ATTENTION!

March 10 (Tuesday)

Answer the following activities:

Individual Activity (short bond paper)

Activity#1: List down 10 character traits of Dr. Jose Rizal that you should emulate.

Self-discipline Book lover

Keen observant Helpful

Friendly Enthusiast

Health Conscious Forgiving

Diligent Man of Dignity

Activity #2: Relate at least 5 incidents in Rizal's Life to illustrate each of these characters traits.

Self-discipline

Rizal always practiced self-discipline wherever he is. When he was in Biñan,

waking up at four o’clock to hear mass if there was any is a part of his daily

life, otherwise he study his lessons at that hour and went to mass afterwards.

Having self-discipline makes Jose Rizal as a best student. While he was out of

the country, he kept himself in physical trim by daily exercises and practiced

speaking German, French, and Italian. Aside from perfecting his academic

studies, he performed daily exercises in Berlin gymnasium to develop his body.

Man of Dignity

Rizal resents exhibition of Igorots in Madrid Exposition. Primitive Igorots

were exhibited in this exposition, some of whom died, and whose scanty
clothing (G-strings) and crude weapons were objects of mockery and laughter
by the Spanish people and press. Being a champion of human dignity, Rizal
was outraged by this degradation of his fellow countrymen the Igorots of
Northern Luzon.

Helpful

An anecdote related by Manuel Xeres Burgos illustrates Rizal’s

predilection to help the helpless at the risk of his own life. One Thursday
afternoon, being vacation day, the boys flew their kites from the azotea. Young
Rizal then was busy reading a Spanish book of fables at the window. After a
while he heard Julio Meliza from Iloilo, one of the smallest boarders, crying –
because his kite, was caught by the vines growing on the belfry of the Manila
cathedral which was near the boarding house-house. The bigger boys were
laughing, making fun of Julio’s misfortune. Rizal closed the book he was
reading and told Julio not to cry, for he would try to retrieve the kite. True to
his promise he courageously climbed the high cathedral tower and successfully
recovered the kite.

Forgiving

An incident of Rizal’s schooldays in the Ateneo which reveals the hero’s

resignation to forgiveness. One day, many Ateneans, including Rizal, were
studying their lessons at the study hall. Two Ateneans, Manzano and Lesaca,
quarreled and violently hurled books at each other. Rizal, who was busy at his
desk poring over his lessons, was hit in the face by one of the thrown books. He
did not raise a cry or protest, although his wounded face was bleeding. After
the incident, he continued to attend his classes, feeling neither bitterness nor
rancor towards the guilty party.
Book lover

Since early childhood, Rizal liked to read. Rizal economized on his living
expenses, and with the money he saved, he purchased books from a second-
hand book store. He was able to build a fair-sized private library. The first
favorite novel of Rizal was “The Count of Monte Cristo”. On time, he persuaded
his father to buy him a costly set of Cesar Cantu’s historical work entitled
“Universal History”. He also read “Travels in the Philippines”.

WORDS TO KNOW ACTIVITY # 2

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS ACCORDING TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING (DON’T

COPY FROM THE TEXT)

1.EXILE is defined as being away or restricted from coming to a certain place, usually as a

result of a punishment.

2.TRIAL a formal examination of the facts of a case by a court of law to decide the validity of a

charge or claim

3. GACETE a journal or newspaper

4.RELIGION the state or way of life of a person in a monastery, convent, etc.

5.HEMP the tough, coarse fiber of the cannabis plant, used to make cordage, yarn, and fabric.

BRUSH UP
1.WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF RIZAL`S EXECUTION TO THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION?

EXPLAIN.

The Philippine independence struggle turned more violent after Rizal's death. It was led first by

Andres Bonifacio and later by Emilio Aguinaldo. Emilio Aguinaldo was a peasant worker and an

idealist young firebrand. Rizal's death filled the rebels with new determination, but the Katipunan

was becoming divided between supporters of Bonifacio, who revealed himself to be an

increasingly ineffective leader, and its rising star, Aguinaldo. At a convention held at Tejeros, the

Katipunan's headquarters in March 1897, delegates elected Aguinaldo president and demoted

Bonifacio to the post of director of the interior. Bonifacio withdrew with his supporters and

formed his own government. After fighting broke out between Bonifacio's and Aguinaldo's

troops, Bonifacio was arrested, tried, and on May 10, 1897, executed by order of Aguinaldo

2.WHY WAS RIZAL ACCUSED OF PUTTING UP “LA LIGA FILIPINA” ?

