RIZAL PREFINAL

Rizal did not get off at Amoy for 3 reasons:

● where Rizal stayed while in Hong Kong.

● former secretary of Gov Gen Terrero ● shadowed Rizal’s movement in Hong Kong, spy of Rizal

● small, but very clean city

● Portuguese colony near Hong Kong.
● small, low, and gloomy
● there are many junks, sampans, but few steamers. It looks sad and is almost dead.

● filipino gentleman married to Portuguese lady,
● Rizal and Basa stayed at his home while in Macao

● Rizal’s cabin mate was a British Protestant missionary who called Rizal

● one of the happiest interludes in life of Rizal was his sojourn in _

● more expensive then Paris, walls are built in cyclopean manner, streets are large and wide.”

● secretary of Spanish Legation ● visited Rizal & invited him to live at the Spanish Legation

Rizal accepted the invitation for 2 reasons:

● Lovely japanese girl, rizal liked

5 things which impressed Rizal in Japan

● popular mode of transportation drawn by men that Rizal did not like in Japan

4 Japanese village which Rizal visited:

● fighting Japanese journalist, novelist & champion of human rights
● forced by Japanese gov to leave the country
● passenger which Rizal befriended on board the Belgic

● how many months of intimate acquaintanceship of Rizal and Tetcho

● Rizal registered here, considered a first-class hotel in the city

● Rizal called the “big town.”

Rizal’s good impressions on US (5)

Rizal’s bad impression on US (1)

● land par excellence of freedom but only for the whites

5 States in US where rizal travelled

● Rizal described as fantastic city where everything is brand new

● 2nd largest ship in the world ● on his fight against Spanish tyranny

● Rizal entertained the American & European passengers with ● small wooden disc attached to a string from the finger.

● big& beautiful city, celebrated port is worthy of its great fame.
● the entrance is magnificent & custom house is quite good

Rizal lived in London for 3 reasons:

● Rizal stayed as guest at the home of _
● practicing lawyer in London.

● Where rizal studied Morga’s Succesos

● librarian of Ministry of Foreign Affairs & authority on Malayan languages & customs

● was impressed by Rizal’s learning & character, recommended him to the

● Dr Reinhold Rozt called Rizal

Greatest achievement of Rizal in London was

● Rizal visited Paris for a week in order to search for more historical materials in the

two titans of the Propaganda Movement

● Christmas gift of rizal to Blumentritt

● Gift of rizal to Dr. Carlos Czepelak

● Christmas gift from Mrs Beckett (landlady)

● patriotic society, which cooperate in the crusade fro reforms

● founded La Solidaridad

● fortnightly periodical, served as the organ of the Propaganda Movement

5 Aims of La Solidaridad

● Rizal’s first article which appeared in La Solidaridad

10 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN LA SOLIDARIDAD

● this was a reply to an anti-Filipino writing of a Spanish author Patricio de la Escosura

● defense against Spanish charges thatnative local officials were ignorant

● exposes Barrantes’ ignorance on theTagalog theatrical art

● bitter attack against the friars for denying Christian burial to Mariano Herbosa in

● reply to Vicente Belloc Sanchez’ letter

● brilliant defense of Blumentritt from the scutrillous attack of his enemies

● reply to a biased article “Old Truths”

● article which ridiculed those Filipinos who asked for reforms

● defense of Antonio Luna against the attack of Pablo Mir Deas

● denunciation of Spanish racial prejudice against brown Filipinos

● reply to Governor General Valeriano Weyler who told the people that they should not allow to be deceived by the promises of their ungrateful sons.”

Rizal stopped writing for La Solidaridad bcs (4)

2 WRITINGS of RIZAL IN LONDON

● pamphlet which published under his nom-de-plume Dimas Alang in order to defense his novel

In the pamphlet Rizal demonstrated 2 things:

● famous letter in tagalog, praise the young ladies of Malolos for their courage to establish a school

● Spanish parish priest of Malolos who opposed the Malolos ladies to establish a school

5 main points of the letter were:

● editor of Trubner’s Record, request Rizal to contribute some articles.

● journal devoted to Asian studies

2 two articles of Dr Reinhold Rost

● Rizal used most of his time in the reading room of the __ checking up his historical annotations on Morga’s book

Rizal was a good friend of 3 Pardo de Taveras

● physician by vocation, philologist by avocation

● physician by vocation & an artist & sculptor by avocation

● greatest attraction of Universal Exposition of Paris was the 984 feet high

● The eiffel tower was built by celebrated French engineer __

● Rizal organized his paisanos (compatriots) into a society called
● purely social society of a temporary nature
● founded to bring together young Filipinos to enjoy Universal Exposition

● replaced the Kidlat Club ● pledged to excel in intellectual & physical

● Asian art of selfdefense, Rizal learned in Japan

● mysterious society founded by Rizal in Paris during the Universal Exposition

● its existence & role in the crusade reforms are really enigmatic
● was patterned after Freemasonry.
● “with the members not knowing each other.”

