ACTIVITY #3 (Test – III)

Name : Justine Mae C. Bantilan BSM2A

To The Filipino Youth

Rizal's poem Filipino Youth is considered one of his best works. It made
us realize how important youth are. In modern society, this is quite crucial. I also
realized that one of the most important things we can do is love our country.
contribute to our nation It's also important to remember how Our country's
affection and how Rizal battled for it. We should never lose sight of the fact that
we are the future. Hope for the country. Because he believed in us, we must
make it happen. Reality. Dr. Jose Rizal's poem "To the Filipino Youth “is a
message intended to emphasize the importance of one's love and appreciation
for his dialect or language, since it serves as a link between people's countries.
Rizal's initial testimonial and exposition of his nationalism may be found in
this poem. He alluded to the Philippines as his home/motherland in this literary
composition. Rizal's concept in the poem refers to the role of the youth in nation
building. The poem "To the Filipino Young," written by Jose Rizal, is dedicated to
the Philippines' youth. He wished for Filipino youth to use their strengths, talents,
and skills to shine not only for themselves, but also for the acclaim and success
of their motherland, the Philippines. Dr. Jose Rizal wished for Filipino youngsters
to develop their skills and use them to aid those in need. Dr. Jose Rizal also
exhorted the youth in this poem to refine and cultivate their artistic skills, to
enliven and reinforce their scientific knowledge, and to look ahead and break
their chain of slavery.

Hymn To the Labor

Hymn to Labor was written in response to a request from Rizal’s
comrades in Lipa, Batangas, who then needed a hymn to sing during the
ceremony in honor of Lipa being declared a city in January 1888. More
accurately, then, this song is intended to praise the hard work and industry of the
people of Lipa. The poem symbolizes how every Filipino, in his patriotism, shall
keep a cautious yet loving eye on his nation with equal zeal during war and
peace. There will be no defection, especially during the country's most difficult
periods, even if it means paying the price for his patriotism with his life. For the
guys, family and country are enough inspiration and motivation throughout
grueling effort, according to the first verse of the poem. Farming has always been
the primary activity of males in the country, particularly in its early years, and this
verse applauds farmers who get up before the sun to tend their land. They do it
not for the money, but for the larger good of family, home, and Motherland.
During Rizal's time, a wife's position was straightforward: she was the steward of
the home and the mother of the children. Modern thinking might react to this idea
with haste, yet it just takes a few lines to show that Rizal was a feminist who was
ahead of his time. This second verse honors women who devote their life to
raising and upbringing their children, instilling in them the principles and morals
that would enable them to become upright citizens. After all, education and
formation begin and end at home. The final stanza is designed to be sung with
excitement and pride, symbolizing that no pretty girl wants a sluggish young man
who sits and waits for nothing all day, but instead cheers for that valiant
youngster and declares her willingness to be that youth's wife because of his
character, not just his appearance. The last verse emphasized how youngsters in
 Filipino society, both then and now, place a high value on their elders'
approbation. This passage emphasizes the importance of preserving the culture
and custom that has been passed down from generation to generation and that
they will pass down to their own sons and daughters in the future. It also
expresses the children's desire to follow in the footsteps of those who have gone
before them, in preparation for the day when they are ready to lead, however
early and unexpected that moment may be.

To The Flowers of Heidelberg

Dr. Jose P. Rizal was strolling along the Neckar River when he noticed the
flowering flowers. He was moved by their beauty and wished that the flowers and
their smell could be brought to his birthplace in the Philippines to bring peace,
faith, virtue, and health to his people. He also wants peace for his country and
compatriots and compares someone who is far from home to a flower that has
lost its smell. Rizal used the Heidelberg flowers as a symbol of his love for his
motherland, and the beauty of the flowers is comparable to the ways he looks at
our country, so that anyone who sees the flower can feel Rizal’s concern for his
motherland. Rizal penned the poem "To the Flowers of Heidelberg" while at
Heidelberg, feeling nostalgic for his parents and his homeland. His poem "To the
Flowers of Heidelberg" is merely an expression of his melancholy as he recalls
his beloved family.
He also praised the blossoms as gorgeous and stunningly appealing,
lying-in heaven beneath a gleaming bright sky, in his poetry. His poetry
expresses his longing for his country, where he first witnessed the glory of life
and all creation. "Carry, carry, o flowers, my love to my loved ones, peace to my
country and its fecund loam, faith to its men and virtue to its women, health to the
gracious being that dwell within the sacred paternal home," is our favorite line
from this literary work, because even though he is far away from his homeland,
he wishes peace to his loved ones/country. He never loses hope, never gets
exhausted, and he has helped many people in our nation see that peace is still
possible. He instructed us to remain steady and fight until our nation is free of
violence. That is why this sentence is so important to us. Rizal used Heidelberg
flowers as a symbol of his love for his homeland. The beauty of the flowers is
similar to the way Rizal looks at our country - anyone who sees the flower may
come to understand his concern for his motherland. It seems noble to try to save
the flower, but it's pointless since it'll be different once it reaches the country. The
beauty and perfume of the country will eventually disappear if Rizal's intentions
are not followed. What is the reason for this? It is far from its homeland.