There are 15 documents used as evidence against Rizal. Domingo Franco declared that

Rizal was the one who called for a meeting at the house of doroteo ongjunco. He like

wise stated that rizal discussed the need for setting up la liga for it to gather funds and

hasted the separation of the Philippines from spain

3.WHY WAS RIZAL EXILED IN DAPITAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTER AND NOT IN

OTHER PLACES OF THE PHILIPPINES?

REASONS WHY RIZAL EXILED IN DAPITAN AND NOT IN OTHER PLACES OF THE

PHILLIPINES :

ACCORDING OT ZAIDE 2008 THERE ARE FOUR REASONS :

 1. FIRST, RIZAL HAD PUBLISHED BOOKS AND ARTICLES ABROAD WHICH SHOWED

DISLOYALTY TO SPAIN AND WHICH WERE “FRANKLY ANTI-CATHOLIC AND

“IMPRUDENTLY ANTI-FRIAR”.

2. SECOND, A FEW HOURS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN MANILA “THERE WAS FOUND IN

ONE OF THE PACKAGES A BUNDLE OF HANDBILLS ENTITLED POBRE FRAILES

IN WHICH THE PATIENT AND HUMBLE GENEROSITY OF FILIPINO IS SATIRIZED,

AND WHICH ACCUSATION IS PUBLISHED AGAINST THE CUSTOMS OF

RELIGIOUS ORDERS”

3. THIRD, HIS NOVEL EL FILIPUSTERISMO WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

THREE “TRAITORS” (BURGOS, GOMEZ AND ZAMORA) , AND ON THE TITLE PAGE

HE WROTE WHAT IN VIEW OF THE VICES AND ERRORS OF THE SPANISH

ADMINITRATION, “THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE PHILIPPINES WAS

SEPARATION FROM THE MOTHER COUNTRY”.

4. FOURTH, “THE END HE PERSUES IN HIS EFFORTS AND WRITINGS IS TO TEAR

FROM THE LOYAL FILIPINO BREASTS THE TREASURES OF OUR CATHOLIC

FAITH”.

4.WHAT WAS THE BUSINESS OF RIZAL IN DAPITAN?

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RAMON CARREON, A DAPITAN MERCHANT, HE MADE

PROFITABLE BUSINESS VENTURES IN FISHING, COPRA, AND HEMP INDUSTRIES, AND

LIME MANUFACTURING THE MOST PROFITABLE BUSINESS OF RIZAL WAS IN HEMP

INDUSTRY.
5.WHEN RIZAL WAS EXILED IN DAPITAN, HE WORKED AS A CONSRUCTION WORKER.

WHAT WERE THOSE STRUCTURES HE BUILD EXPLAIN.

RIZAL APPLIED HIS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM HE

CONSTRUCTED IN DAPITAN. GOING BACK TO HIS ACADEMIC LIFE, RIZAL OBTAINED

THE TITLE OF EXPERT SURVEYOS FROM THE ATENEO MUNICIPAL. FROM HIS

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AS AGRIMENSOR, HE WIDENED HIS KNOWLEDGE BY

READING ENGINEERING-RELATED BOOKS. AS A RESULT, DEPSITE THE INADEQUACY

OF TOOLS AT HAND, HE SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDE A GOOD WATER SYSTEM IN THE

PROVINCE

6.WHAT WERE THOSE RIZAL INVENTED WHILE EXILED IN DAPITAN?

LITTLE WAS KNOWN OF RIZAL , IN 1887 DURING HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE IN CALAMBA,

HE INVENTED A SPECIAL TYPE OF LIGHTER CALLED SULPUKAN WHICH HE SENT TO

BLUMENTRITT AS A GIFT. ACCORING TO RIZAL THE WOODEN LIGHTER`S MECHANISM

WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPRESSED AIR. ANOTHER OF HIS INVENTIONS

WAS THE WOODEN BRICK-MAKER CAN MANUFACTURE ABOUT 6,000 BRICKS A DAY.