● Rizal, grandnephew of the hero, the society has a symbol or countersign

● intwerlocked letters I and B meaning

● The letters R.D.L.M. means, initials of the society’s secret name (Redemption of the Malays)

2 Aim of the secret society

Rizal’s outstanding achievement in Paris was the

● the annotated edition was printed by

● prologue of annonated was written by

● Rizal dedicated his new edition of Morga to the __ so that they would know of their glorious past

● the title page of Rizal’s annotated edition of Morga reads:

● article, expressed his views on the Spanish colonization in Ph & predicted the tragic end of Spain’s sovereignty in Asia

● essay, prestigious work of historical scholarship. ● able defense of the alleged indolence of the Filipinos

● association proposed to establish taking advantage of world attention which was then focused at the Universal Exposition

● magnificent project of Rizal in Paris which also fizzled out was his plan to establish a modern college in Hong Kong

● satirical work as a reply to another slanderer, Fr. Salvador Font
● under the authorship of “Dimas Alang” is a witty satire which ridicules Father Font

● masterminded the banning of Noli

after New Year, Rizal made a brief visit to London by 2 reasons

● capital of Belgium

2 reasons why Rizal leave Paris

● article, where laid down the rules of the new Tagalog orthography

● he gave credit for the adoption of this new orthography to
● author of Sanskrit in the tagalog Language

2 Letters from home Rizal received in Brussels worried him.

● pathetic poem, it was against a background of mental anguish in Brussels, during those sad days when he was worried by family disasters

● Madrid newspaper which sympathized with the Filipino cause,
● said: “To cover the ear, open the purse, and fold the arms—this is the Spanish

● anti-Filipino newspaper in Madrid

● talented co-worker in the Propaganda Movement, died in Barcelona

● bitter enemy of the pen, a talented Spanish scholar, was then a press agent of the friars in Spain
● attack the Filipinos in various newspapers

Rivalry between Rizal & M.H. del Pilar for supremacy,Filipinos were divided 2 hostile camps

● to seek solace for his disappointments,Rizal took a vacation in the resort city of

● Rizal is a guest of the rich Boustead family at its winter residence __

● It took rizal __ years to write his second novel (El Fili)

2 reaosns why Rizal moved to Ghent

Two compatriots Rizal met in Ghent

● printing shop give Rizal lowest quotation

● savior of the Fili

● El Filibusterismo came off the press

Rizal sent 2 printed copies to Hong Kong for:

● Barcelona newspaper, tribute eulogizing the novel’s original style which “is comparable only to the sublime Alexander Dumas”

● liberal Madrid newspaper that serialized the novel in its issues

● Rizal dedicated el fili to

Two features in the manuscript do not appear in the printed book, namely:

● title page of El Fil contains an inscription written by

● Padre Florentino was

● Rizal’s friend and priest of Calamba;

● Isagani, the poet was

● Batangueño friend of Rizal in Madrid

● Paulita Gomez, was

● girl who loved Isagani but married Juanito Pelaez,

CHARACTERISTICS OF NOLI

CHARACTERISTICS OF EL FILI

● the original intention of Rizal was to make

● Rizal considered the __ novel as superior

● Rizal thought abt writing a third novel, in the modern sense of the word, __ will play the principal role.”

● story of this unfinished novel begins w/ the solemn burial of. __

● The hero of the novel was __, a descendant of Lakan-Dula,

● unfinished novel in Tagalog written in a light sarcastic style only two chapters are finished.

● youthful Filipino student who has returned from Europe.

Rizal 2 Reasons for leaving Europe

● Tyrolese, Rizal enjoyed playing chess. fine fellow, A Father Damaso without pride and malice”

● where Rizal opened his medical clinic

Manuel T. Hidalgo, sent him a letter relating the sad news of the “deportation of twenty-five persons from Calamba, including

● Portuguese physician, who became Rizal’s friend and admirer ● helped him to build up a wide clientele.

● Rizal planned to move the landless Filipino families Filipino families to

● rich Britishowned island and carve out of its virgin wildness a “`

● Rizal’s brother-in-law, objected to the colonization project

● Cubans odiously called “The Butcher”

● Count of Caspe, new governor general after Weyler

7 WRITINGS IN HONG KONG

● “The Rights of Man” proclaimed by the French Revolution in 1789

● appeal to Spain to right the wrongs done to the Calamba tenants

● proclamation explaining the Calamba agrarian situation

● British daily newspaper, Riizal contributed articles to this newspaper

● editor of HongKong telegraph, a friend ofRizal

● account of his visit to colonial prison of Hong Kong, ● contrasted the cruel Spanish prison system w/ modern & humane British prison system

● article in French elaborated on same idea in onther article: Project of the Colonization of British North Borneo by theFilipinos

● most important writing in Hong Kong● carried the false information that printingwas done by LONDON PRINTING PRESS

● denounces the frequent outbreaks of intentional fires in Manila

● friend of Rizal in Manila whom the copiesof the printed Liga constitution were sent

The decision to return to Manila was bcs of (3)

● portrayed Rizal as cowardly, egoistic, opportunistic—a patriot in words only

Rizal wrote 2 letters to be opened after his death are addresed to :

● secretary of Despujol, ordered to find out if Rizal was naturalized as a German citizen