Miranda, Danica A.

ED1-1 BSED – Major in

Science

Prove or contradict the following statements:

1. The Story of the Moth and the Flame can be considered a biography of Jose
Rizal.
I fully approve. The moth story is more than just a tale; it is a reflection for Rizal's life
and a reminder for all of us. Just like Jose Rizal, he lost his life trying to uncover the
truth for us. The same thing happens to us as humans when we are taught to avoid
danger or evil. Then, like the little moth who was walking toward the fire and wanted to
touch it despite his mother's warnings, we start to go closer. We were told in the story
that his mother had warned him not to get too close to the flames because they would
burn him to ashes, but because he was persistent, he did.
2. The Martyrdom of the Gomburza changed the direction of Rizal's life work.
I will contradict it since The Martyrdom of the Gomburza influence Rizal to felt more his
passion and desire in writing to implement reforms and attain equality for the Filipino
people. They didn’t change the direction of Rizal’s life work in fact they influenced Rizal
to continually write a dedication to them in his book “El Filibusterismo” as their memory.
He felt it necessary to seek vengeance on those who lost their life in order to bring
about changes because of the injustices he had seen. The three martyrs participated in
the effort to modernize the nation's priesthood during the Spanish Regime. When they
were executed on the offense of subversion, he decided that it would be possible for
him to do this by way of writing. The Propaganda Movement was created as a result of
the death of the Gomburza. These Filipino scholars have settled down in Europe. Dr.
Jose Rizal serves as its leader. He was aware that he might advocate changes through
his written works.
3. The environment where Rizal grew up influenced his attitudes, values and
disposition in life.
I agree. Our attitudes are mostly influenced from our family and to people we talked and
socialized. Just like Jose Rizal, he got his attitude to his family and ancestors where he
derived his serious nature, frugality, patience and love for children from his Chinese
ancestors and he got his elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies
from his Spanish ancestors. Rizal also got his passionate desire for freedom and his
calm attitude on life from his Malayan ancestors. This is obvious from Jose Rizal's
character. Despite being a frail, unwell, and small child, Rizal had strong convictions
ingrained in his mind.