Fray Botod | Review
Fray Botod by Graciano Lopez Jaena | Review Fray Botod (a Big-Bellied Friar) is a character sketch written by Graciano Lopez Jaena in 1874 when he was eighteen years old. In this story, he portrays Fray Botod as a bloated, abusive, cruel, lazy, indifferent, greedy and lustful priest. He used this as a metaphor for the abuses of the Catholic Church during the Spanish Era in the Philippines. The priest in the story, Fray Botod uses the church and religion as way to exploit and oppress his subjects. He takes advantage of his position to do whatever he wants from molesting and having exploitative relationships with young girls. He neglects his responsibilities as a priest and pursues gambling, threatening and punishing college students. From this story of Graciano Lopez Jaena, we can conclude that even before then in the Spanish Era, those who are in position abuses their power in order to satisfy and please themselves. This shows how unfair the s...