Rizal returned to the Philippines after 5 years in Europe. He practiced medicine in Calamba and lived quietly, but his enemies who were angry about his book "Noli Me Tangere" threatened him. The Governor General met with Rizal after concerns about subversive ideas in the book, but found nothing wrong with it after reading it. However, powerful Spanish priests in the Philippines still banned the book and wanted to destroy Rizal.

1. JOSE RIZAL’S
FIRST HOMECOMING,
1887-1888
C H A P T E R 1 0

2. A f t e r f i v e y e a r s o f s t a y i n g i n
E u r o p e , R i z a l r e t u r n e d t o t h e
P h i l i p p i n e s a n d p r a c t i c e d m e d i c i n e
i n C a l a m b a . H e l i v e d t h e q u i e t l i f e
o f b e i n g a d o c t o r . B u t h i s
e n e m i e s , w h o w e r e a n g r y a b o u t h i s
b o o k “ N o l i M e T a n g e r e ” ,
t h r e a t e n e d t o k i l l h i m .

3. Rizal returned to the Philippines
1. He left Rome by train for Marseilles, a French seaport
2. From seaport, he boarded the steamer Djemnah on July 3
3. There were 50 passengers in the steamer including: 4 Englishmen, 2
Germans, 3 Chinese, 2 Japanese, many French and 1 Filipino
4. The steamer was going to Asia passing the historic “Suez Canal” and
heading to Saigon, Vietnam
5. Rizal transferred to another steamer Haiphong which was bound to
Manila on July 30
6. 3 days after, the steamer left Saigon, Vietnam to Manila on August 2
7. Haiphong arrived in Manila on August 5
Trivia: Rizal was the only one among the passengers who speak many
languages, so that he acted as interpreter for his companions.

4. Rizal returned to Calamba, his hometown
1. Rizal established a medical clinic
2. His first patient is his mother, who was almost blind
3. Patients from Manila and other provinces came to Calamba
4. Doctor Uliman / Aleman – nickname for Rizal as he practice his
profession as a physician
5. Rizal earned much money as a physician
6. He build a gymnasium for young individuals and use it for sports
7. He introduce European sports like gymnastics, fencing and shooting
to discourage the cockfights and gambling.
8. Rizal also painted beautiful landscapes and translated German poems.
Trivia: Rizal called as Doctor Uliman or Aleman because he came from
Germany

5. The Novel “Noli Me Tangere”
and its Effect
to Filipinos and Spaniards
in the Philippines

6. Few weeks after his arrival,
Rizal received a letter from
Governor General Emilio Terrero
requesting him to come to
Malacaňan Palace
Governor General Emilio Terrero
stated somebody told him that
Noli contained subversive ideas.
Rizal explained that he only
exposed the truth.
The Governor General
had no hate against
Rizal.
Pleased by Rizal’s
explanation, he want a
copy of Noli so he could
read it due to curiosity
But Rizal had no copy
then because the only
copy he brought home
was given to a friend

7. Rizal visited the Jesuit father to ask a copy of Noli he sent them
• This is Fr. Francisco de Paula
Sanchez
• Rizal’s favorite teacher
• The only Spanish priest to
defend Rizal’s Noli Me
Tangere in public
Fortunately, Rizal got a copy of Noli from this priest and gave it to the
Governor General.

8. Governor General Emilio Terrero
knew that Rizal’s life was in
danger from powerful friars
For security measure, he
assigned Don Jose Taviel de
Andrade as bodyguard of Rizal
Governor General
Terrero read the Noli
and found nothing
wrong with it.
But, there are certain
people who want to
destroy Rizal and they
are so powerful.Don Jose Taviel de Andrade was
a Spanish lieutenant.
He belonged to a noble family,
knew painting and could speak
English, French and Spanish

9. Here came the enemies of Rizal
Aside from him, many Spanish
preist in the Philippines hated
Rizal and banned the
reproduction of Noli Me Tangere.
They wanted to hide the novel
Noli Me Tangere from the eyes
of Filipino people.

10. • The banning of Noli only served to make it popular
• Due to curiosity, everybody wanted to read it
• News about the great book spread among the masses
• Filipinos were able to get hold of copies of the Noli which they
read secretly at night

11. Attackers of Noli
Father Font – printed his report and distributed copies of it to discredit the
controversial novel
Father Jose Rodriguez – published pamphlets to blast Noli and other anti-Spanish writing.
The pamphlets were sold daily in church after the mass.
The controversial Noli reached Spain and it was fiercely attacked by various senators.
Vicente Barrantes – formerly occupied high government position in the Philippines,
criticized the Noli

12. Defenders of Noli
Marcelo H. Del Pilar Mariano Ponce Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
And many high profile friends of Rizal

13. 4 Reasons why Rizal decided to return in the Philippines
1. To operate on his mother’s eyes
2. To serve his people who had long been oppressed by Spanish tyrants
3. To find out for himself how the Noli and his other writngs were
affecting Filipinos and Spaniards in the Philippines
4. To inquire why Leonor Rivera remained silent.
• But Rizal failed to see Leonor Rivera
• Leonor’s mother did not like Rizal as
a son-in-law
• His mother forbade him to visit Leonor