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Week3
TheGeneal
ogyofJoseRi
zal

Act
ivi
ty:

Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:

1. Discusst hef ami lyt reeofJoseRi zal .

Thef atherofJoseRi zal wasofChi neseor igin.Thegr eatgr andfat herofFr anci sMer car doRi zal was
Domi ngoLam- cowhocamef rom af or eignpr ov incei nChi na.Theyf i
rstset tledi nPar i
andi st ri
ct,butbecause
oflanddi sput es, theyr eset tl
edi nBi ñan, Laguna.Hemar riedI nezdel aRosawhowasal soaChi nesemest i
za
whobor ehimt wochi ldr en( Fr anciscoandJosef a) .
Domi ngogav et hesur nameMer cado( whi chmeansamer chant )t ohissonFr anci sco, becauset heycame
from al ineofr espect abl emer chant s.Tohi m, Mer cadoi sal soani ceSpani shnamet hatwoul dbani sht he
prejudi cedi rect edt owar dChi nesesoundi ngsur names.
Franci scoMer cadoSr .Mar riedBer nar daMoni cha( al soaChi nesemest i
za).Theyhad2chi ldr en,Juanand
Clement e.Juanwhohasbeent hemay orofBi ñant hr icemar ri
edCi r
il
aAl ej
andr o.Theyhad14chi ldren, and
oneoft hosei sFr anci scoMer cadoJr .whenhi ssi sterPot encianawhot ookcar eofhi m di ed, hemar ried
Teodor aAl onzoonJune28, 1848.
In1849, Gener al Nar cisoCl aver iadecr eedt hatal l nat i
v eshoul dhav eadi stinct i
v ef ami lyname.Don
Franci scowasnotsat isfiedwi thhi ssur name, soheadopt edt heSpani shnameRi zal .Whi chmeantagr een
fi
eldf orpast ur eoraf iel dwhi chi sgr eenaf tert hegr ai nhasbeencut .Inhi sbapt ismal recor ds, hisnamewas
wr i
ttenasDonFr anci scoRi zal Mer cado.
FRANCI SCOMERCADO( 1818- 1898)
DonFr anci scowast hey oungestof13of fspr ingsofJuanandCi ri
laMer cado.Bor ni nBi ñan, Lagunaon
April 18, 1818; studi edi nSanJoseCol lege, Mani la; anddi edi nMani la
Inhisy oungerday s,hewasdescr ibedasa“ model fat her ”andasaman“ ofsol i
dshoul der s, strong
const itut i
on, rathert al l,ser iousandnobl e.”Hest udi edLat inandphi losophyatt heCol legeofSanJose,
Mani la.Hedi edatt heageof80, ay earaf t ert heher o’ sexecut i
on.
Hisdi ligencecat apul tedhi mi ntot her anksoft heweal thyi nCal amba.Forat i
me, hebecameCabezade
Barangayi nCal amba.Hewast hef irstt obui l
dast onehouseandbuyanot her ,ownal ibr aryandsendhi s
chil
dr ent oschool inMani la.
DOÑATEODORAALONZO( 1827- 1913)
Nov ember9, 1827whenTeodor awasbor ni nMei sik, Tondo, Mani l
a.Hei st hesecondchi l
dofLor enzoAl onzo
andBr ijidadeQui ntos.Lor enzoi sacapi t an- muni cipal ofBi nan, Laguna, ar epr esent at i
v eoft heSpani shCour t
.
Lorenzoi sasol idCat hol i
c, amemberoft heKni ght soft heOr derofI sabel a.Hi spr of essi oni sasur vey or.His
mot hercamef rom apr omi nentf ami ly.Shei saneducat edwomanwhobecameahousewi feanddev ot edher
ti
met ocar ingf orherf ami l
y .Fol lowi ngt hedecr eei ssuedbyGov ernor-Gener alNar cisoCl aver iain1849, t
he
fami l
yadopt edt hesur nameReal onda.
From aweal thyf ami l
y ,Teodor awasabl et ost udyatt heCol egi odeSt a.Rosawher ehemast eredSpani sh.He
alsohasabackgr oundi nMat hemat icsandLi ter atur e.
Teodor awast went yy ear sol dwhenshemar ri
edFr anci scoMer cadowhocamef rom Bi nan, Laguna.They
l
ivedi nCal ambaandt radedi nagr icul tur e.Becauseofherdi l
i
gence, talentandgoodeducat ion, Teodor awas
ablet ogr owt heirbusi ness.Theyhadt ext ile, f
lourandsugarmi ll
ingont hegr oundf looroft hei rhome.Asa
result,t heirfami l
yl i
febecamecomf or tabl e.

