~ 2 Sreat event. A curious change came over me which I on ee myself whenever anything stirred my feelings. The fs unded strange q : seemed to go farther away and my mother’s words rt my attention si uncanny. I did not notice when she ended the fable. A aia cout Ith fixed on the face of the insect. I watched it with my wh : ae dieda martyr to its illusions. As he put me to bed, my mother said: See that you do fo tahews Hie the young moth. Don't be disobedient, or you may get burnt as i id. 1 do not know whether I answered or not...The story revealed to me things until then unknown. Moths no longer were, for me, insignificant insects, Moths talked; they knew how to warn. They advised like my mother. The light seems to be more beautiful. It had grown more dazzling and more attractive. I knew why the moths circled the flame. Birth of the Hero, lose P. Rizal was born on the 19 day of June 1861 between 11:00-12:09 midnight His mother Teodora Alonzo almost’ Tost her life in giving birth to Jose because of his big head and because of this difficulty, the family of Jose considered him as special and called him as muy bonito. He was born infCalamb}, Laguna, which was’ considered a first class municipality and a place where the rich families enjoyed the material progress brought by the opening of the Philippines in the world ‘trade. Majority of the land of the town were owned by. the Dominican Friars and his ar ans Rea an inguilino who rented a huge land from the Dominicans. The fami ly Of Rizal was considered as one of the richest Families in Calamba which was evident because his family was able” to send their ten children to Prestigious schools and universities in the country. The time of his birth was also important in analyzing his Personality as a person and as a hero. He was born in a time where the well-educated Filipinos were starting to ask for reform from the Spanish government in the Philippines. The changes in the political views of the people during the time of his birth were brought by the enlightenment of the well-educated Filipinos and the international events in regard, to politics and Sovernment (the French Revolution, the conflict between the Conservative and Liberal government in Europe and the Revolution of the colonies in the Latin America). The different events during his time enriched his liberal ideas and sharpened his knowledge about the true government. The Mixed Ancestry / Jose came from a mixture of Chinese, Spanish, Jay blood. His great grandfather in the father side was Domin, immigrant from China who married Ines de la Rosa, a from Manila. Domingo adopted the surname Me; panese and Filipino go Lamco, a Chinese Chinese Christian girl reado (Spanish term for market). 40 Scanned with CamScanner