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    Rizal spent his early childhood in Calamba, Laguna. He enjoyed exploring nature and learning about local folklore from his nurse. Rizal was a devout Catholic and loved participating in church activities. He had artistic talents from a young age, creating sketches and paintings. Rizal's mother encouraged his interests and helped critique his early poems. His first poem expressed nationalist sentiments about the Tagalog language. Rizal was deeply saddened by the death of his sister Concepcion when he was young.

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    Rizal spent his early childhood in Calamba, Laguna. He enjoyed exploring nature and learning about local folklore from his nurse. Rizal was a devout Catholic and loved participating in church activities. He had artistic talents from a young age, creating sketches and paintings. Rizal's mother encouraged his interests and helped critique his early poems. His first poem expressed nationalist sentiments about the Tagalog language. Rizal was deeply saddened by the death of his sister Concepcion when he was young.

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    CHAPTER 2.

    CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA

    EARLIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES  Loved to go to church, to pray, to take part in


     Happy days in the family garden when he novenas, and to join religious processions
    was 3 yrs old  Manong Jose- called by the Hermanos and
    Hermanas Terceras for his devoutness
    - Rizal was frail, sickly, and undersized
     Father Leoncio Lopez – learned Filipino priest;
    child respected and esteemed by Rizal
    - given the tenderest care by his parents
    PILGRIMAGE TO ANTIPOLO
    - father- built a nipa cottage
    - had an aya (nurse maid)  June 6, 1868 - shrine of the Virgin of
    Antipolo
    - mused by the beauty of nature  Fulfill his mother’s vow which was made
    - birds – the culiauan, the maya, the when Jose was born
    maria capra, the martin, the pipit  Casco (barge) – sailed towards Pasig River
     Daily Angelus prayer  Went to Manila to visit Saturnina (boarding
    student at La Concordia College in Santa
     Happy moonlit nights at the azotea after the
    Ana
    nightly Rosary
    THE STORY OF THE MOTH
    - the aya related stories about fairies,
    tales of buried treasure and trees  The Children’s Friend (El Amigo de los
    blooming with diamonds Niños)
    - this aroused Rizal’s enduring interest in  Coconut oil lighted lamp
    legends and folklores  Mother- corrected poetical compositions
    - asuang, nuno, tigbalang, terrible and made valuable criticisms
    bearded and turbaned Bombay (when  Revelation:
    Rizal did not like his supper) - The light each time seemed more
     The nocturnal walk in the town, especially beautiful, the flame more attractive
    when there was a moon - The moth died a martyr to its illusions- it
    THE HERO’S FIRST SORROW was a noble death and to sacrifice one’s
    life for it is worthwhile
     Death of Concha (Concepcion)  Lesson: don’t be disobedient
    - age gap- one year
    - Rizal learned from her the sweetness of ARTISTIC TALENTS
    sisterly love  God-given talent for art
    - Died 1865 out of sickness  Age 5- made sketches with pencil and mold
    DEVOTED SON OF THE CHURCH in clay and wax objects
     Religious banner during a fiesta – painted
     Son of a Catholic clan oil colors
     Age 3 – began to take part in the family  Enjoyed looking at blooming flowers, the
    prayers ripening fruit, the dancing waves of the
     Mother- devout Catholic; taught him the lake, and the milky clouds in the sky;
    Catholic prayers listening to the songs of the birds, the
     Age 5- able to read the Spanish family Bible chirping of he cicadas, and the murmuring
    haltingly of the breezes

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    CHAPTER 2. CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA

     Loved to ride on a pony bought by his


    father
     Long walks in the meadows and lakeshore
    with Usman (black dog)
     “All right laugh at me now! Someday when I
    die, people will make monuments and
    images of me!” –Rizal to his sisters, after
    being laughed for spending too much time
    with his clay and wax images
    FIRST POEM BY RIZAL
     God-given talent for literature
     Mother – noticed Rizal’s inclination for
    poetry and encouraged him
     Age 8 - Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My
    Fellow Children)
    - Earliest nationalist sentiment
    - Content: People who truly love their
    native language will surely strive for
    liberty; tagalog is equal of Latin,
    Englishm Spanish

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