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Reflection Essay About Rizal Law

As a youth, we were made aware of the principled life of Jose Rizal
who showed unconditional love for the country. I have never encountered
nor got an idea about the RA 1425 but thanks to this course, I got the
chance to know and have an understanding for such a law. What makes
this law very beneficial especially in lifting our maka-Pilipino spirits? The
Republic Act has pushed for Rizal to be a role model for the youth of this
country.

I did not study much about the Rizal Law throughout my secondary
education but through research, it is safe to say that this might be helpful in
acquiring additional knowledge about his other works and his life. One is
that this law would help awaken the passion that the Filipinos feel for this
country and further fight for the good of the country. It is also important, I
believe, for a country to not forget the culture and heritage that they have
through the years, but rather treasure the history of the country to help the
country better the next generation.

It may be a bit boring when we talk about history, with so many dates,
names and events that are hard to remember since we have not met or
experience such person or event. On the other side, I believe it can be
interesting as it added the novels, other works and story of life of Rizal with
topics having hidden meanings of their creation and relation to the society.
Rizal had a great mind to express his thoughts and fight for our nationality
through his writings until his death.
In general, Rizal Law gave us a chance to look back at the sacrifices
of our national hero and to bring back nationalism that is slowly fading
today.
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During the Nineteenth Century

The film actually depicts the painful reality of life for "Indyos" during
Spanish Era in the Philippines. An innocent "probinsyano", namely Kulas,
turned into an epitome of wealth after helping a phony priest in saving his
son and then in the end turning back to who he was at the beginning. The
story uplifts and honors the label "Filipino" which shows who Filipinos really
were and who we should be yesterday and today: dignified, innately
benevolent and does good acts without asking for anything in return. In this
film, I saw three main values: what happens when you do good
unexceptionally, the honor of being a Filipino and the uncertainty of life's
course.

When it comes to technicality and cinematography, I would rate it

excellent: the script and lines were appropriate for the scenes; the setting
and production design is above excellent; the audio is satisfactory (maybe
because I saw the restored version); and the shots and camera angles are
very impressive as well.

I am very grateful that the ABS-CBN Film Archives is spearheading

the Film Restoration Project. Without it, youth today like me, would not be
able to have the chance to see such classic masterpiece.
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Timeline of José Rizal

Jun 28, 1848 Marriage of his parents

Teodora Morales Alonso-Realonda y Quintos, and dad, Francisco Rizal-
Mercado y Alejandra, married

Jun 19, 1861 Birth of Rizal

Rizal was born, as their seventh child

Jun 22, 1861 Christened

Three days later Rizal was christened with the name Jose Protasio Rizal-
Mercado y Alonso-Realonda.

Jun 22, 1870 Studied under Justiniano Aquin Cruz

José begins school at just nine years of age.

Studied at Kalamba public school under

Aug 24, 1871 Master Lucas Padua.
At age 10

Took exaam in San Juan de Letran

Jun 10, 1872 College
Age 12
 Started studying at Ateneo Municipal de
Jun 26, 1872 Manila
Rizal is examined by those in charge of college entrance to St. Tomas
University in Manila; he enters the school system as a scholar.

Jun 16, 1875 Became a boarder at Ateneo

Rizal enters the Ateneo as a boarder at just 14 years of age.

Mar 23, 1876

At the age of 15, Rizal receives a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Ateneo
de Manila. He not only receives this degree, but receives it with the
highest honors possible.

Jul 20, 1877

José begins to go to school at St. Tomas University in Manila where he
studies philosophy.

Nov 19, 1877

Rizal writes a poem and receives recognition for his writing from the Royal
Economic Society of Friends of the Country, also known as Amigos del Pals.
The recognition comes in the form of a diploma of merit and honorable
mention.
Jun 23, 1878
Rizal decides to switch gears in his educational pursuits and transfers into
the medical courses at St. Tomas University. During this time he also
writes an additional two poems that win him further recognition.
 Apr 23, 1880
At the age of 19 Rizal writes another poem for a competition where he
should have won first prize. However, he was not given this prize due to
discrimination.

Dec 8, 1880
Rizal produces his first Operetta called On the Banks of the Pasig.

Sep 25, 1881

Rizal creates the commemorative medal in wax for the Royal Economic
Society of Friends centennial celebration.

May 3, 1882
Rizal gets money from his brother and travels secretly from Manila to
Spain aboard a French ship and railroad entering Spain at the Port Bou.

Jun 15, 1882

Rizal makes his arrival in Barcelona and begins to study again in Madrid in
October of that same year.

Jun 20, 1882

St. Tomas University realizes Rizal is nowhere to be found and threatens to
take land away from his father who is a tenant even though his father has
no idea of his whereabouts.
Aug 21, 1886
Rizal receives a degree in medicine from the Central University of Madrid
at the age of 23. He then becomes an assistant to Dr. L. de Wecker and
visits many universities in Berlin, Leipzig, and Heidelberg in the country of
Germany.
Feb 21, 1887 Finished the novel Noli Me Tangere in Berlin.
Traveled in Austria, Switzerland and Italy

Jul 3, 1887 Sailed from Marseilles.

Rizal leaves from Mersailles in Italy and arrives in Manila on August 5th. He
travels to nearby areas escorted by a Spanish Lieutenant.

Feb 9, 1888
Rizal leaves Spain and sets sail for Hong Kong in Japan. He continued to
travel practice medicine and write.

Feb 28, 1888

A guest at the Spanish Legation, Tokyo, and traveling in Japan.

Apr 25, 1888

Travelled to United States
May 24, 1888
In London, studying in the British Museum to edit Morga’s 1609 Philippine
History.

