...Nikki Vanessa V. Novales July 20, 2012 # 2012-42443 PI 10 E2-6R Rizal: Hidden Beneath The Surface A Reaction Paper On “Bayaning 3rd World” “Who is Rizal?” If you ask this question to any Filipino, they will most likely say, “He is our national hero” Or “He’s the person stamped on our 1-peso coin”. But is that all he really is? The movie “Bayaning 3rd World” is about two film makers trying to make a movie about Rizal. They found out, however, that this would not be an easy task, for their subject is a very complicated man. Rather than focusing on a single issue about Rizal, they decided to make a detective story about Rizal being the country’s national hero. They tackled several issues but focused mainly on Rizal’s retraction and Josephine Bracken. The movie was meant to be educational, but unlike most documentaries, “Bayaning 3rd World” is definitely not boring. The documentary was presented in a comical way, so that viewers of all ages would be able to understand it and grasp its meaning. I was confused at first because I didn’t know what the “Retraction Controversy” was and the two film makers started having these long conversations about it without explaining it to the viewers. But when I found out what it was all about, following the flow of the story became easy. Another controversy that arose was about Josephine Bracken, on whether she and Rizal were married or not. It was implied that if they were indeed married, then Rizal retracted...
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...mabuhay, kapag nagkagayon po, magiging tinik sa akin ang bawat uban, at sa halip na ikaliwalhati ko'y dapat kong ikahiya.” “Ilang dantaon po mula ngayon, kapag naliwanagan at natubos na ang sangkatauhan, kapag wala nang mga lahi, kapag malaya na ang lahat ng mga bayan, kapag wala nang nang-aalipin at napaaalipin, mga kolonya at mga metropolis, kapag naghahari na ang iisang katarungan at ang bawat isa'y mamamayan na ng daigdig, tanging ang pagsampalataya po sa siyensiya ang malalabi. Magiging singkahulugan ng bulag na pagsamba ang patriyotismo at sinumang magmagaling na nagtataglay ng katangiang ito ay walang alinlangang ibibilanggo na tulad ng isang may nakahahawang sakit, isang manliligalig sa kaayusang lipunan.” "Mi Último Adiós" Adios, Patria adorada, region del sol querida, Perla del Mar de Oriente, nuestro perdido eden, A darte voy alegre, la triste, mustia vida; Ya fuera mas brillante, mas fresca mas florida, También por ti la diera, la diera por tu bien. En campos de batalla, luchando, con delirio, Otros te dan sus vidas, sin dudas, sin pesar. El sitio nada importa: ciprés, laurel o lirio, Cadalso o campo abierto combate o cruel martirio, Lo mismo es si lo piden la Patria y el hogar. Yo muero, cuando veo que el cielo se colora Y al fin anuncia el día, tras lóbrego...
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...El Filibusterismo means “Reign of Greed” in English. Noli Me Tangere Noli Me Tangere is a Latin word which means “Touch Me Not”. Rizal described in details the sufferings of his countrymen under the Spaniards in this novel. To Josephine Rizal wrote this poem for Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan to have her father George Taufer treated for an eye problem. To the Philippine Youth At the age of eighteen years of age, Rizal won first prize for his poem “To the Philippine Youth” in 1879. Our Mother Tongue “Our Mother Tongue” is a poem originally in Tagalog written by Rizal when he was just eight years old. Mi Ultimo Adiós (Original Version) Here is the original Spanish text of My Last Farewell penned by Rizal during his last hours on December 29, 1896. My Last Farewell or Mi Ultimo Adios was the last poem written by Jose Rizal but his friend, Mariano Ponce, was the one who gave the title to this poem. To the Flowers of Heidelberg Jose Rizal wrote “To the Flowers of Heidelberg” on April 24, 1886 while he was in Germany and felt a deep longing for his family and his country. Memories of My Town In “Memories of My Town”, Jose Rizal spoke of his childhood days in Calamba, Laguna recalling his happiest memories of the place and the people. My Retreat Jose Rizal describes in “My Retreat” his exile in Dapitan. From 1892 to 1896, he lived an unexciting but fruitful life. Goodbye to Leonor “Goodbye to Leonor” was written...
