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,