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RIZAL’S
CHOICE

Rizal’s Choice
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NELLY

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Translated patriotic song

in Tagalog
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“….in the sequel to the

Noli (me Tangere) may
the O be changed into E.

O (Thus Noli becomes

Neli!) Be careful not to
let that happen or may it
be so. Please greet
mother and daughter
for me, especially the E
in Noli.”

I
Marcelo “ Selong” del pilar
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What made Rizal

change his mind about
Nelly?
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 (1980) Rizal
considered
giving up El
Filibusterismo
 Antonio
Regidor

Leonor Rivera
 Rizal printed
broke off their
his own edition
engagement
of Morga’s
Sucesos de las
Islas Filipinas  British railway
engineer,
Charles Henry
Kipping
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Rizal courted Nelly and asked the Bousteads for

her hand in the marriage

BUT
• Nelly wanted Rizal to be
converted to
PROTESTANTISM
• Nelly’s mother did not like
Rizal
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Conversion to Protestantism could be

overcome; what pained him was the
insinuation that he was interested in her
money. Rizal decided to
leave Biarritz
and Nelly
forever.
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If he had indeed, turned Protestant, swallowed his pride,

and marry Nelly, we would not have had him as a
national hero.
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Rizal wrote to Jesuit provincial regarding the rumors of becoming a

Protestant:

“ As to being a Protestant…. If Your Reverence knew what I had lost for not
accepting Protestantism, you would not say such a thing. Had I not always
respected the religious idea, had I held religion as a matter of convenience
or an art of getting along in this life, instead of being a poor exile. I would be
a rich man, free and covered with honors.
Rizal, Protestant!”