Senior High School subject: 21st Century Literature

1. Miss Riza P.
Velasco

2. • What do you know about Jose
Rizal? What do you feel about
him?
• Why do people often compare
and contrast Rizal and
Bonifacio?
• Do you consider Jose Rizal a
revolutionary? Why or why
not?

3. Writ
e
everything
you know
about
Rizal, and
all his
achievem
ents and
contributi
ons to
Philippine
society.

4. by Danton Remoto

5. PADRE FAURA WITNESSES THE
EXECUTION OF RIZAL
by Danton Remoto
p1
1 I stand on the roof
2 Of the Ateneo Municipal,
3 Shivering
4 On this December morning.
5 Months ago,
6 Pepe came to me
7 In the observatory.
8 I thought we would talk
9 About the stars
10 That do not collide
11 In the sky:
12 Instead, he asked me about purgatory.

6. p2
13 (His cheeks are still ruddy
14 From the sudden sun
15 After the bitter winters
16 In Europe.)
17 And on this Day
18 With the year beginning to turn,
19 Salt stings my eyes.
20 I see Pepe,
21 A blur
22 Between the soldiers
23 With their Mausers raised
24 And the early morning’s

7. p3
25 Star:
26 Still shimmering
27 Even if millions of miles away,
28 The star itself
29 Is already dead.

8. 1. Who is Pepe?
2. Why does Pep ask the persona about purgatory?
3. Why was Rizal executed? How is this similar to the
idea of a star? Relate this to Philippine history.
4. If you were in Rizal’s place, would you have
supported the Katipunan? Why or why not?
5. Who do you consider as our national hero Jose
Rizal or Andres Bonifacio?
GUIDE
QUESTIONS

9. Write a journal entry about
how the whole lesson has affected
the way you see Jose Rizal.
Me
!