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Rizal WO Overcoat-Summary
Rizal WO Overcoat-Summary
Ambeth R. Ocampo
Jose Rizals greatest misfortune was being acknowledged as National Hero of the
Philippines
Was Jose Rizal an American sponsored hero?
- The Americans over emphasized Rizal and has pushed other heroes in
obscurity as second class heroes.
- The KKK password was Rizal
- Andres Bonifacio offered KKK honorary presidency to Rizal and attempted to
rescue him in Dapitan
- Rizal was already considered a hero even before the Americans.
- The Americans built on the prevailing sentiment of the people
Jose Rizals Trip to America / Rizals Anti Americanism
- He described Niagara falls as not as pretty or mysteriously beautiful as the
waterfalls in Los Banos
- Impressed with New York where everything was new
- Undoubtedly, America is a great country, but it still has many defects. No civil
liberty
- Rizal was no ordinary Asian traveller, the only asian traveller who travelled
first class
- had he been subject to more discrimination, his impressions of America
would have been worse
- Rizal loves America but not its people
- Americans were robots hurled to discredit Europe
- Though Rizal hated Spaniards he was compelled to defend Europe and Spain
against Americans
Rectos Rizal Bill
- Recto fought tooth and nail to have the Rizal bill passed into law in 1956
- The Catholic hierarchy found 170 passages in El Fili and 50 in Noli offensive
to the catholic faith
- Catholic schools threatened to close if the Recto bill was passed
- Church officials threatened to punish legislators
- There was apropos to use expurgated novels as textbooks, with the un-
expurgated copies to be kept under lock and key. Recto threw this out
- This is not a fight against Recto but a fight against Rizal...now that Rizal is
dead and they can no longer attempt at his life, they are attempting to blot out
his memory.
Why Rizal is the National Hero
- Thru Rizals Letters, diaries and writings, he had planned his entire life down
to the last detail. He did not leave anything to chance, not even the
choreography of his death.
- Rizal was a quiet and peaceful man who wilfully and calmly walked to his
death for his convictions.
Convictions:
o I cannot live knowing that many are suffering unjust persecution
because of me
o I know that the future of my country gravitates around me
o What matters death if one dies for what one loves, for ones country
and for those whom he loves?
o I would hesitate to serve my people (indios) if they require my services
in Philippine politics
o I shall die blessing my country and wishing her the dawn of her
redemption
Deflating the Historical Ego
- There were 12 students in Rizals class, 9 of which got the same grade as
Rizal
- He got good grades in Ateneo but not in SantoTomas
- He was never granted the academic title Dr.
- Ocampo terms it as being lost in translation
Is Rizal Really Still Alive?
- Rizalistas believe that Rizal is alive and well in Mount Banahaw and he would
come back after the end of the world
- After his execution his body was reported missing and was replaced by a
white cock which flew in the direction of Cavite, supposedly to join the soul of
Fr. Burgos who was also believed to be still alive
- Rizals soul was believed to have the ability to transfer from place to place
within the Paco cemetery
- Rizals continuing existence even after his death was brought about by
Filipino rebels using his name in recruiting more people to join the cause
The Writ that Could Have Changed History
- Writ of habeas corpus for Rizal
- Rizal left Dapitan for Barcelona
- His application to work for the Spanish army in Cuba was approved by the
Governador General
- He was implicated in a revolution which happened in Manila and was
immediately detained in Barcelona and sent back to the Philippines
The Other Rizal
- Paciano Rizal was a general in the revolution
- His membership in the katipunan is at question
- Jose was the only member of the family who used the surname Rizal to avoid
being associated with his brother
- Paciano ran the hacienda and secretly sent his younger brother off to Europe
without their mothers consent
- Paciano and Jose made a pact that they will work for the country and that only
one of them should get married
Blumentritts Role in the Propaganda War
- Ferdinand Blumentritt is one of the first European scholars who specialized in
Philippine studies
- Blumentritt worked against U.S. imperialistic designs
- Blumentritt attacked anti-Filipino writers like Quiopquiap and Retana
- During the American period, he attacked James Le Roy
- German takeover
Ho Chin Minh and Rizal
- Uncle Ho is the father of Vietnamese democracy
- The only similarity is in belief of nationality
The Everyday Rizal
- Rizal usually had hot chocolate and tuyo for breakfast
- He was too proud to let his landlady he didnt have any money for food
- Rizals stinginess
Smokers Street and Betel Buts
- Calle Fumadero
- In 1879 Rizal bought hashish for experimental purposes
What did Jose Rizal Read?
- Rizal owned a collection of 22,000 books, which Josephine Bracken wanted
to obtain due to monetary value
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The Great Dapitan Stocking Market
- Chinese prejudice
- Economic nationalism
- Despite his Chinese ancestry, Rizal had anti-Chinese feelings
- Animal farm
- Los animals de Suan
- Christianity is no longer the religion of the poor but a church of the rich and
powerful against the poor and weak
- Anticlerical sentiment of Rizal and the revolution
- Filibustero
Austin Coates
- Rizal was not a martyr but a victim of a struggle between Spain and Spain
- Sarkisyanz was born in Armenia in 1923
- Professor of south east Asian history and politics in at the University of
Heidelberg
- In a way Rizal was a martyr of Spanish democracy
- Francisco pi y Margall
- Prior to the establishment of Rizalistas Rizal was already consider as a
miracle worker (Medicine and Opthalmology)
Rizals Amusements
- Rizals kargada was at the right
- Rizal had a liking for western women
- Had several acquaintances in Europe
In Paris
Demythologizing Rizal
- Rizals last meal was 3 hard boiled eggs, which he placed at the corner of his
cell saying let the rats have a feast too
- He instructed his family that after his execution he be buried under ground,
with a cross showing my name, date of birth and death, and the fence was to
be optional
- Rizal wrote letters to his brother and father asking for forgiveness
- tell our father i remember him but how? I remember my whole childhood, his
tenderness, his love. Ask him to forgive me for the pain i caused him
unwillingly.
Mabini (as written by Andres Bonifacios wife)
- Emilio Jacinto mentions that Mabini says bad things about Rizal
- Mabini wants to stress that he was better than Rizal
- He only arrives at meetings when the food is already set
Rizals Penmanship