This document provides biographical information about Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero. It discusses his life, education, professions which included doctor, inventor, and writer. It highlights his major works which were two novels - Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo that criticized the Spanish colonial government. The document also mentions some of the women in Rizal's life and provides details about a letter he wrote to young women in Malolos who were petitioning to open a night school to study Spanish despite opposition from the local priest. The analysis section encourages students by saying their efforts to learn makes them heroes and to use their education to better their family's lives.

1. RIZAL’S LIFE
AND WORKS
Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is
like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good
opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION
• Understand characteristics of a HERO
• Find inspiration from the life of a National
Hero – Dr. Jose Rizal
• Identify Dr. Jose Rizal of the modern day

3. House Rules
• NO right or wrong answers.
• Everyone is encourage to share his/her
opinions
• Have fun and enjoy while learning

4. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y
Alonso Realonda
Popularly known as JOSE P. RIZAL

5. Name: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Date of Birth: June 19, 1861, @ Calamba, Laguna,
Philippines
Died: December 30, 1896, Manila, Philippines
Spouse: Josephine Bracken (m. 1896–1896)
Alma mater : Ateneo Municipal de Manila, University
of Santo Tomas, Universidad Central de Madrid.
Profession: architect, artists, businessman, cartoonist,
educator, economist, ethnologist, scientific farmer,
historian, inventor, journalist, linguist, musician,
mythologist, nationalist, naturalist, novelist, opthalmic
surgeon, poet, propagandist, psychologist, scientist,
sculptor, sociologist, and theologian.

10. WORKS
Novels and essays
Noli Me Tángere, novel, 1887 (literally Spanish for 'touch me
not', from John 20:17)]
El Filibusterismo, (novel, 1891), sequel to Noli Me Tángere
Mi Último Adiós, poem, 1896 (literally "My Last Farewell" )
Alin Mang Lahi” (“Whate’er the Race”), a Kundiman
attributed to Dr. José Rizal[
The Friars and the Filipinos (Unfinished)
Toast to Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo (Speech, 1884), given
at Restaurante Ingles, Madrid
The Diaries of José Rizal
Rizal's Letters is a compendium of Dr. Jose Rizal's letters to his
family members, Blumentritt, Fr. Pablo Pastells and other
reformers
"Come se gobiernan las Filipinas" (Governing the Philippine
islands)
Filipinas dentro de cien años essay, 1889-90 (The
Philippines a Century Hence)
La Indolencia de los Filipinos, essay, 1890 (The indolence of
Filipinos) [45]
Makamisa unfinished novel
Sa Mga Kababaihang Taga Malolos, essay, 1889, To the
Young Women of Malolos
Annotations to Antonio de Moragas, Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas (essay, 1889, Events in the Philippine Islands)
Ang Awit Ni Maria Clara

11. WORKS
Poetry
A La Juventud Filipina
El Canto Del Viajero
Briayle Crismarl
Canto Del Viajero
Canto de María Clara
Dalit sa Paggawa
Felicitación
Kundiman (Tagalog)
Me Piden Versos
Mi primera inspiracion
Mi Retiro
Mi Ultimo Adiós
Por La Educación (Recibe Lustre La Patria)
Sa Sanggol na si Jesus
To My Muse (A Mi Musa)
Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
A Man in Dapitan
Plays
El Consejo de los Dioses (The council of Gods)
Junto Al Pasig (Along the Pasig)[46]:381
San Euistaquio, Mártyr (Saint Eustache, the martyr
Sculpture
The Triumph of
Science over
Death

12. WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF
JOSE RIZAL
Julia Cleste
Smith
Segunda
Katigbak
Jacinta Ibardo
Laza
Leonor “Orang”
Valenzuela
Leonor “Luntian”
Rivera
Consuelo Ortiga
Y. Rey
Gertrude “Gettie”
Beckette
Nellie
Boustead
Seiko “O Sei San”
Usui
Suzanne
Jacoby
Pastora Necessario
Carreon
Josephine
Bracken

13. MOVIE…

14. LETTER OF RIZAL TO
THE YOUNG WOMAN
OF MALOLOS

15. * Written by Rizal on the 17th of February, 1889 when he was
in Europe.
* A long letter written in Tagalog to the young women of
Malolos in compliance to Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s request while
Rizal was annotating Morga’s book.
* Addressed to 20 courageous young women of Malolos for
their perseverance to pursue the establishment of a night
school where they can study Spanish.
“Based on accounts, on 12 December 1888, 20 young women
from Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for the
establishment of a “night school” to study Spanish under
Teodoro Sandiko, a professor of Latin.

16. However, Fr. Felipe Garcia, the Spanish parish priest, objected
to the petition, prompting the governor-general to dismiss the
petition. Unperturbed, the young women continued with
their clamor (for the establishment of the school) and
eventually received permission to open their school on certain
conditions. First, the women were required to fund the school
themselves since the government refused to. Second, their
teacher would be Guadalupe Reyes rather than Sandico, who
had been blacklisted by the friar-curate of Malolos. Third, the
classes would have to be held in the day and not at night,
probably due to the association of nighttime gatherings with
subversive meetings. The school remained open for three
months and was closed down on May 10, 1889.”

17. ANALYSIS
A national hero has a GENUINE LOVE to whoever he/she is
dedicating his/her life. It is a passionate love that always seek the
goodness of others before thyself.
A modern day Dr. Jose Rizal could be anyone as long as he/she
embodies the same kind of affection to the people he/she is
dedicating his/her life.
To the students: Your undying effort to learn and be educated, you
are a hero in your own right. When you finished your degree, your
goal is always give a better life for your family.

18. Thank you for your active
attention!