Elevenchil
drenwer ebl essedwi thTeodoraandFr ancisco.Saturni
na,Paci
ano,Nar
cisa,Olympia,
Lucia,
Mar i
a,
Jose,Concepci on,Josefa,Tr i
nidadandSoledad.All t
heirchi
ldrenweresenttovar
iouscollegesi
nMani l
a.
OnAugust16, 1911, Teodor aAlonzopassedawayatherhomei nSanFernandoSt.Binondo,Manil
a.
SATURNI NARI ZAL( 1850-1913)
Sheistheel destchildoft heRizal
-Al
onzomar r
iage.Shemar r
iedManuelTi
mot eoHidalgoofTanauan,
Batangas.Sheandhermot herprovi
dedJosewi thgoodbasi ceducat i
onthati
ntheageoft hree,
Josealready
knowshi salphabet.Shewasal waysbeenaloving‘At e’Nenengt oJose.

PACIANORI ZAL(1851-1930)
Heistheonl ybrotherofJoseRi zalandthesecondchi ld.St
udiedatSanJoseCol l
egeinManil
a;became
afarmerandl ateragener alofthePhili
ppineRevolut
ion.
NARCISARI ZAL(1852-1939)
Sheisthet hi
rdchild.Shemar ri
edAnt oni
oLopezatMor ong,Rizal
;ateacherandmusician.
I
tissaidthatDoñaSi sacoul drecit
ef r
om memor yalmostal lthepoemsofDr .Rizal
.Shehadninechi
ldr
en
(Emil
io,Angeli
ca, Ant
onio, Consuel
o,Leoncio,I
sabel,Franci
sco,Arseni
o,andFidela)
.
OLIMPIARI ZAL( 1855-1887)
Sheisthef ourt
hchi l
d.Mar r
iedSil
vestreUbaldo;di
edi n1887f r
om chil
dbir
th.

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Herhusbandwasat elegr aphoper at orf rom Mani la.Fol l
owi ngh ED
erU
h uCA
sbaT
ndIO
,sNhemov edf rom onest at
ion
toanother,l
ikeBul acan, Albay, andMani la.Theyhadonl yonechi ld(Ari
steo, Cesar ioandanot herboy, bothof
whom diedy oung) .
LUCIARI ZAL(1857- 1919)
Sheisthef if
thchi l
d.SheMar riedMat ri
anoHer bosaofCal amba, whodi edofchol erain1889.Her
husbandwasdeni edaChr i
stianbur i
albecausehewast hebr ot herinlawofDr .JoseRi zal.Shehadei ght
chi
ldren(Delfi
na, Concepci on, Patrocinio, Teodosi o,Estanislao, Paz, Vi
ct ori
a, andJose) .
MARI ARIZAL( 1859- 1945)
Sheisthesi xthchi l
d.Shemar riedDani el FaustinoCr uz, scionofaweal thyf ami lyofBi ñan,Laguna.She
hadfivechil
dr en( Encar nacion, Maur ici
o, Pet rona, Paz,andPr udenci o,
thel astt hreeofwhom di edyoung) .
JOSEPROTACI ORI ZALMERCADOYALONZOREALONDA( 1861- 1896)
Patri
ot,phy sicianandmanofl et t
erswhosel if
eandl it
erar ywor kswer eani nspi rati
ont othePhi l
i
ppi ne
nati
onali
stmov ement .
DrJoseRi zal -National Her ooft hePhi l
ippi nes
DrJosePr otaci oRi zalwasbor ninthet ownofCal amba, Lagunaon19t hJune1861.Thesecondsonandt he
seventhamongt heel evenchi ldrenofFr anci scoMer cadoandTeodor aAl onso.
Hewasexecut edonDecember30, 1896att heageof35byaf iri
ngsquadatBagumbay an,nowknownas
LunetaParki nMani l
a.
JoseRizal wasamanofmanyaccompl ishment s-al i
ngui st, anovelist,
apoet ,ascient i
st,adoctor,a
pai
nter,aneducat or ,areformerandav i
si onar y,helefthi speopl ehisgr eatestpat r i
oticpoem, MiUlti
moAdi os
toserveasani nspi rati
onf orthenextgener at i
ons.

