Nikka Ella H.

Bernardino
BSPSY2B
Department of psychology
Pamantasan ng lungsod ng muntinlupa
Professor Chirstian Paul Dela Vega
Date: June 24, 2022

To the Child Jesus

by Dr. Jose Rizal

B. (2021, May 3). José Rizal. Biography. https://www.biography.com/political

figure/jos%C3%A9-rizal

O José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was born in Calamba in the
Philippines' Laguna Province on June 19, 1861. He was a brilliant student who
became good in different languages, José Rizal studied medicine in Manila. He
traveled to Spain in 1882 to complete his medical degree. When José Rizal still
in europe, he became part of the Propaganda Movement, connecting with other
Filipinos who wants to implement a reform. He also wrote his first novel which the
Noli Me Tangere or Touch Me Not/The Social Cancer, a work that inspired the
dark aspects of Spain's colonial rule in the Philippines, with specifically focus on
the role of Catholic friars. When Rizal returned to Europe, he continued to write
his follow-up novel which is El Filibusterismo or The Reign of Greed in 1891. He
also published articles in La Solidaridad, a paper about the Propaganda
Movement. The reforms Rizal that he advocated didn't include independence that
he called for equal treatment of Filipinos, limiting the power of Spanish friars and
representation for the Philippines in the Spanish Cortes. Rizal make a lot of
battling through writing to fight for the freedom of our country. Rizal was
convicted of sedition and sentenced to death by firing squad. He public execution
in Manila on December 30, 1896, when he was 35 years old. His execution
created more opposition to Spanish rule.
Child Jesus. Retrieved from https://www.joserizal.com/child-jesus/

To the Child of Jesus is a religious short poem that created by Dr. Jose Rizal in
1875 when he was 14 years old during the Spanish time. In my research, he
make this poem to greet his brother in law, Antonio Lopez on his saint’s day. The
poem was addressing the child Jesus and asking him why he choose to get born
on a manger as his place of birth. He further asked why does Fortune whether it
is fate or wealth has left him the moment he entered in this world. The poem
emphasize the expression of grief or pity and showing of being doubting by the
idea that anyone is willing to be a shepherd rather than a President. Over all the
poem was about Dr. Jose Rizal asking the child Jesus about the chosen status
that he been through in our world. Rizal targeted audience was the Filipinos,
specifically the Christians that may also open deeply their mind about our Lord or
the idea of choosing to be a average people than being on above of all. The
child's education previously, Rizal taught the basic truths and believes of
Christianity. He had already felt deeply and hand great dreams for his country. It
was easy for his young mind to connect the life and suffering of Jesus, God
incarnate, to the present struggles of the nation against abuse, as Rizal believed
in non-violence and clearly found a firm ally in the person of Christ. Also, he was
determined to his beliefs and remain faithful to his country. This poem can taught
us to think deeply about the things that is questionable and find or study more the
answers to each questions to widen our knowledge.