Andres Bonifacio: A Hero Of The Filipinos

Andres Bonifacio is one of our beloved heroes who rose and led the fight for our freedom that was taken away from the Filipinos by the Spaniards. He is more known as the founder and Supremo or “supreme leader” of a group which revolted against the Spanish colonial rule calledKataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK) or simply, Katipunan.Being such an ideal hero, the life of Bonifacio is being told and being taught to serve as an inspiration for others, especially for the youth.Unfortunately, not everything that is written in the textbooks about Bonifacio is real.Famous historians had once told their accounts about Bonifacio’s life - job, family, death, and many more. Those same things were written down to textbooks, and therefore, were taught to students. However, new studies and much reasonable accounts reveal that our previous knowledge about Bonifacio was wrong. Although Bonifacio was believed by most to be poor, uneducated and illiterate, that belief was actually a myth for he was from a middle-class family, educated enough, able to write his own poems, and other truths that most of us probably do not know.

One common belief about Bonifacio is that he was poor. The reason for that myth is simply because he was depicted in monuments, paintings, and others as a man who is dressed like a farmer. We believed that he was often suited in a white camisa de chino with a red patadyong or handkerchief around his neck. Besides, stories had told us