Name: Sakura Marzan Submitted to: Mrs.

Sheila Estrada

Section: BS-Psychology 11 Subject: The Life and Works of Rizal

Continuation: Activity #2

Prove or contradict the following statements:

Rizal is the First Filipino

According to the article of Philstar, Jose Rizal was the first nationalist filipino because Rizal

taught his countrymen that they might be something else –Filipinos – who were members of a

Filipino nation. He was the primary who sought to unite the entire archipelago and envisioned a

“compact and homogenous community” of all the old tribal communities from Batanes to Sulu,

supported common interests.

Rizal is an American-Sponsored Hero

It all started when Civil Governor William Howard Taft addressed the messengers Pedro de

Tavera, Luzurriga and Legarda, Filipino members of the Philippine commission of which Taft

was the chief representative, that the Filipinos had or needed to have of National Heroes. Taft

endorsed Jose Rizal in 1901 as the national hero. Rizal also did not make negative remarks about

America and he was a symbol of the fight against Spanish oppression.

Rizal is the First Exponent of Nationalism in Asia

According to Guerrero (1998) Rizal was believed to be the primary exponent of nationalism in

Asia because it was Rizal  who called the Philippines his fatherland and was most remarkable
ideas at his early age. The Philippine Revolution of 1896 Rizal was the source of inspiration

outbreak.

Rizal: Pioneer exponent of Liberal Democracy in Asia

Rizal called the Pioneer Exponent of Liberal Democracy in Asia because before Gandhi ad Sun

Yat-Sen began their career of political, agitation. Rizal use his pen, essays, letters, and novels

about the liberal democracy. According to Fisher (1962) Rizal stood up for human rights,

equality of all men and races, the dignity of every individual and faith in human reason.