This need to humanize Rizal is brought up by the notions of Rizal being a supreme being with no fault. This close-to-being-a-god notion gave us a reason to understand and know who Rizal is under all the titles and ideologies attached to his name. In fact, a reason why he is thought of as a god is because his life is a mystery. Not a lot of people knew who he was besides his literary works and his heroic deeds so if we knew how he lived, we can understand him and his works. One of the people who tried to humanize Jose Rizal and to make the generation understand is Ambeth Ocampo. Ambeth Ocampo has written a book “Rizal without the Overcoat” that he claims to be a stripped down version of who Jose Rizal is. He compared Rizal to other ‘heroes’, he showed who Rizal is on a daily basis and he defended that Rizal, the Filipino hero, is just a normal person just like the rest of us.
Ocampo was appealing to the mass. He wants to make them see Rizal in a different angle. Rizal is usually put in a pedestal but by using his methods such as stating Rizal’s breakfast favorites and his relationships with different women, he’s able to show other people that Rizal likes the same things and struggles with the same things the Filipinos experience even though he is one of the privileged ones. This sense of …show more content…
He had limited input into totality of the book. He had based it on Austin Coates’s and Manuel Sarkisyanz’s works and they were able to have this kind of information in Rizal’s life because they have the means to get the answers to their questions. His methods are feasible thanks to Coates and Sarkisyanz who interviewed all of Rizal’s relatives and who had access to his diaries and documentaries,
Ocampo was appealing to the mass. He wants to make them see Rizal in a different angle. Rizal is usually put in a pedestal but by using his methods such as stating Rizal’s breakfast favorites and his relationships with different women, he’s able to show other people that Rizal likes the same things and struggles with the same things the Filipinos experience even though he is one of the privileged ones. This sense of …show more content…
He had limited input into totality of the book. He had based it on Austin Coates’s and Manuel Sarkisyanz’s works and they were able to have this kind of information in Rizal’s life because they have the means to get the answers to their questions. His methods are feasible thanks to Coates and Sarkisyanz who interviewed all of Rizal’s relatives and who had access to his diaries and documentaries,