2. Key points:
• Of his sisters, Jose loved most
the little Concha (Concepcion)
• Concha died of sickness in 1865, 3
years old
• “When I was four years old, I lost
my little sister Concha, and then
for the first time I shed tears
caused by love and grief.”
4. • Meditate at the
shore of Laguna de
Bay
• Spanish misdeeds
awakened in his
boyish heart a
great
determination to
fight tyranny
5. Hereditary
Influence: ancestors – love for
• Malayan
freedom, desire to travel, courage
• Chinese ancestors – serious
nature, frugality, patience, love for
children
• Spanish ancestors – elegance of
bearing, sensitivity to
6. Hereditary
Influence:
• Father – love for work, selfrespect, independent thinking
• Mother – religiousness, selfsacrifice, arts and literature
7. Environmental
Influence: beauty of Calamba
• Scenic
• Garden of Rizal family
• Religious atmosphere at home
• Paciano – love for freedom and
justice
• Sisters – courteousness and
kindness to women
• Aya – interest in folklore and
8. Environmental
Influence: Alberto – develop
• Tio Jose
artistic ability
• Tio Manuel – develop frail body
• Tio Gregorio –reading of good
books
• Fr. Leoncio Lopez – love for
scholarship and intellectual
9. Environmental
Influence: Concha
• Death of
(1865), imprisonment of his mother
(1871 – 1874) – resist adversity
• Spanish abuses and cruelties, unjust
tortures to innocent
Filipinos, execution of GomBurZa –
patriotism, inspired to redeem
10. Aid of Divine
Providence:
• God endowed him with the
versatile gifts of a genius, the
vibrant spirit of nationalism and
the valiant heart to sacrifice for a
noble cause
