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Retraction of Rizal
Retraction of Rizal
Retraction of Rizal
Retraction is defined as formally taking back something which was said or done. When a
newspaper prints something incorrect and later takes back what they said and publishes
an article saying they were wrong, this is an example of a retraction. noun.
Jose Rizal Background:
His real full name Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.
Nickname: Pepe
Born on 19th day of July, year 1861 in Calamba, Laguna and died on 30 th day of
December, year 1896, at the age of 35
He was a Physician, Poet, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Historian, Architect, Painter,
Sculptor, Educator, Linguist, Musician, Naturalist, Ethnologist, Surveyor, Engineer,
Farmer, Businessman, Economist, Geographer, Cartographer, Bibliophile, Philologist,
Grammarian, Folklorist, Philosopher, Translator, Inventor, Magician, Humorist, Satirist,
Polemicist, Sports man, Traveler, Prophet.
Most notably, he is one of the few people who has been referred to as a Filipino National
Hero.
Rizal Retraction Analysis: (Sequence)
On the day of Rizal's execution, Dec. 30, 1896, the first text was published in La Voz
Espaola and Diaro de Manila. The second text was published in the fortnightly magazine
La Juventud in Barcelona, Spain, on February 14, 1897; it was written by an unknown
writer who would subsequently be identified as Fr. Balaguer. The original text was
recovered in the archdiocesan archives on May 18, 1935, after it had been missing for 39
years, since Rizal was shot in the afternoon.
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