RIZAL’SEDUCATION
JoseRizal
’
sfir
stteacherwashismother,
whohadtaughthi
m howt
oreadandprayandwhohad
encouragedhimtowritepoetry
.Lat
er,
pri
vatetut
orst
aughtt
heyoungRi
zal
SpanishandLat
in,
bef
orehewas
senttoaprivat
eschoolinBiñan.

Whenhewas11y earsold,Rizalent
eredtheAteneoMuni ci
paldeManila.Heearnedexcell
entmarksin
subject
sl i
kephi
losophy,physics,chemistr
y,andnatur
alhist
ory.Atthi
sschool,hereadnovels;
wrotepri
ze-
winningpoetry(
andev enamel odrama—“JuntoalPasig”
);andpracti
ceddrawing,pai
nti
ng,andclaymodeli
ng,
al
l ofwhichremainedli
fel
ongi nterest
sforhim.

Rizalevent
uallyearnedalandsur vey
or’
sandassessor’
sdegr
eefrom t
heAt eneoMuni ci
palwhil
etaking
upPhi l
osophyandLet tersattheUni v
ersi
tyofSant
oTomas.Uponlearni
ngthathismot herwasgoingblind,
Rizaloptedtostudyopht hal
mol ogyattheUSTFacult
yofMedici
neandSurgery.He,howev er
,wasnotabl et
o
compl etethecoursebecause“ hebecamepol i
ti
cal
lyi
sol
atedbyadver
sari
esamongt hefacul
tyandclergy
whodemandedt hatheassi milatetothei
rsyst
em.”

Wi thoutt heknowl edgeofhisparents, Ri

zaltr
avel
edt oEuropeinMay1882.Accordingtohisbi ographer,
AustinCr aig,Rizal
,“i
nor dertoobtai
nabet tereducati
on,hadhadt oleav
ehiscount
rystealt
hil
ylikeaf ugit
ive
from justi
ce, andhisf amily
,tosavethemsel v
esf r
om persecuti
on,werecompel
ledtoprofessignoranceofhi s
plansandmov ements.Hisnamewasent eredinSantoTomasatt heopeni
ngofthenewt erm,witht hefees
paid,andPaci anohadgonet oManilapret endingtobelookingforthi
sbrot
herwhom hehadassi stedoutof
thecount ry.”

Ri
zalear
nedaLicenti
ateinMedici
neattheUni
versidadCentr
aldeMadr i
d,wherehealsotookcoursesin
phi
l
osophyandli
ter
atur
e.ItwasinMadridt
hatheconcei v
edofwr i
ti
ngNoliMeTanger e.Heal
soattendedthe
Uni
ver
sit
yofPari
sand,in1887,complet
edhiseyespeciali
zati
oncourseatt
heUniversit
yofHeidel
berg.I
t
wasal
sointhaty
earthatRizal
’
sfir
stnovel
waspublished( i
nBerl
in)
.

Rizal
issai dtohav ehadt heabi l
i
tytomast ervariousskill
s,subjects,
andl anguages.Ournat ionalher
o
wasal soadoct or,f armer ,
naturalist(hedi
scov er
edt heDr acorizali
,asmal ll
izar
d;Apoganiarizali,abeetl
e;
andtheRhacophor usr i
zali,
afrog) ,writ
er,
visualart
ist,athlet
e(mar ti
alart
s,fencing,andpist
ol shooting),
musician,andsoci al scienti
st.
CONCEPCI ONRI ZAL( 1859-1945)
Sheist heeightchi ld.Shedi edatt heageoft hree.
JOSEFARI ZAL( 1862- 1865)
Sheist heninthchi ld.Anepi lepti
canddi edaspi nster.ShelivedtogetherwithTrini
dad“Trining”until
deathsepar atedthem.Shebecamemember softhewomen’ ssect i
onoft heKat i
punan
TRINIDADRI ZAL(1868- 1929)
Sheist hetenthchi ld.Shedi edaspi nsterandthel astofthef amilytodie.Shealsobecamemember sof
thewomen’ ssect ionoft heKati
punanwi thJosefa.
SOLEDAD( 1870- 1929)

