The study of Jose

Rizal’s Life as a
Historical Figure
and his Works in a
Critical Approach
Life and Works of Rizal
WHY STUDY RIZAL?: BECAUSE IT IS
MANDATED BY LAW
- Mandated by Republic Act 1425, otherwise known as the Rizal
Law.
- Senator Jose P. Laurel, the person who sponsored the said law,
said that since Rizal was the founder of Philippine nationalism.
- The Rizal Law, enacted in 1956, seeks to accomplish the
following goals:
1. To rededicate the lives of youth to the ideals of freedom and
nationalism, for which our heroes lived and died
2. To pay tribute to our national hero for devoting his life and
works in shaping the Filipino character.
3. To gain an inspiring source of patriotism through the study of
Rizal’s life, works, and writings.
Rizal Ideas: A Reply to the Challenges of our
Millennium
Rizal's Virtues of Character
• Honesty
• Personal Integrity
• Patriotism
• Civic Responsibility
• Willingness to Sacrifice
• High Sense of Justice
• Family Solidarity
Art Works of Rizal
• Dapitan Church Curtain
• Spanish coat of Arms
• Oyang Dapitana
• Bust of Father Jose
Guerrico
Art Works of Rizal

• The triumph Death over

Life
• Saturnina Rizal
• Christ Crucified
• The triumph of Science
over death
Rizal`s most important Work
 Why it was like in the
Philippines during Rizal`s era?
Philippines during Rizal`s Era
• Occupied by Spanish
• Unstable Government
• Frailocracia
• Proliferating Social Injustice
• Force labor or work (polo y servicio)
• Harsh Guardia Civiles
 Why do you think it is
important to study the life
and works of Rizal?
On liberty:
• Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point...
We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it.
And when the people reaches that height, God will
provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny
will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine
out like the first dawn.“
Gat Jose Rizal