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...Dr. Jose P. Rizal National Hero of the Philippines Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna on 19th June 1861. The second son and the seventh among the eleven children of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. With his mother as his first teacher, he began his early education at home and continued it in Binan, Laguna. He entered a Jesuit-run Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1872 and obtained a bachelor's degree with highest honors in 1876. He studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas but had to stop because he felt that the Filipino students were being descriminated by their Dominican tutors. He went to Madrid at Universidad Central de Madrid and in 1885 at the age of 24, he finished his course in Philosophy and Letters with a grade of "Excellent". He took graduate studies in Paris, France & Heidelberg, Germany. He also studied painting, sculpture, he learned to read and write in at least 10 languages. Rizal was a prolific writer and was anti-violence. He rather fight using his pen than his might. Rizal's two books "Noli Me Tangere" (Touch Me Not) which he wrote while he was in Berlin, Germany in 1887 and "El Filibusterismo" (The Rebel) in Ghent, Belgiun in 1891 exposed the cruelties of the Spanish friars in the Philippines, the defects of the Spanish administration and the vices of the clergy, these books told about the oppression of the Spanish colonial rule. These two books made Rizal as a marked man to the Spanish friars. * In 1892...
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...| Talambuhay ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal | | Isinilang sa Calamba, Laguna noong ika-19 ng Hunyo, 1861. Tinaguriang pinakadakilang anak ng lahing kayumanggi. Siya ay si Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Realonda Y Quintos. Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado Alejandro at Teodora Alonzo Realonda Quintos. Ricial, dito nagmula ang pangalang Rizal na nangangahuluganag "mula sa bigas o palay" ng luntiang kabukiran. Ito ay alinsunod sa kapasyahan ng Kapitan Heneral Claveria noong ika-27 ng Nobyembre,1849. Si Rizal ay bininyagan noong ika-20 ng Hunyo, 1861 sa Calamba, Laguna. Ang nagbinyag sa kanya ay si Padre Rufino Collantes at si Padre Pedro Casañas ang kanyang naging ninong. Noong 1864, siya'y tatlong taong gulang, tinuruan siya ng kanyang ina ng abakada at nang siya'y siyam na taong gulang na ay pinadala siya sa Biñan at nag-aral sa ilalim ni Justiniano Aquino Cruz. Ika-20 ng Enero, 1872 ay pumasok si Rizal sa Ateneo Municipal de Manila dito siya nagtamo ng kanyang pangunahing medalya at notang Sobrasaliente sa lahat ng aklat. Noong ika-14 ng Marso, 1877 tumanggap siya ng katibayang Bachiler en Artes at notang Sobrasaliente kalakip ang pinakamataas na karangalan. Nag-aral siya Filosopia Y Letras sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas noong 1878 at Agham sa pagsasaka sa Ateneo. Sa Ateneo din siya ng panggagamot. Ika-5 ng Mayo, 1882. Siya ay nagtungo sa Europa sa gulang na 21 upang magpatuloy ng pag-aaral. Sapagkat hindi siya nasisiyahan sa pagtuturo sa eskwelang...
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...Esta vez no he de fallar, le daré muerte, te lo aseguro.... Desde la ventana que daba al jardín un anciano gritaba con voz desesperada a una joven que le aguardaba sentada moviendo su cabeza en señal de desacuerdo. Vestía una vieja falda negra, sucia y rota producto sin duda de sus arduas labores de muchos largos años que hacía juego perfecto con su desaliñado suéter escarlata. -¡Que va! Cobarde, no le matarías aún si fueras joven y vigoroso. El viejo movió su arrugada boca tratando de encontrar una réplica pero era incapaz de articular un sonido. Sus ojos habían perdido tiempo atrás el brillo característico de la juventud y solo quedaba en su lugar una ligera sombra que presagiaba el final. Su hirsuta barba sin embargo era lo único en su rostro que aún parecía vivo: era tan negra como cuanda ni lo reconocía. "soy Miguel, soy Miguel", siempre era igual, al día siguiente tenía que repetírselo como si nunca hubiesen cruzado palabra. Finalmente respondió a la muchacha: -ya te lo he dicho, no he encontrado el momento propicio. Mentía. Lo había encontrado, y muchas veces: En las tardes cuando la enfermera la dejaba a solas en el jardín para que tomara el sol mientras le preparaba la tina con agua tibia. Entonces si que e payaso, por eso ella te utilizó. La muchacha se levanto disgustada en dirección al viejo roble de la casa, ese que tantas veces trepó cuando era pequeña. Esos eran otros tiempos, pensó, todo era más tranquilo entonces y era fácil juguetear por toda la...
