsa.” And I hope that when
anak, at kapatid ng iba. time comes that those things you do to others just
because you don’t know them will not bounce back to
your family or someone you treasure so much. Do
not be frustrated when you hear that same phrase
you used when you try to do inhumane things to
those who are not connected to you.
13. Ang kamahalan ng tao’y wala sa pagkahari, Good character. I know people who didn’t get the
wala sa tangus ng ilong at puti ng mukha, wala sa chance to step in to college but got very successful.
pagkaparing kahalili ng Dios wala sa mataas na They are those people who we call street smart.
These people didn’t have proper education but still
kalagayan sa balat ng lupa; wagas at tunay na
grew up with good manners, and have the best
mahal na tao, kahit laking gubat at walang
nababatid kundi ang sariling wika, yaong may characteristics. But sometimes we tend to mistook
magandang asal, may isang pangungusap, may them as someone who takes advantage of people
dangal at puri; yaong di napaaapi’t di nakikiapi; and trust those who have better status in life when in
fact, in my 20 years in this world, I always find the
yaong marunong magdamdam at marunong
best people in those who are on the low profile. Not
lumingap sa bayang tinubuan.
to look down on those who have good status
because there are people in the high ends who have
good characteristics but there really is something on
the way these low profile people talk because you
truly learn a lot from them.
14. Paglaganap ng mga aral na ito at maningning May all the things we learn will give us light,
na sumikat ang araw ng mahal na Kalayaan dito happiness and freedom. This is what us, Filipinos
sa kaabaabang Sangkalupuan, at sabugan ng need. After the hardships we’ve gone through, we
tend to forget the experience and the lessons we
matamis niyang liwanag ang nangagkaisang
had. With this, we must always remember that the
magkalahi’t magkakapatid ng ligaya ng walang
best life lessons comes from experience and we
katapusan, ang mga ginugol na buhay, pagud, at
should not forget that.
mga tiniis na kahirapa’y labis nang natumbasan.
Kung lahat ng ito’y mataruk na ng nagiibig
pumasuk at inaakala niyang matutupad ang mga
tutungkulin, maitatala ang kaniyang ninanasa sa
kasunod nito.
Description of Context
Emilio Jacinto also referred to as the “Utak ng Katipunan” is the author of the document. His pen
name is Dimas-Ilaw and he is also known as the Pingkian of their group. Accordingly, the original
version is composed of 14 values that should be possessed by the new members who wish to be
part of the KKK. Its main purpose is to free the Philippines from the oppressors and have its
independence against the invaders. In 1986, Kartilya ng Katipunan was written by Jacinto while
fighting for the freedom and independence of the Philippines from the Spaniards who accordingly,
mishandled and treat Filipinos in a merciless way with a shed of blood. The document is relevant
today because it serves as a moral to us, Filipinos of how eager our National Heroes were who stood
by their mission, vision and goals to be able to free the Philippines from the invading countries way
back.