3. Artistic Talents:
Since early childhood Rizal revealed his God-given
talent to art. At the age of five, he began to make sketches with
his pencil and to mold in clay and wax objects which attracted
his fancy.
At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem in the
native language entitled SA AKING MGA KABATA (To My
Fellow Children).
First Drama by Rizal: After writing the poem, he wrote
his first dramatic work which was a Tagalog Comedy. It is said
that it was staged in a Calamba festival and was delightfully
applauded by the audience.
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4. Rizal as Boy Magician. Since early manhood Rizal had
been interested in magic. With his dextrous hands, he
learnded various tricks, such as making a coin appear or
disappear in his fingers and making a coin appear or
disappear in his fingers and making handkerchief vanish
in thin air.
The influences on the Hero’s Boyhood
• Hereditary Influence
• Environmental Influence
• Aid of Divine Providence
Teenage Interest in Reading (1874)
• Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
– The first favorite novel of Rizal
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5. • First Romance of Rizal
After his graduation from the Ateneo, who was then 16
years old, experienced his first romance. The girl was
SEGUNDA KATIGBAK , a pretty fourteen-year old
Batanguenya from Lipa.
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