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...This was the Filipino movie I have been waiting for, for a long time. Most of the Filipino movies that I've seen are cheap imitations of Hollywood movies with forgettable characters and forgettable plots. But I won't be forgetting "Jose Rizal" anytime soon. With impeccable production values and a truly great performance by the lead actor, Cesar Montano, "Jose Rizal" is the equal of anything that Hollywood can produce (and better than most of the crap that Hollywood routinely puts out on the street). The movie tells the life story of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. It covers his life from his childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces occupying the Philippines in the late 19th century. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal's novels (filmed in black and white), so we get a glimpse of how he viewed Filipino society under the Spanish heal. One note, this movie is not for the faint of heart. There are graphic depictions of violence and even torture. The opening few scenes depict some episodes from Rizal's novels. In one a Catholic priest rapes a Filipina. I guess I now know where the Mestizo (i.e., mixed blood) class came from in the Philippines. In the other scene a Catholic priest beats a child for alleged stealing. Strong stuff, and it made me wonder how the Catholic Church could possibly retain any power in the country, if this is what the national hero thought about it. The movie introduces us to the life of subjugation...
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...Chapter 4: The Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898) Historical Background After 300 years of passivity under Spanish rule, the Filipino spirit reawakened when the 3 priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were guillotined without sufficient evidence of guilt. This occurred on the 17thof February. This was buttressed with the spirit of liberalism when the Philippines opened its doors to world trade and with the coming of a liberal leader in the person of Governor Carlos Maria de la Torre. The Spaniards were unable to suppress the tide of rebellion among the Filipinos. The once religious spirit transformed itself into one of nationalism and the Filipinos demanded changes in the government and in the church. A. The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896) This movement was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar; Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma. Panganiban, and Pedro Paterno. The objectives of this movement were to seek reforms and changes like the following: 1. To get equal treatment for the Filipinos and the Spaniards under the law. 2. To make the Philippines a colony of Spain. 3. To restore Filipino representation in the Spanish Cortes. 4. To Filipinize the parishes. 5. To give the Filipinos freedom of speech, of the press, assembly and for redress of grievances. B. Highlights of the Propaganda Movement There were three principal leaders of the Propaganda movement. They were Jose P. Rizal, Marcelo H. del...
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...The Summer Solstice Nick Joaquin About the Author Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He is considered the most important Filipino writer in English, and the third most important overall, after José Rizal and Claro M. Recto. Joaquín was born in Paco, Manila, one of ten children of Leocadio Joaquín, a colonel under General Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1896 Revolution, and Salome Márquez, a teacher of English and Spanish. After being read poems and stories by his mother, the boy Joaquín read widely in his father's library and at the National Library of the Philippines. By then, his father had become a successful lawyer after the revolution. From reading, Joaquín became interested in writing. At age 17, Joaquín had his first piece published, in the literary section of the pre-World War II Tribune, where he worked as a proofreader. It was accepted by the writer and editor Serafín Lanot. After Joaquín won a nationwide essay competition to honor La Naval de Manila, sponsored by the Dominican Order, the University of Santo Tomas awarded him an honorary Associate in Arts (A.A.). They also awarded him a scholarship to St. Albert's Convent, the Dominican monastery in Hong Kong. After returning to the Philippines, Joaquín...
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...Life of ANDRES BONIFACIO (1863-1897) Was born on November 30, 1863, his parents Catalina de Castro and Santiago Bonifacio. The proud parents named the boy Andres, after St. Andrew the apostle, the patron saint of Manila. Andres had three brothers and two sisters. Their names were Ciriaco, Procopio, Esperidiona, Troadio, and Maxima. Young Andres learned to read and write alphabet in Tagalog and Spanish from CATON, or primer book, given to him by an aunt. Later he went to school in Meisic. His teacher was Guillermo Osmena, a schoolmaster from Cebu. At the age of 18, his mother died due to tuberculosis then his father a year later. Andres gave up his studies to work full time. At first he was a BODEGUERO (warehouse keeper) in a mosaic tile factory in Sta. mesa in Sampaloc. Later he got a job as a clerk. After that he bought tar and ties as an agent for the English firm of J.M. Fleming & Company in Binondo. Although he never finished high school, Andres Bonifacio was very Smart. He knew Spanish and spoke a little English, which he learned while working for the Fleming Company. He read foreign novels, as well as books about the French Revolution, politics, law, and religion. Books opened his mind to new worlds. Andres learned that common people had right and that freedom was a valuable to have. The Philippines had been a colony ruled by Spain since the sixteenth century. But the Filipino people did not have the same rights as the Spaniards. Inspired by new Ideas, Andres...