Through Education Motherland Received Light

This poem proves that he valued education so much that the power of the
state could survive from any force in the struggle for social freedom. Education
helps people develop the ability to wield power responsibly. This will provide
security and peace to the motherland by teaching the Filipino people the
sciences and arts as the foundation for calming down the life of society.

The Intimate Alliance Between Religion & Good Education

Education and religion are like ivy and elm. They need each other to grow and
thrive. In the second stanza, the speaker reaffirms the importance of studying
and the challenges it can pose. However, as we grow and rely on God, we will
eventually be successful in life. If you only learn about religion without also
learning about education, your education is ultimately useless. Without knowing
 about both the benefits of education and its importance to society, you will not be
able to use all the knowledge you've acquired.

The Song of The Traveler

He was a true Filipino who loved his country, but he was also educated
and acculturated to the European lifestyle and mindset because he spent many
years living in another country. To the Filipinos, he had become something
different due to his different educational experiences abroad. It kept him away
from the culture of his homeland. The poem discusses the loneliness and
separation experienced by immigrants or travelers. Rizal captures the image of
feeling distant from loved ones and outsiders. In a strange place, it can feel like
one has nothing to contribute or is pointless. It is difficult to feel welcome
because there is no sense of community. Rizal discusses the difficulty of finding
happiness in a foreign place, where it seems to never compare to the happiness
one can experience back home. Since being a traveler as described by Rizal is
so solitary, it can be very lonely.

Mi Retiro
“Mi Retiro” is a poem of longing and sadness, as would be expected of an
exile. But these strong emotions are woven around Rizal’s descriptions of the
interconnected webs of life around him, in nature. What we see in “Mi Retiro” is a
poetic rendition of environmental science, even if the term had not yet been
coined in his time. In Dapitan he engaged in agriculture, engineering, medicine,
education, and many people are unaware, anthropology. It was here, too, where
Rizal the naturalist emerged, studying how plants and animals (including
humans) lived and interacted in different environmental settings. Rizal, it seems,
was interested in everything, collecting, and documenting all kinds of biological
specimens, including shells, which also makes him a conchologist. In one of his
letters to his German friend, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, the director of the
Anthropological and Ethnographic Museum in Dresden, Rizal offered his entire
collection of 300 shells to Meyer: “Do you want it? How much would they give me
for it? They are all shells of the district of Dapitan.” He ended with a cryptic “I
have no rifles yet.”
We don’t know what happened to the offer, but the Dresden Museum
does have some of Rizal’s shells. Dapitan provided the ambiance for Rizal to
write poetry again, after a long hiatus. Look up Nick Joaquin’s translation of the
original Spanish into English, described as “loose” but which better captures
Rizal’s literary style. “Mi Retiro” is a poem of longing and sadness, as would be
expected of an exile. But these strong emotions are woven around Rizal’s
descriptions of the interconnected webs of life around him, in nature. What we
see in “Mi Retiro” is a poetic rendition of environmental science, even if the term
had not yet been coined in his time. There’s a term used now in environmental
conservation: “from ridge to reef,” emphasizing the need to connect conservation
efforts from upland areas down to our seas. Look for that connection in this
stanza of “Mi Retiro”: “If the sky is serene, meekly flows the spring, strumming on
its invisible zither unceasingly; but come the time of the rains, and an impetuous
torrent spills over rocks and chasms—hoarse, foaming and aboil—to hurl itself
with a frenzied roaring toward the sea.” We read of forests and mountains, of
fields and rivers, set against the day, and nights, some silent, others mysterious.
Rizal saw butterflies and thought of his own life, of having been “vagrant
everywhere, with no qualms, with no terrors, squandered in foreign lands the
April of my life.” In exile, he compared himself to a “weary swallow” with broken
 wings, “faith now sold to others, and ruins everywhere.” The last stanzas of “Mi
Retiro” refer to Rizal’s memories of those he had loved, and of faithful friends,
ending with ambivalence: “I found in my land a refuge under a pleasant orchard,
and in its shadowy forests, serene tranquility, repose to my intellect and silence
to my grief.”

