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Asynchronous activity -May 2, 2022

1. Chapter- 20: Rizal and the revolution of 1896. pp- 299-305.

a. How did the Jesuits try to win Rizal back to the fold of
Catholicism? Did they succeed along this line? Why? Or why
not?
-Fr. Pablo Pastells sent Rizal letters to convince him of the flaws in his
religious view, in which led to a religious debate between the two.
They did not succeeded, Rizal was not persuaded and the debate was
a stalemate.

Also tried to place conditions when Rizal wanted to marry Josephine

Bracken, which is to : retract his religious errors and a general
confession but Rizal did not concur with the conditions so there is no
church wedding that took place.

Stepping in, the friars tried bribing Rizal with money, a place in a
university and an estate.

And as a final attempt , they sent a spy( Pablo Mercado , also know by
his real name : Florencio Namanan) to trap Rizal and to observe his
activities, Florencio offered to personally handle the letters that Rizal
sends off but Rizal is very smart and doesn’t recall a relative that has
the surname of Mercado thus he was able to find out that Florencio is
an impostor and had him arrested by Commander Juan Sitges.

b. How did the Katipunan try to save Rizal, while he was in

Dapitan? And why was Rizal against the planned revolution of
the Katipunan?
- On June 21, 1896. Dr. Pio Valenzuela, Bonifacio's messenger, visited
Rizal in Dapitan and educated him regarding the arrangement of the
Katipunan to send off an insurgency. Rizal protested Bonifacio's
intense task expressing that such would be a genuine self-
destruction. Rizal focused on that the Katipunan pioneers ought to do
all that could be within reach to forestall untimely progression of local
blood. Valenzuela, nonetheless, cautioned Rizal that the Unrest will
definitely break out if the Katipunan could be found.

c. Why did Rizal decide to volunteer as a medical surgeon to the

Spanish army in Cuba?
- Because Rizal needs to get more familiar with beginning a revolution.
Back then the American nation is rebelling against the Spaniards. He
 needs to plan himself and the nation when their time for freedom
would come. he said that Philippines isn't yet prepared for war,
further calculations should be done. This is Rizal's thought process
while applying as medical surgeon in Cuba.

2. Chapter21: The trial and martyrdom of Rizal. pp- 313-329.

a. Why was Rizal tried before a military court and not a civilian
court?
- On 29th December 1896 when Rizal was told of the Report that
was sentence by the Council of War, he would not sign it
expressing that he was innocent of the charges against him.
Military court cover explicitly military violations. That implies
violations committed in the military, as well as by a military
member. Some of these crimes are specific to military actions. One
example is declining to submit to the request.

b. What evidences were used by the Spanish authorities, to charge

Rizal with the crime of complex rebellion through illegal
association? Were these pieces of evidence sufficient to warrant
the commission of the aforementioned crime? Support your
answer.
- The arguments to convict and sentence Dr. Jose Rizal, to death by
firing squad are fixated on his two important literary novels, "Noli Me
Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo", which chronicled the genuine state
of Spanish-Filipino relations, specifically between the Spanish
government and their friars. The two books talked cruelly of these two
groups, and the message of these works is obviously to illuminate
readers to the requirement for changes, which colonizers interpreted
as meaning rebellion and sedition.

While it may had been reasonable enough back then due to their want
to not loose control over Philippines, for me it’s not sufficient enough
to warrant as a crime. Writing a novel that depicts them in a negative
light is not as heavy of a “sin” compared to having someone dead
because of it. Novels should be a form of freedom of speech back then.

c. In your own opinion, how did Rizal’s death influence the history
of our nation?
- Because of his works and his death, we were able to achieve the
freedom that we desired. His death gave the Filipinos back then
the fuel to fight against the injustice thus giving us our freedom till
now, we are also able to have the freedom to speak up against the
unfair rule of our current leaders.