Name: tuan thanh ho

Course: ABTH
Jose rizal life
ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO
Summary

Dr. Jose Rizal is ia a unique example of many-splendored genius who became the
greatest hero of a nation.
The Birth of a Hero. Jose Rizal was born in June 19, 1861, he was baptized in the
catholic church of his town on June 22,
The Rizal children. God blessed the marriage of Francisco Mercado Rizal and
Teodora Alonso Realonda with eleven children –two boys and nine girls.
Sibling relationship among the Rizal children was affectionately cordial.
Rizal’s ancestry: Rizal was a product of the mixture of races. He was Malayan
and was a magnificent

Childhood Years in Calamba

Jose Rizal had many beautiful memories of his childhood in his native town
Calamba. It’s scenic beauties and it’s industrious, hospitable, and friendly folks
profoundly affected his mind and character. The happiest period of Rizal’s life was spent
in this lakeshore town.

Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer. By nightfall, his mother
gathered all the children at the house to pray the Angelus.

• After writing his first poem, Rizal who was then 8yrs. old, wrote his first dramatic
work which was a Tagalog comedy.

• Rizal was also interested in magic. He learned various tricks, such as making a coin
disappear and making a handkerchief vanish in thin air. He read many books on
magic and attended performances of the famous magicians in the world.

Early Education in Calamba and Binan

Rizal’s parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home. The first was
Maestro Celestino and the second, Maestro Lucas Padua. Later, an old man named Leon
Monroy, a former classmate of Rizal’s father, became his tutor.

On the night of January 20, 1872, the Gom-Bur-Za (Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora),
despite the archbishop’s plea for clemency because of their innocence, were executed at
sunrise, February 17, 1872, by the order of Governor General Izquierdo. Their
martyrdom was deeply mourned by the Rizal family especially Paciano and many other
patriotic families in the Philippines.
Reflection

When rizal was child he is very good he remember so many things in his mind At age of
5, he began to make sketches with his pencil and to mould in his clay and wax objects.
Jose had the soul of a genuine artist. He also loved to ride the pony that which his father
gave him and take long walks in the meadows and lakeshore with his black dog named
Usman.