My Last Farewell
It was written one night before his execution in Luneta Park in Fort
Santiago. That is why the poem, which literally means My Last Goodbye, is
entitled "Mi Ultimo Adios." Because of the given social condition, this popular
literary piece was written in which he experienced slavery, cruelty, and
aggression against his beloved fellow men. Rizal expresses his wish to die for his
motherland and bids farewell to his loved ones, his homeland and all the people
he cared for. He hopes that today's youth will continue what he had just begun
for the freedom for which he had fought, and he is also grateful to those Filipinos
who had just dedicated their lives for their motherland's affection. He never
resented putting his life in danger and was successfully executed
because of his determination and strong willingness to reform the political aspect
of equality between the Spaniards and the Filipinos, his destiny to die for his
country. He freed those words in his poem just to convey what he had felt during
the time he was in the cell and knowing that it was his last moment to devote his
life to his country, but his cry-laden agenda had not yet been fulfilled. The
wisdom and insight of Rizal upon writing his last poem "Mi Ultimo Adios" is
mirrored in the present on many edges. His love for the nation and many activists
is still formed today to fight for the country, to have freedom of speech and
criticism. We are fighting for our country, just as Rizal and many national heroes
are fighting for our country.

El Filibusterismo

Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as Simoun. During the period in between

the story line of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra
left the Philippines and became a wealthy jeweler. He came back to the
Philippines as Senor Simoun, disguised with a beard. He seems to have long
abandoned his once vision of ending the despotism of Spain with words and
peace. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the misfortune our country has
suffered under the tyranny of the Spaniards. And near the end of the novel, when
he discovers that his lover, Maria Clara, died in the convent, he becomes even
more furious. Simoun is a confidant of the captain-General. He encourages the
government to make bad decisions and to abuse their power so that it would
spark a revolution among the masses. Basilio, now all grown up, is at first
reluctant to join in on Simoun’s idea but ends up being part of the plan. Simoun
started planning uprisings and stashed guns in the shop of an ally. At the
wedding reception of newlyweds (the bride being the ex-girlfriend of one of the
friends of Basillo—Isagani), Simoun tells Basilio that his plan was to conceal an
explosive which contains nitroglycerin inside a pomegranate-styled Kerosene
lamp that Simoun will give to the newlyweds as a gift during the wedding
reception. The reception will take place at the former home of the late Captain
Tiago, which was now filled with explosives planted by Simoun. According to
Simoun, the lamp will stay lighted for only 20 minutes before it flickers; if
someone attempts to turn the wick, it will explode and kill everyone—important
members of civil society and the Church hierarchy—inside the house. Simoun
leaves the reception early and leaves a note with the words: “Mene Thecel
Phares” which means “the future is predetermined” and is generally implied that
a bad event is going to happen. Simoun signed it with his real name “Juan
Crisostomo Ibarra”. The people at the reception were shocked because Ibarra is
supposedly dead. One of the priests who knew Ibarra before the ending of Noli
Me Tangere confirmed to the people that it was the writing of Ibarra. The lamp
started to dim… Outside the house, Basilio was about to walk away because he
knew the lamp was going to explode anytime soon when he saw Isagani, the still
heart-broken ex-boyfriend of the bride whose reception was still going on in the
house of Capitan Tiago. Isagani said that he just wanted to congratulate the
newly-weds. Basilio who then feared for the safety of his friend told him about the
plan of Simoun. Isagani ran to the house. A priest was about to fix the lamp but
once Isagani got in, he found the lamp and threw it out the window into the river
outside the residence. Since the guards were chasing Isagani, he himself jumped
out of the window into the river as well. There was an uprising planned by
Simoun during the time of the reception. The band got caught and confessed that
Simoun lead them. Ibarra was now wanted both as himself and as Simoun. Days
passed and a good priest found Simoun walking along the shore, wounded and
weak. The noble priest tended to Simoun while the latter explained that he is
Ibarra and that he was greatly saddened and angry due to the failure of the
revolution and that he was questioning God as to why he was the one who is
suffering and not the ones who have forsaken the people of the Philippines. The
priest explains that all punishments will come in due time. Ibarra died as he
weakly held the hand of the priest. The latter blessed the former and threw away
all the remaining jewels of Ibarra in the hopes that they may always be used for
good