JOSE RIZAL LIFE HISTORY José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19‚ 1861 – December 30‚ 1896)‚ was a Filipino nationalist‚ writer and revolutionary. He is widely considered the greatest national hero of the Philippines. He was the author of Noli Me Tángere‚ El Filibusterismo and a number of poems and essay.José Rizal also had Spanish and Japanese ancestors. Jose Rizal was born to a wealthy family in Calamba‚ Laguna and was the seventh of eleven children.His parents were Francisco
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TOUR 113: CASE STUDY OF RIZAL PARK Pacheco‚ Pauline Aubrey Pintucan‚ Minette Corazon Roberto‚ Jowelyn Tanafranca‚ Rowena Rae INTRODUCTION Luneta‚ or literally little moon‚ is a 58-hectare historical park overlooking the famous and stunning Manila bay‚ located at the zero kilometer mark in the midst of a busy and thriving city. For many decades‚ it was used by the Spaniards as execution grounds for Filipino rebels and mutineers. Through the years‚ it has bear witness to deaths injudiciously delivered
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Dr. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda in Belgian Brussels (1890) Summary of Rizal in Belgian Brussels (1890) January 28‚ 1890 – Rizal left Paris for Brussels Brussels– capital of Belgium. Two reasons why Rizal leave Paris: 1. The cost of living in Paris was very high because of the Universal Exposition. 2. The gay social life of the city hampered his literary works‚ especially the writing of his second novel El Filibusterismo. Life in Brussels Jose Albert – accompanied
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Though the field trip was quite simple it was outstanding because the main reason for the trip was to learn more about our national hero‚ Jose Rizal. As a result‚ my reflection is mostly composed of what has become my perception of Dr. Jose Rizal as a normal person like us and as one of the most respected person in our country. The first thing I noticed in Dr. Jose Rizal’s life was that he lived a simple one. He did not choose to have a luxurious life like most of us wanted. Even before he became
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Jose Rizal belonged to a big family of thirteen members. He had an only brother‚ Paciano and nine (9) sisters. Aside from Rizal’s sweethearts‚ let’s get to know the important women in his life. Saturnina Rizal (1850-1913) Saturnina is the eldest child of Francisco Mercado II and Teodora Alonso Realonda. She was married to Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan‚ Batangas. It was Doña Saturnina who published Pascual Poblete’s translation in Tagalog language of the Noli Me Tangere in 1909. Narcisa
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Rizal as a Rational Thinker During his life‚ Jose Rizal was described as a heretic and subversive‚ an enemy of both the Church and Spain. He has made tremendous contributions to the progress of the Filipino society. His political works and essays‚ being anti-clerical and anti-colonial‚ frankly aimed to expose the maladies of his time and cure the Philippines of what he calls "the social cancer". Rizal had been the progressive radical thinker‚ and promptly answered the ailing call of his Motherland
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His Journey for Spain The departure of Jose Rizal for Spain was kept secret from Spanish authorities‚ friars and even to his parents especially to his mother because she would not allow him to go. Only handful of family members and trusted family friends were informed. In order to avoid detection‚ he used the name Jose Mercado‚ name of his cousin in Calamba. Before his departure‚ he scribbled farewell letters to his parents and his sweetheart Leonor Rivera. On May 3‚ 1882 he boarded on Salvador
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Republic Act No. 1425‚ known as the Rizal Law‚ mandates all educational institutions in the Philippines to offer courses about José Rizal. The full name of the law is An Act to Include in the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools‚ Colleges and Universities Courses On the Life‚ Works and Writings of Jose Rizal‚ Particularly His Novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo‚ Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof‚ and for Other Purposes. The measure was strongly opposed by the Roman
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Since early childhood‚ Jose Rizal already loved books. His mother‚ Doña Teodora Alonzo taught him how to read a material in Spanish language and developed his mind and artistic talents by telling him wonderful and colourful stories and poems. Furthermore‚ his Tio Gregorio‚ a book lover‚ intensified his reading of good books. The favourite pastime of Rizal during his stay in Madrid was reading. Instead of gambling and flirting with women as many young Filipinos did in the Spanish metropolis
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The Poetry of Jose Rizal Jose Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero. He was an amazing polymath. One of the fields he excelled in is poetry. While other poets wrote out of sheer creativity‚ Rizal wrote mostly out of fervor for his motherland. Many other poets write or wrote for the fame or to please a patron. He always wrote under duress. He lived during the time of the corrupt colonial Spanish government. This is probably why there is such poignancy in his poetry. It is as though he longs for
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