LIFE AND WORKS

OF RIZAL
PREPARED BY: SACHI R. MORI
GOOD MORNING / GOOD
AFTERNOON
TOPICS

THE HERO’S FIRST TEACHER POEMS WRITTEN IN ATENEO

- CHAPTER 3 - CHAPTER 4
- P. 20 - P. 36
THE HERO’S FIRST TEACHER

■ The first teacher of Rizal was his mother.

■ It is said that she was a remarkable woman of good character and fine culture.
■ Jose Rizal at the age of 3 learned the alphabet and the prayers.
 Doña Teodora
Morales Alonzo
Realonda y Quintos
⃝ Born in Meisik, Manila on Nov. 9, 1927

⃝ A native of Sta. Cruz Manila

⃝ She was martinet, devoted, well-mannered,

and a diligent mother.

⃝ She demonstrated on how to keep families

together despite the turmoil of the Spanish
regime.

⃝ She possessed business ability, a refined

culture, literary giant, and the courage of a
frugal woman.

⃝ Teodora was known to be a woman of steel.

A rare photo of Donya Teodora
POEMS WRITTEN IN ATENEO

■ It was Doña Teodora who first discovered the poetical genius of her son,
■ and it was also she who first encouraged him to write poems.
■ first poem Rizal wrote during his days in Ateneo was Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First
Inspiration)
■ dedicated to his mother for her birthday
My First Impression
■ He felicitates his mother on her birthday, expressing his filial affliction in sonorous
verses.
■ It runs as follows:
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THANKYOU.