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...Naga City Submitted by: Gelli Ann B. Gonzales Submitted to: The term "Bicol" could have been derived from "Bico," the name of a river which drains in San Miguel Bay. Possible origins also include the bikul or bikal bamboo tree which line rivulets, and the ancient native word bikod meaning "twisted" or "bent". The region, administratively known as Region V, is located on the southeastern end of Luzon; it is surrounded by the Visayan Sea in the south, the Pacific Ocean I the east, Lamon Bay in the north, and Sibugan Sea and Quezon province in the west. HISTORY The Bicol region was known as Ibalon, variously interpreted to derive form ibalio, "to bring to the other side"; ibalon, "people from the other side" or "people who are hospitable and give visitors gifts to bring home"; or as a corruption of Gibal-ong, a sitio of Magallanes, Sorsogon where the Spaniards first landed in 1567. The Bico River was first mentioned in Spanish Documents in 1572. The region was also called "Los Camarines" after the huts found by the Spaniards in Camalig, Albay. No prehistoric animal fossils have been discovered in Bicol and the peopling of the region remains obscure. The Aeta from Camarines Sur to Sorsogon strongly suggest that aborigines lived there long ago, but earliest evidence is of middle to late Neolithic life. A barangay (village) system was in existence by 1569. Records show no sign of Islamic rule nor any authority surpassing the datu (chieftain). Precolonial...
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...MAIKLING TALAMBUHAY NI JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL (Manunulat, Pambasang Bayani ng Pilipinas, Dakilang Henyo ng Lahing Malayo) ISINILANG SA: Calamba, Laguna (Hunyo 19, 1861) BINARIL SA: Bagumbayan (ngayo’y Luneta; Disyembre 30, 1896) Mga Magulang: FRANCISO MERCADO at TEODORA ALONSO (“Z” sa ibang aklat) Mga Ninuno: Domingo Lamco, sa panig ng ama (negosyanteng Instik); Lakandula, sa panig ng ina (pinuno ng Tondo na namuno sa isang bigong pag-aalsa sa mga Kastila, inapo ni Rajah Sulayman ng Maynila) Nagbinyag: Padre Rufino Collantes Ninong: Padre Pedro Casañas Paboritong kura paroko/parish priest: Padre Leoncio Lopez (nagturo kay Rizal ng pagrespeto sa karapatan ng ibang tao) Buong Pangalan: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonso Realonda Jose Protacio - first name Jose: sa karangalan ni San Jose, patron ng mga manggagawa, asawa ng Birheng Maria, tatay sa lupa ni Hesukristo Protacio: sa karangalan ni San Protacio (isang martir; kapistahan/feast day niya tuwing Hunyo 19) Mercado: tunay na apelyido ng kanyang ama; nangangahulugang “pamilihan/market” sa wikang Español Rizal: apelyidong pansamantalang pinagamit kapalit ng Mercado upang makaiwas sa gulo (kabibitay pa lamang sa Gomburza; konektado kay Padre Burgos si Paciano kaya delikado ang apelyidong Mercado); mula sa salitang Español na “ricial” (luntiang lupang tinatamnan ng trigo/green fields of barley) Alonso: tunay na apelyido ng ina noong dalaga pa/maiden name; middle name ni Jose Rizal Realonda: middle name ng kanyang...
