Rizal Essay

1. Did Rizal supported the 1896 Philippine Revolution of bonifacio? Why or why not? - I don’t think he did. If I were to tell based on what I understand in his point of view, he don’t want Filipinos to revolt yet, because he knew that this will not succeed. But on the other hand, I think that he supported it on his own ways. He wanted Filipinos to be free, one of the reason why he build the group “La liga Filipina, it’s because he wanted too, to revolt but I think he is still waiting for the right time, that is why he didn’t agreed into revolving. He think that the resources of the Filipino is not enough, that we cannot win the fight with only knives while the opponent uses guns and armalites. The opponent of the Philippines is well resources…

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…

Rizal was already aware about the worsening land conflict in the town of Calamba, Laguna between the hacienda management and the group of tenants before he returned home, after many years of his stay in Europe in 1887. These tenants, including his family and some relatives, leased tracts of agricultural lands from the Dominican Order, owner of the vast productive hacienda in the province of Laguna. The conflict rose from the continued unreasonable increased of rentals, land confiscation and…

For the past few months, I’ve been encountering, understanding, and learning about the life and works of Jose Rizal. Aside from reading Rizal’s compositions, based on the Rizal Law, the students enrolled in this course, PI 100, are also expected to “develop moral character, personal discipline, and civic conscience.” Looking back, I can wholeheartedly say that due to the readings and lectures the class had during this semester, I was able to appreciate and comprehend the ideas and views of…

mainly depicted the humanity of Rizal as the hero’s asset. A Victorian hero is one’s ultimate picture of Guerrero’s biography of Rizal. Guerrero even talked about a popular myth about Rizal in the book. The popular myth, as Guerrero pertains is that Rizal could never love a woman as he had given his whole heart to his country. “In any case, no woman was worthy of the hero; he had a higher fate.” Well, those are the words anyone would say to Rizal to comfort the hero’s bitter heart, most…

PI 100 (MTh 8:30-10:00) Point One: Rizal Condemned The Uprising. “He condemned the Revolution because as an ilustrado he instinctively underestimated the power and the talents of the people. He believed in freedom not so much as a national right but as something to be deserved, like a medal for good behavior. Moreover, he did not equate liberty with independence. Since his idea of liberty was essentially the demand for those rights which the elite needed in order to prosper economically. Rizal…

Definition of Terms 1. Women- a female person 2. Jose Rizal- one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....1 Body……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1-9 I. Segunda Katigbak………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 A. Background…

SS014: Thinkpiece No. 2 JOSE RIZAL AND THE 1896 REVOLUTION Bicomong, Patricia Anne B. 2015101919 History tells us that Dr. Jose Rizal became the Philippine national hero as he fought for freedom using a pen as a sword. Rizal is well-known for his two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Unlike other national heroes who fought aggressively and through violent means, Rizal believed that independence could be achieved peacefully. All Filipinos and even non-Filipinos who study the history…

Jose Rizal A national hero in the Philippines is a man named Jose Rizal that would reveal the corruption of the Spaniards and the Roman Catholic Church towards the Filipinos due to his writings that would change the history of the Philippines. The Spaniards were very powerful during the 1500s. They began to take over cities/countries. The wanted to take over the Philippine island because of three main reasons and those are: they wanted to spread the Roman Catholic religion, during that time the…

a Looking into the Preface or the introductory section of the book, what was/were the author's objective/s in writing the book and did he achieve that/those objective/s? The objective of William Henry Scott in writing the book was to answer the question: What did the Spaniards actually say about the Filipino People when they first met them? This question led him to provide answers and details about the recurring systems on the Philippine culture before the colonial period that will surely give…