TASK

1. In not more than 350 words, write a short biographical essay comparing your early
childhood with that of Rizal/
The memories of childhood ultimately become the life-long memory which always brings
a smile on our faces. These memories help us to build our character and personality, that’s
why childhood memories are hugely important in our life.
I have been raised in a big family with lots of loving members. I have all the sweet
memories with them. Our family live together in the same compound. Our weekends are not
your ordinary weekends. We don’t go out and eat in a fancy restaurant rather we go to the
river to swim. There was nothing quite like childhood during the “unplugged” days. We had
no smartphones to enjoy mobile legends and call of duty at our disposal, but we were
perfectly happy with our teks, pogs and Chinese garters. We had no problem keeping
ourselves entertained with even the most mundane things, such as sticks, rubber bands, tires
with a little resourcefulness and imagination, we were able to turn practically anything into
toys. When I was a child, I always want to be like my mother that one day, I’m able to start
going to school, graduate, married and to have a job. I was a good student in all of my
classes. I was in contact with many of my school friends and teachers in every of our school
activities. My elementary school life was great and successful eight years for me. The most
important lesson that I learned since I was in elementary school was that how to shape my
self-focused in my education, respect everyone, reading different kind of books that might
help me to look on my future career and how can I be fulfilled my future dreams.
We each have memories, both from long ago and recent times, that we hold dear to us.
Memories get us through the hard days and keep us chipper in the good ones. The past is what
makes us who we are. It shapes how we act, how we treat others, and simply just what we do
on a day to day basis.
2. What is the impact of childhood, family and early education of Rizal to his success as a
person and as a hero?
 Rizal learnt how to read and valued reading as way of spending time from his
mother. He learnt to value time as life most precious gift as his mother as his
mother taught him never to waste a single second. It is from his mother that he
learnt the importance of improving his life where he grew up learning the logic of
mathematics, how to write poems, drawing and painting. His mother taught him
the importance of valuing hard earned money, the importance of shopping at thrift
store and denying oneself, saving part of his earnings as life insurance. At the age
of 8 years he wrote a poem entitled, Sa Aking Mga Kabata. Rizal attended the
Ateneo Municipal de Manila, graduating at age 16 with the highest honors. He
took a post-graduate course there in land surveying. Rizal completed his
surveyor's training in the year 1877 and passed the licensing exam in May 1878
following year, but he could not receive a license to practice because he was only
17 years old. He was granted a license in the year 1881 when he attained the age

This study source was downloaded by 100000838663838 from CourseHero.com on 03-08-2022 22:36:12 GMT -06:00

https://www.coursehero.com/file/89970966/TASK-BALLAD-K-BSA-1Apdf/
 of majority. In 1878, the young man enrolled in the University of Santo Tomas as
a medical student. He later quit the school due to discrimination against Filipino
students by the Dominican professors. Rizal met and fell in love with Josephine
Bracken, who brought her stepfather to him for a cataract operation. The couple
applied for a marriage license but were denied by the Church due religion
difference since Rizal was a Mason and Josephine was a Roman Catholic. The
only alternative was to get into a common-law marriage which was executed in
the presence of two witnesses. They lived together as husband and wife in an
octagonal bamboo house that Josephine turned into a love nest.
3. A. In what way would you describe the background of Rizal’s ancestry that might have
contributed to his life and education?
 The Jose Rizal’s family paternal ascendant was Domingo Lam Co., A full blooded
Chinese. It also traces of Japanese, Spanish, Malay and even Negrito blood aside
from Chinese. The Rizal Family are one wealthiest families during their time. They
were considered priviledged, well-educated and influencial.
B. How will you compare the experiences of Rizal as a student in Ateneo Municipal, UST and
in Madrid?