7.WHO WAS FR. PASTELLS? WHY DID RIZAL DEBATE WITH PASTELLS?

Fr. Pablo Pastells – Jesuit priest who attempted to persuade rizal to return to orthodox roman

catholic by way of correspondence. The debate started when Fr. Pastells sent rizal a book by

sarda, with advice that the latter (rizal) should desist from his majaderas (foolishness) in viewing

religion from the prism of individual judgement and self steem.

8.WHEN RIZAL WAS ON HIS WAY TO CUBA AS A MILITARY DOCTOR, WHY WAS HE

SHIPPED BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES ?

when on September 30 the Isla de Panay was cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the ship captain

informed Dr. Rizal that he had just received a telegraphic order to arrest and confine Dr. Rizal in

his cabin. The Minister of Colonies had sent Governor Blanco a telegram, which read: "Not

advisable that Rizal go to Cuba. He should be watched." Thereafter the friars exerted pressure

on the authorities, particularly Governor Blanco, to be strict on Rizal. Worse, Rizal's name kept

cropping up in the investigations of those arrested in connection with the Revolutionn. He was,

therefore, suspected of being the Revolution's secret leader. When the Isla de Panay reached

Barcelona on October 6, Dr. Rizal was immediately transferred to the prison Montjuich Castle,

the officer in charge of which was General Eulogio Despujol, the governor who had him arrested

and deported to Dapitan.

9.WAS RIZAL`S ARREST LEGAL OF ILLEGAL?

I THINK IT WAS A LEGAL ARREST BECAUSE THERE WAS A BASIS WHY SPANIARDS

ARREST HIM BECAUSE OF THREE REASONS :

The spanish colonial government accused Rizal of three crimes:

The founding of La Liga Filipina, an “illegal organization”

Whose single aim was to “Perpetrate the crime of rebellion”.

Rebellion which he promoted through his previous activities.

illegal association

1. What was the significance of Rizal's death to the Filipino people before and today?
 -December 30 is significant dates to the Filipinos and should be remembered and

celebrated by the Filipinos for his martyrdom, symbolizing his great love for country, the

reason he gave up his life.

2. Did Rizal retract from being a Mason?

- No The Masonic Life of Dr. Jose Rizal,” Rizal was not only a mason, he was the only one

among the leaders of the revolutionary movement during the Spanish era who “deserved to be

called an international Mason since he was a member of various Masonic lodges in Spain,

Germany, France and possibly, England.”

3. Was the retraction of Rizal true or fake? Explain your answer.

- I Thinks Rizal`s Retraction was true because in the documents of the Spanish spies

called cuerpo de vilancia find the report written on the day of rizal's death written by

federico moreno detailing the statement of a guard in the cell an additional eye witness

account according to the statement wrote rizal of a paper he heard of the retraction also

mentioned two jesuits friars who entered rizal's dungeon. father vilaclara and march and

two other men juan fresno and maure their names match the two signatures found in the

document of the witness stand.

4. Does it mean that when Rizal heard a mass and receive the Holy Communion he was no

longer a Mason but a true Catholic? Support your answer.

Rizal was not mason anymore after he received mass and holy communion because in Rizal`s

retraction letter he said I believe and I confess what ever she teaches and I submit to whatever
she demands I abominate masonry as the enemy which is of ther church and as a society

prohibited by the church

5. Why was Rizal unable to marry Josephine in church?

Doña Teodora, Rizal's mother, permitted her son to marry Josephine, but Fr Antonio Obach of

Dapitan refused to marry them without a special dispensation from the Bishop of Cebu.

Because Rizal was a Mason and Josephine was a Roman Catholic, a dispensation was not

given.

6. Why was Rizal's lawyer-defender a Spaniard and not a Filipino?

Instead of a civilian lawyer, only an army officer is allowed to defend Rizal.Although given with

“privilege” to choose his own defense counsel, this was limited to a list of 100 names – both first

and second lieutenants - that the Spanish authorities provided him. Of the list, one familiar

name stood out – Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade. Rizal discovered that the said lieutenant was the

brother of Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade who worked as Rizal's personal body guard in Calamba in

1887.