1st: Jose Rizal had many beautiful memories of childhood in his native town
Rizal loved Calamba with all his heart and soul
1st: Rizal was a frail, sickly, and undersized child, so, he was given the tenderest care by his parents and was in happy days in their garden
1st: The Rizal children were bound together by ties of love and companionship
2nd: Of his sisters, Jose loved most the little Concha (Concepcion)
1st: Rizal grew up a good Catholic
3rd: His mother taught him the Catholic prayers and at the age of 5, he was able to read the Spanish family Bible
5th: He used to visit this learned Filipino priest and listen to his opinions on current events
1st: Aside from his sketching and sculpturing talent, Rizal possessed a God-given gift for literature
2nd: His mother, who was a lover of literature, noticed his poetic inclination and encouraged him to write poetry
1st: The poem reveals Rizal’s earliest nationalist sentiment
3rd: And that Tagalog is the equal of Latin, English, Spanish and other languages
1st:On the night Jose Rizal was born, other children were born all over the Philippines
2nd: But why is that, out of all these children, only one boy-Jose Rizal- rose to fame and greatness?
3rd: It is because of the influences he experienced from childhood up to his death
2nd: Inherent qualities which a person inherits from his ancestors and parents
1st: According to psychologists, environment as well as heredity, affects the nature of a person
His Tio Jose Alberto inspired him to develop his artistic ability
His Tio Manuel encouraged him to develop his frail body by means of physical exercises
His Tio Gregorio intensified his voracious reading of good books
2nd: The Spanish abuses which he witnessed during his boyhood awakened his spirit of nationalism and patriotism
1st: Greater that heredity and environment in the life of man is the aid of Divine Providence
4th: God endowed him with versatile gifts of a genius, which he used for the love of his country