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...JOSE RIZAL JOSÉ PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA (born 19 June 1861, Calamba, Philippines- died 30 December 1896, Manila, Philippines), patriot, physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Rizal was the son of a prosperous landowner and sugar planter of Chinese-Filipino descent on the island of Luzon. His mother, Teodora Alonso, one of the most highly educated women in the Philippines at that time, exerted a powerful influence on his intellectual development. He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In 1882, he went to study medicine and liberal arts at the University of Madrid. A brilliant student, he soon became the leader of the small community of Filipino students in Spain and committed himself to the reform of Spanish rule in his home country, though he never advocated Philippine independence. The chief enemy of reform, in his eyes, was not Spain, which was going through a profound revolution, but the Franciscan, Augustinian and Dominican friars who held the country in political and economic paralysis. Rizal continued his medical studies in Paris and Heidelberg. In 1886, he published his first novel in Spanish, Noli Me Tangere, a passionate exposure of the evils of the friars rule, comparable in its effect to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. A sequel,El Filibusterismo, 1891, established his reputation as the leading spokesman of the...
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...Tom Squires entró en la tienda a comprar un cepillo de dientes, una lata de polvos de talco, un elixir bucal, jabón Castile, sales de Epsom y una caja de puros. Después de muchos años viviendo solo, era un hombre metódico, así que, mientras esperaba a que lo atendieran, tenía en la mano su lista de compras. Era la semana de Navidad, y Minneapolis yacía bajo medio metro de nieve vivificante, incesantemente renovada; Tom se quitó con el bastón la nieve de los chanclos. Y entonces, al levantar la vista, vio a la chica rubia. Era una rubia rara, incluso en aquella Tierra Prometida de los escandinavos, donde no son raras las rubias preciosas. Tenían un color cálido sus mejillas, sus labios, las pequeñas manos sonrosadas que envolvían cajas de cosméticos; su cabello, recogido en largas trenzas que contorneaban su cabeza, relucía lleno de vida. A Tom le pareció de repente la persona más limpia que había visto, y, sin atreverse a respirar, se acercó a ella y la miró a los ojos grises. —Una lata de polvos de talco. —¿De qué marca? —Cualquiera... Esa está bien. La chica le devolvió la mirada, aparentemente sin ninguna timidez, y, a medida que la lista se iba acabando, el corazón de Tom Squires latía más de prisa, alborotado. «No soy viejo», hubiera querido decir. «A los cincuenta años estoy más joven que muchos de cuarenta. ¿No te intereso en absoluto?» Pero la chica sólo dijo: —¿Qué marca de elixir bucal? Y él contestó: —¿Cuál me recomienda?... Ése está bien. Casi le dolió dejar...
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...Nagsimula ang lahat sa paglalahad ni Rizal ng katotohanan sapamamagitan ng kanyang mga nobela. Ang Noli Me Tangere at El filibusterismo ang naging hakbang sa pagtaas ng tabing upang itambad ang nasalikod na mapanlilang na salita ng pamahalaan at simbahan. Sa nobela sinagot ang mapanirang puring paratang sa mga Pilipino. Inilahad ang kawawang kalagayan ng Pilipinas, ang kanilang daing. Dahil sa mga nobela ni Rizal, nabuhay sa puso ng mga Pilipino ang kanilang galit sa pamahalaan maghimagsik at makamit ang kalayaan ng Pilipinas laban sa mapanlinglang na pamahalaan ng Espanya. Sa kadahilanang ito, ang pamahalaan ng Espanya ay pinagbibintangan si Jose Rizal bilang pasimuno ng rebelasyon. Maging ang kanyang kapatid na si Paciano ay pinahirapan para paaminin na si Rizal ay may-kaugnayan sa nasabing rebelasyon. Nobyembre 1896 nadakip si Rizal at dinala sa Fort Santiago. Doon siya ay pilit na ipinaaamin kung may kinalaman siya sa rebelasyon. Nagunita rin ni Rizal ang kanyang nakaraan, kung paano naikwento sa kanya ni Paciano ang pagbitay sa tatlong paring martyr na GOMBURZA, ang pagtuturo ng kanyang ina na si Teodora Alonzo ng tamang pagdarasal at ang kwento ng batang gamo-gamo, ang pagpunta niya sa Biñan upang mag-aral, ang pagkakakulong ng kanyang ina ng dalawang taon dahil sa bintang na nilason niya ang kanyang hipag, ang buhay niya sa Ateneo Municipal at ang paggamot ni Rizal sa problema sa mata ng kanyang nanang. Katulad ng ibang nasasakdal, si Rizal ay pinapili ng kanyang abugado...
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