A brief description of Rizal’s Life

 RIZAL’S BIRTH
 RIZAL’S PARENTS
 RIZAL’S SIBLINGS
 RIZAL’S HOUSE
 RZAL’S EDUCATION
 RIZAL’S UNCLE
 MOTHER’S LIFE IN PRISON

JOSE PROTASIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA,

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Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June
19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. Both his parents were educated and belonged to
distinguished families. He was born a small child, a physical stature for which he was known his entire
life. His sisters would say: “Jose was a very small child.” His family’s prosperity was based in agriculture;
from the Dominican hacienda they would lease land. Rizal was mixed descent. His Chinese immigrant
ancestor added the name Mercado, with the name “Rizal” was a more recent vintage.

The Rizal family was a respected and considered one of the riches families in calamba during
their time. 2

His father FRANCISCO ENGRACIO ALEJANDRO MERCADO RIZAL was an industrial farmer born in May 11,
1818.
While his mother TEODORA MORALES DE QUINTOS ALONSO a highly in cultured woman whom Rizal
called a very imprudent mother born on November 9, 1827.

He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls).

THE OTHER SISTER OF RIZAL IS

*SATURNINA RIZAL was born on 1850 and died in 1913 a native and one of the richest persons in
Tanauan, Batangas. She was known as Neneng.
*PACIANO RIZAL (Born on March 9, 1851 and died on April 13, 1930) was a Filipino general and
revolutionary, and the older brother of José Rizal. Paciano joined and actively supported Propaganda
Movement for social reforms

*N ARCISA RIZAL The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and musician. (1852-
1939). Narcisa helped in financing Rizal’s studies in Europe, even pawning her jewelry and peddling her
clothes if needed. It is said she could recite from memory almost all of the poems of the national hero.
* OLYMPIA RIZAL The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.

* LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919) The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.

* MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945) The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna

* JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on
December 30, 1896.
* CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865) The eight child. Died at the age of three.

* JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945) The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.

* TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951) The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.
* SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929) The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.

José Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, in a original two-story Spanish colonial house in Calamba, Laguna.
During their time, Rizal's original house was destroyed, but was rebuilt at the same site on June 19,
1950. With Rizal's original belongings kept intact inside the shrine, so that the visitors can roam the
house freely. Original and relevant trivia are written on the walls and the rooms are carefully
reconstructed and presented the way they used to be when José used to live there, in the late 1800s.
The shrine has a large lawn with a replica of a nipa hut, Rizal used to play with his sisters in. Next to the
hut is a statue of a young José Rizal, with his dog. This statue was constructed in 1996 for the centennial
celebration commemorating Rizal's death.

RI ZAL’S EDUCATION
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Jose Rizal’s first teacher was his mother, who had taught him how to read and pray and who had
encouraged him to write poetry. Later, private tutors taught the young Rizal Spanish and Latin, before
he was sent to a private school in Biñan.
When he was 11 years old, Rizal entered the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. He earned excellent marks in
subjects like philosophy, physics, chemistry, and natural history. At this school, he read novels; wrote
prize-winning poetry (and even a melodrama—“Junto al Pasig”); and practiced drawing, painting, and
clay modeling, all of which remained lifelong interests for him.

Rizal eventually earned a land surveyor’s and assessor’s degree from the Ateneo Municipal while taking
up Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas. Upon learning that his mother was going
blind, Rizal opted to study ophthalmology at the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. He, however, was
not able to complete the course because “he became politically isolated by adversaries among the
faculty and clergy who demanded that he assimilate to their system.”

Without the knowledge of his parents, Rizal traveled to Europe in May 1882. According to his
biographer, Austin Craig, Rizal, “in order to obtain a better education, had had to leave his country
stealthily like a fugitive from justice, and his family, to save themselves from persecution, were
compelled to profess ignorance of his plans and movements. His name was entered in Santo Tomas at
the opening of the new term, with the fees paid, and Paciano had gone to Manila pretending to be
looking for this brother whom he had assisted out of the country.”

Rizal earned a Licentiate in Medicine at the Universidad Central de Madrid, where he also took courses
in philosophy and literature. It was in Madrid that he conceived of writing Noli Me Tangere. He also
attended the University of Paris and, in 1887, completed his eye specialization course at the University
of Heidelberg. It was also in that year that Rizal’s first novel was published (in Berlin).

WORKS OF RIZAL
“The pen is mightier than the sword,” according to Dr. José
Rizal, the Philippines' well-known national hero. He expressed
strong opposition to the exploitation of Spaniards and shared
messages that he hoped would inspire his fellow countrymen
through his literary masterpieces. We've compiled a list of his
best works and decoded the context behind them.

Noli Me Tángere
One of the most sought-after books in Philippine literature until
today, is Rizal’s famous novel titled Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me
Not). Driven by his undying love for his country, Rizal wrote the
novel to expose the ills of Philippine society during the Spanish
colonial era. At the time, the Spaniards prohibited the Filipinos
from reading the controversial book because of the unlawful acts
depicted in the novel. Yet they were not able to ban it completely
and as more Filipinos read the book , it opened their eyes to the
truth that they were being manhandled by the friars. In this
revolutionary book, you’ll learn the story of Crisostomo Ibarra,
how he dealt with Spanish authorities, and how he prepared for
his revenge, as told in Rizal’s second book, El Filibusterismo.

After publication, Noli me Tangere wa s considered to be one of

the instruments that initiated Filipino nationalism leading to the
1896 Philippine Revolution. The novel did not only awaken
sleeping Filipino awareness, but also established the grounds for
aspiring to independence
El Filibusterismo
This is Rizal’s sequel to his first book, Noli Me Tángere. In El
Filibusterismo (The Reign of the Greed), the novel exhibits a dark
theme (as opposed to the hopeful atmosphere in the first novel) in
which it depicts the country’s issues and how the protagonist
attempts a reform. The story takes place 13 years after Noli Me
Tángere, where revolutionary protagonist Crisostomo Ibarra is
now under the guise of Simoun – a wealthy jewelry tycoon.
Because the novel also portrays the abuse, corruption, and
discrimination of the Spaniards towards Filipinos, it was also
banned in the country at the time. Rizal dedicated his second
novel to the GOMBURZA – the Filipino priests named Mariano
Gomez, Jose Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora who were
executed on charges of subversion. The two novels of Rizal, now
considered as his literary masterpieces, both indirectly sparked
the Philippine Revolution.

ABUSE, CORRUPTION,