Mar 28, 1889

In Paris, publishing Morga’s History. Published “The Philippines A Century
Hence” in La Solidaridad, a Filipino fortnightly review, first of Barcelona
and later of Madrid.

Apr 22, 1890

In Belgium finished El Filibusterismo which is the sequel to Noli Me
Tangere.

Aug 4, 1890
Returned to Madrid to confer with his countrymen on the Philippine
situation, then constantly growing worse.

Jan 27, 1891

Left Madrid for France.

Nov 19, 1891

Arranging for a Filipino agricultural colony in British North Borneo.
Practiced medicine in Hong Kong.
 Jun 3, 1892
Organized a mutual aid economic society: a Liga Filipina.

Jun 26, 1892

Returned to Manila under Governor-General Despujol’s safe conduct pass.

Ordered deported to Dapitan, but the decree

Jul 6, 1892 and charges were kept secret from him.
Taught school and conducted a hospital during his exile, patients coming
from China coast ports for treatment. Fees thus earned were used to
beautify the town. Arranged a water system and had the plaza lighted.

Aug 1, 1896
Left Dapitan en route to Spain as a volunteer surgeon for the Cuban yellow
fever hospitals. Carried letters of recommendation from Governor-General
Blanco.
Aug 7, 1896 On Spanish cruiser Castilla in Manila Bay.
Sailed for Spain on Spanish mail steamer and just after leaving Port Said
was confined to his cabin as a prisoner on cabled order from Manila.
(Rizal’s enemies to secure the appointment of a governor-general
subservient to them, the servile Polavieja had purchased Governor-
General Blanco’s promotion.)
Placed in Montjuich Castle dungeon on his arrival in
Oct 6, 1896 Barcelona and the same day re-embarked for Manila
Friends and countrymen in London by cable made an unsuccessful effort
for a Habeas Corpus writ at Singapore. On arrival in Manila was placed in
Fort Santiago dungeon.
 Charged with treason, sedition and form ing illegal
societies, the prosecution arguing that he was
responsible for the deeds of those w ho read his
Dec 3, 1896 writings.
During his imprisonment Rizal began to formulate in his m ind his greatest
poem who others later entitle, “M y Last Farewell.” (Later concealed in an
alcohol cooking lam p)

Dec 12, 1896

Rizal appears in a courtroom where the judges m ade no effort to check
those who cry out for his death.

Dec 27, 1896

Form ally condem ned to death by a Spanish court m artial.

Dec 29, 1896

Completes and puts into writing “My Last Farewell.” He conceals the poem
in an alcohol heating apparatus and gives it to his family. He may have also
concealed another copy of the same poem in one of his shoes but, if so, it
is lost in decomposition in
Dec 30, 1896
Roman Catholic sources allege that Rizal marries Josephine Bracken in his
Fort Santiago death cell to Josephine Bracken; she is Irish, the adopted
daughter of a blind American who came to Dapitan from Hong Kong for
treatment.
Dec 30, 1896
Shot on the Luneta, Manila, at 7:03 a.m., and buried in a secret grave in
Paco Cemetery. (Entry of his death was made in the Paco Church Register
among suicides.)
 Jan 21, 1897
Commemorated by Spanish Free-masons who dedicated a tablet to his
memory, in their Grand Lodge hall in Madrid, as a martyr to Liberty.

Aug 22, 1898

Filipinos who placed over it in Paco cemetery, a cross inscribed simply
“December 30, 1896”

Dec 20, 1898

President Aguinaldo, of the Philippine Revolutionary Government,
proclaimed December 30th as a day of national mourning.

Dec 30, 1898

Filipinos held Memorial services at which time American soldiers on duty
carried their arms reversed.

Jun 19, 1911

Birth semi-centennial observed in all public schools by an act of the
Philippine Legislature

Dec 30, 1912

Rizal’s ashes transferred to the Rizal Mausoleum on the Luneta with
impressive public ceremonies
 Biographical essay of my early childhood compared
to Rizal

My childhood compared to José Rizal can be characterized by the

desire to learn, even frequenting the church nearby his home to watch and
observe people but not to be religiously inclined.

José Rizal was not a physically blessed or strong. However, he had a

strong will guided and taught by his mother, his first teacher. He learned
almost without the use of books and that is something that amazed me to
the point that I wished I had such a gift. His mother was the one who laid
the foundation of his great knowledge achieved in such a short time. His
brilliance was also the character of the young José Rizal.

I was born the middle child of three whilst José Rizal was born as the
seventh child. José learned his letters at the age of three, after insisting
that he be taught to read and share the lessons learned by his elder sister.
Rizal even tried to spell out the words of his sister’s story book with the use
of a syllabary in such a way that one does when using a dictionary in a
foreign language. He also spent much of this time in a church nearby his
house just watching or observing the people coming in and out.

My parents were my closest influencers during my childhood but for

Rizal, three uncles who were brothers of his mother also had much
influence on the early childhood. The youngest uncle named José, took
care of teaching regular lessons to Rizal. His huge uncle Manuel developed
his physique until he had a body of silk and steel and no longer a skinny
and sickly boy. The last uncle, Gregorio instilled in the mind of Rizal that it
was not easy to obtain something until you put effort into it.
 I was into lots of drawing and abstract art during my early childhood,
that said there was an also a time when Rizal was able to draw a bird flying
nearby without lifting the pencil, he was using from the paper till the picture
he drew was finished. He can also draw a running horse and a chasing
dog. Clay and wax were the favorite play materials of Rizal. He used these
materials in forming modeled birds and butterflies. This animal molding
activity also started his study of nature.
Even in his childhood, Rizal already knew how to respect the rights of
others and requested his elders to reason with him rather than get mad at
him for small offenses. He became a welcome companion for adults even
at his young age since he respected their moods and was never a
hindrance to their activities.