 When he was 11 years of age, Rizal entered the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. He
earned phenomenal imprints in subjects like way of philosophy, physics, science,
and history. At this school, he read books; composed prize-winning verse and
working on drawing, painting, and dirt demonstrating, all of which stayed long
lasting interests for him. Rizal in the end 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. After discovering that his mom was going visually
impaired, Rizal picked to examine ophthalmology at the UST Faculty of Medicine
and Surgery. He, in any case, couldn't finish the course since "he turned out to be
politically secluded by foes among the staff and ministry who requested that he
absorb to their framework." Rizal earned a Licentiate in Medicine at the
Universidad Central de Madrid, where he additionally took courses in theory and
writing. It was in Madrid that he considered composing Noli Me Tangere. He
likewise went to the University of Paris and, in 1887, finished his eye specialization
course at the University of Heidelberg. It was likewise in that year that Rizal's first
novel was distributed (in Berlin).
C. Who were the important persons that influenced Rizal in his intellectual pursuits? Describe each
person’s contribution to Rizal’s intellectual pursuits.

 Paciano Rizal is our national hero’s older brother. He served as Rizal’s guardian
while the latter was studying in Spain. Paciano was a huge influence to Rizal’s life.
He would constantly send money to Spain and update his younger brother of the
friars’ abuses in the Philippines through letters. He also supported the Katipunan
and later on became one of the generals of its Revolutionary Army. An oracle is a

This study source was downloaded by 100000838663838 from CourseHero.com on 03-08-2022 22:36:12 GMT -06:00

https://www.coursehero.com/file/89970966/TASK-BALLAD-K-BSA-1Apdf/
 priest or priestess that serves as a mediator between the gods and men. He or she
brings prophecy to the world. Nadera fictionalizes a dream of Rizal in which he
seeks answers from an oracle. When he woke up, he realized that the answer to the
country’s problems is collective action from its people. Quiroga is one of Rizal’s
characters found on El Filibusterismo. He is a Chinese businessman who showered
the rich and the influential with extravagant gifts. Quiroga wanted to have a Chinese
consulate in the Philippines, thus his friendship with the novel’s general captain.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel on the sufferings of black
slaves in the hands of white Americans. Dr. Jose Rizal first read this novel while
he was in Madrid and was immediately inspired to write his own novel. The result
is his first and most iconic novel, Noli Me Tangere, which articulated Filipino
discontent with Spanish rule.
D. What were Rizal’s activities in Dapitan and their impact to the community?
 Rizal discovered Dapitan and its surroundings overflowing botanical and fauna
examples. he had the option to utilize solid assortment of reptiles, fowls,
scavangers, coleopatran, shells and butterflies and so on. He had the option to send
these assortments to Ateneo and some chose European galleries.
E. How would you assess Rizal’s objection to the revolution? Are you in favor of his decision?
Why/Why not?
 Rizal's soft spot for this issue was his inability to completely comprehend his
people. He was ineffective in feeling for the genuine notions of the individuals from
underneath in dispatching the equipped rebellion. He renounced the revolution
since he believed that changes to be effective should originate from above.
4.

This study source was downloaded by 100000838663838 from CourseHero.com on 03-08-2022 22:36:12 GMT -06:00

https://www.coursehero.com/file/89970966/TASK-BALLAD-K-BSA-1Apdf/
  On December 30, 1896, Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal, the greatest man of the Malayan race,
was shot to death at Bagumbayan, Manila, by a firing squad of native soldiers, on the
accusation of political conspiracy and sedition, and rebellion against the Spanish
government in the Philippines. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for
the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution, inspired in part by his writings,
broke out. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately
approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine independence. The trial of Dr.
Jose Rizal by a Spanish military court for sedition, rebellion and conspiracy, began On
December 6, 1896.He was charged with being a traitor to Spain and the mastermind of
the revolution. Although he pleaded his innocence but he was still convicted on all three
charges of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy and sentenced to death.

This study source was downloaded by 100000838663838 from CourseHero.com on 03-08-2022 22:36:12 GMT -06:00

https://www.coursehero.com/file/89970966/TASK-BALLAD-K-BSA-1Apdf/
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)