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Sheist
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ldmarri
edPantal
eonQuint
eroofCal
ambE
aDU
.ShC
eAT
alION
sostudiedatLaConcordi
a
Col
lege,wheresheandLeonorRiverawerecl
assmatesandchums.Shehadf
ivechi
ldren(Tr
ini
tar
io,
Ameli
a,
Lui
sa,andSerafi
neandFel i
x,bot
hofwhom diedyoung.

2. Cany
oudr
awy
ourownf
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l
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3. Canyouexpl
aint
heori
ginorthemeani
ngofyournames?
Myorigi
nnamecamef r
om myparent
sname.Myf at
hernamei
s"Joel
"andmymot
hernamei
s"Lenni
e".
Joeycamefom Joel
r andLy nfr Lenni
om " e".

Ri
zal
’
sPoems

1. Chi
l
dJesus

Whyhav eyoucometoearth,
Chil
d-God,
inapoormanger ?
DoesFort
unefi
ndyouastranger
from t
hemomentofyourbirth?

Al
as,ofheavenlystock
nowtur
nedanear thl
yresident!
Doyounotwishtobepr esident
butt
heshepherdofy ourfl
ock?

2. ToTheVi
rgi
nMar
y

Youar
emymot her
,Mary
,andshal
lbe
Myl
i
fe,mystr
onghol
d,mydef
ensemostthor
ough;
Andyoushal
lbemyguideonthi
swil
dsea

Ifv
icepursuesmemadl yonthemorr
ow
Ifdeat
hharassesmewi t
hagony
;
Comet omyaidanddissipat
emysorrow

Di
scussi
on

1. Di
scussthemeani ngofeachst
udent
’sname
2. Di
scusstheirint
erpret
ati
onoft
hetwopoems,“ Chi
l
dJesus“and“TotheVir
ginMary“
"
TotheChildJesus"
Jesusisthebabybor ni
namanger.Shewasconcei
vedandconcei
vedbyMaryfor
manki
nd.Hei sthealmight
yandal
l-
powerful
.Noonecansur
passhim.Atthebegi
nni
ngof

Thepoem, Rizal beginswi t

ht henameofJesusandi sf oll
owedbyt hequest ionofwhyi n
amangerhechoset obebor nt ogi vebirt
ht ohi mi nthewor l
dofmanki nd.Al lthosewho
fear edhi m discri
mi natedagai nsthim.Butt odayt herearet hosewhot urnawayf rom his
believ eraski ngandl aughingwhyapower ful andfuturesav iorisborninasmal lmanger .At
thesamet imehewasr espect ed, l
ovedandwor shiped,heheal edt hosewhobel ievedinhim
byhi spower .
Rizal al sousedt hewor d"aba"whi chmeanshef eelspityandsadnessandi fint hesecond
stanzaoft hepoem headdsi titmeansRi zal asaper soni ndicateshispoi ntofv i
ewt hathe
feltsadnessandpi ty .I
nthel astl i
neoft hepoem heconcl udesbyaski ngJesusasGodwhy
woul dheev enwantt obet heshepher doft hosewhohav efaithinhim her eonear t
h,whynot
j
ustchoosehi mt obeLor donear t
h.
Itcanbededucedf rom anear lyaget hatRizal wasf ir
stmadeawar eoft hei mpor t
anceand
truthofChr i
st i
anity
.Andatt hisy oungagehei mmedi atelyhadadeepi nterpretat i
onand
i
nsi ghti nt
oJesus.Soi nRi zal'
sv iew, t
herei sagoodchancet hathewi lli
mmedi atelyhavea
goal andv i
sionf orhi scount ryofbi rt
h.Hei mmedi atelyunder stoodhowJesussuf f
eredhis
suf feringandsacr i
ficewhi chhei mmedi atel yconnect edtohi sbr ai
nsandi magi ned
per spect i
ve.

