Jose Rizal and His Works

“Jose Rizal” Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Realonda

- Greatest Hero of the Malayan Race

- Founder of Philippine Nationalism

 Birthdate: June 19, 1861

 Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna

 Mother: Teodora Alonso Realonda

 Father: Francisco Rizal Mercado

 Order of Birth: 7/11

 Pet Dog: Braganza Usman

 Patrilineal Lineage: Chinese (Lam-Co)

 Matrilineal Lineage: Chinese, Japanese, Spanish

 Godfather: Pedro Casanas

 Priest: Rufino Collantes

 Great-Grandfather: Japanese (Ursua)

 Learned Alphabet: 3 years old using Cartilla/Kartilya

 Rizal’s first teacher: Mother

 Teachings from his mother: Catholic Faith (religion), Reading and Writing, Honesty,

Respect to Elders

 Able to read and write: 5 years old

 Abilities and Expertise: Polymath (multiple intelligence)

 Poetry, Essays, Novels, Painter, Sketches, Sculpture and Polyglot (22 languages)

 Also knows:

Architecture, Cartography, Economics, Ethnology, Anthropology, Sociology, Dramatics,

Martial Arts, Fencing, Pistol Shooting, Education, Farming

 Pen names:

o Laong Laan

o Dimasalang

 Wrote the Constitution of La Liga Filipina (Secret society of Rizal)

- Idea of establishing the La Liga Filipina is Jose Maria Basa

- Rizal wrote the Constitution in Hong Kong

- It was established on July 3, 1892 at Doroteo Onjunco, Ilaya Street, Tondo

Manila

 La Solidaridad

 Detain: Fort Santiago, Intramuros

 Exile: Dapitan by Gov. Gen. Despujol

 Execute: Bagumbayan/ now called Luneta Park by Go. Gen. Polavieja

 Last words: “Comsummatum Est.”

 Death date: December 30, 1896

 Rizal was buried in: Paco Cemetery

 Rizal’s Body is transferred and now in: Bagumbayan/Luneta Park

Rizal’s Literary Works

Crowning glory as a young poet:

- A La Juventud Filipina (To The Filipino Youth)

- Uses Mother Tongue

He reminds us of the importance of the Filipino Language

- “To My Fellow Children”/Sa Aking Mga Kabata

Dedicated to his first Inspiration:

- Mi Primera Insperacion/My First Inspiration

- For his mother

Written in his Death cell:

- Mi Ultimo Adios/My Last Farewell

- Fort Santiago, Intramuros

- “Pahimakas” translated in tagalog by Andres Bonifacio

He wrote the famous letter “To the Women of Malolos”

Revolutionary Novels

Noli Me Tangere El Filibusterismo

“Touch Me Not” “The Reign of Greed”

The Social Cancer Inspired by: The Count of Monte Cristo

Inspired by: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Alexandre Dumas)

 (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Political Novel

Romantic Novel Work of the Mind

Work of the Heart Death of GomBurZa

Motherland Helped to published: Valentin Ventura

Revealed the abuses of the Spanish

Government in the Philippines, and the
sufferings of the Filipinos was
Helped to published: Maximo Viola