Rizal Essay

Mi Ultimo Adios is the last poem written by Rizal before his persecution by the firing squad on December 30, 1896. The poem was an unsigned, untitled, and undated poem of 14 five-line stanzas. Rizal placed this poem in the cocinilla, the alcohol stove and it was delivered to his family after his persecution. Mariano Ponce, one of Rizal’s friend entitled the poem “Mi Ultimo Pensamiento” which means “My Last Thought” and Fr. Mariano Dacanay, a prisoner in Bilibid published it in La Independencia…

fearlessly admits that Jose Rizal should not be the Philippine national hero and I somehow agree with his stand. For many decades, distorted information about Rizal and our history has been passed from one generation to another. Our history textbooks and professors have successfully made the Filipinos believe that Jose Rizal was the greatest Filipino hero who served his country during the time of the Spaniards' conquest and national revolution. This, in fact, is not true for Rizal even opposed…

A La Juventud Filipina Jose Rizal wrote the poem a la juventud Filipina in 1879 when he was but a student in the University of Santo Tomas, and as the title suggests, was written for the Filipino youth. The first prize was conferred upon Rizal for this composition, at a competition held by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila. Rizal’s teenage years were the years when his nationalism and patriotism were being fostered more and more, according to Fr.…

because he is fending for himself including the payment for his school fees. Furthermore, the reader can have an idea of who Rizal was like by looking at his purchases whether he is inclined to something that has not been known before. Through my reading of Rizal’s diary, I have seen Rizal as a thrifty and melancholic achiever who has a peaceful and thoughtful nature. Firstly, Rizal can be seen as a thrifty and virtuous man who knows how to prioritize his education…

itself, ‘Veneration Without Understanding’, I already know that the article that I am going to read will be about how we, Filipinos, revere Rizal as someone of a high order without fully understanding why we do such thing. I initially thought that the author, Renato Constantino, was an anti-Rizal for writing it and for saying that we fail to understand why is Rizal our national hero. Is he just purposely trying to prop up Andres Bonifacio or other heroes above Rizal’s name? Does he have…

Philippines is a country composed of different regions; which are inhabited by different people with different cultures. There are the Tagalogs, Pangasinenses, Cebuanos, Kapampangans, Bicolanos, Warays, Hiligaynons, Zambuangeños, Ilocanos, Surigaonons and the Moros (Wikipedia). It is a common knowledge to everyone that these groups of people live together as Filipinos in peace and harmony, but there is one ethnic group that wishes to have its own government. The Moros or Bangsamoro people are…

established by Rizal has no intention of a bloody revolution against the Spanish government but a peaceful way by means of writing. To help achieve the goals of the organization, they made their own newspaper called the “La Solidaridad”. It’s first editor was Graciano Lopez Jaena, and in October 1889 Marcelo H. Del Pilar took over, until the publication has stopped due to lack of funds. The Spaniards felt threatened by the organization so three days after La Liga Filipina’s establishment, Jose…

America: The Bigger The Better It’s Christmas day and Alex Tizon goes to open your first gift; he automatically picks the biggest present to open first because he’s been taught his whole life that bigger is better. Almost all Americans have the philosophy that bigger is better because we live in a world where everything needs to be bigger: our phones, meals, computers, watches, cars, and everything else. It’s not just our appliances though, Alex Tizon captures this in his piece “Land of The…

Functionalism “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan” – Dr. Jose Rizal The timeless, and perhaps most prominent quote from Dr. Rizal has transcended through time. As a kid, I used to question myself what was the real meaning of this quote from our national hero. Until time came and I finally understood what he really meant. He was right. He has been right. Those who have become good, upright, decent, and noble leaders, political or not, have given us light and hope that the society we are living…

One of the longest rebellion made in Philippine history was the Dagohoy Rebellion. The rebellion was led by himself, Francisco Dagohoy and it was held in the island of Bohol from year 1744 to 1829. This rebellion took the Spaniards 85 years to quell and completely end the act Francisco Dagohoy led. The reason why Dagohoy took rebellion was that the Spanish authorities did not allow and refused a Christian Burial for Dagohoy’s brother’s death. This made Dagohoy promise to himself that he will…