"TotheVir
ginMar y"
I
nthefir
ststanzaofthi
spoem iti
scleart
hatgivi
ngpraisetoMotherMar
y,f
oramore
abundantharvestnoonecanprosperwit
houtprai
se.Understandandreal
i
zeRi
zal
'scl
ear
prai
seforMariainthi
sstanza.

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Int henextst anza, whati sbei ngpoi nt edouti E
sclD
eaU
reCrA
anT I
dsOtNrai
ghtforward.Her ehe
prayst oMar yandaskst ohearwhathepr ay edf ori nthesweetsweetMar y.
Thel astst anzai spr ayi
ngt oMar y.
Iti
scl eart hatatt hey oungageofRi zalhef eltthegr i
efandsuf feringinhissi t
uat i
on.
3. Explaint hei nfluenceofgeneal ogyofRi zal tohi schar acter
Teodor aAl onzoi st heonewhohast hegr eat estinfluenceonRi zal'
sgr owt hand
development .Fr om childhoodhebecameRi zal'steacherandhef i
rstint
roducedRi zalt
ot he
worldofwr iti
ng.Ri zal,ont heot herhand, pr ov edt ohi smot hert hathecar riedandt ookto
heartt hel essonsi ttaughthi m.Pr eser vet het hought sandpr inci plesinli
fe.
Heal sol ear nedt owor khar dandhav eper sev er ancei nwor kwhi chheappl i
edt ohi mself
whenhewasexi leinDapi t
an.
Andt hepar abl eoft hemot hgav etohi mt hei deol ogy" Ify ouhav etosucceed, youmust
l
earnt ogambl ei nl i
fe","Iftherei snocour age, t
her eisnosuccess" .
Thev alidit
yofhi spr ogr essivet hought sofsoul -
searchi ngt eaching.Hi sinsistenceon
puri
tyoft hought sandcl eanbehav ior.Hehav eagoodconduct ,cleanconsci enceandupr i
ght
thi
nking.Hi sgr eatl ovef orhi spar ent swasv er yadmi rabl e.Hi sconcer nsov ert heirsacri
fi
ces
andhi st hought sf ul
lnessar ewor t
hi nit
iating.Dedi cati
ont oone' adut y.Rizaldedi catedhis
wholel if
ei nsecur i
ngf reedom f orhi scount ryandhappi nessf orhi speopl e,adev ot i
on
unpar all
eledi nt hehi stor yoft hecount ry.Bei ngr esponsi v eleader ship,t
hatat tendingt othe
needsoft hepeopl ei nor dert okeept heirlov eandaf fection. Heal solearnedt hei mpor t
ance
ofeducat ion.

4. Readt
heSt
oryoft
heMot
h

5. Dr
awi
nspi
rat
ionf
rom t
hePar
abl
eoft
heMot
h

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Myi nt
erpretati
onaboutt heparableoft hemot hisasachi ldi
tisimpor t
antt haty ou
foll
owormakewhaty ourpar entstel
ly oubecausei tisforyourgood.Andi fyoudi sobeyI t
canl eadtoyourdi sobediencet odisasterLiket helit
tlemot hinthestory.Becausehedi dnot
l
istent ohisi
n, stubbornnesscameandhest ill
appr oachedwhi chbr oughthim mi sfortune.
Soi nmydr awingt hecaneandt hebooksy mbol i
zepar entalt
eachingandadv ice.Nomat t
er
whathappensy oualwayst akeitorbur yitbecauset headv i
cefrom them isi
mpor tantto
appreciate.
Alsonotev erythingweseeorseewi thourey esorwet hinkisri
ghtorgood, ormay benot
everythingwedonotseei swr ong,somet imeswear etoodazzledbywhatwesee, butwedo
notknowbehi ndagoodl ightorbrightlightcanr uiny ouli
keasmal lmoth.
Somet i
meswhatat tr
actsust hemostcanal sohur tust hemost .
Andi nrealli
fesi t
uati
on, whenRi zalgrowupheputt hoselessonsf r
om hisgreatestmot her.

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Assi
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Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpoems
1.ToTheFil
ipi
noYouth
2. Thr
oughEducat
iont
heMot
her
land(
Fat
her
land)Recei
vesGl
ory

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