MODULE 4: ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

INFLUENCES ON THE HERO'S BOYHOOD

1. Hereditary Influence 2. Environmental Influence 3. Aid of Divine Providence

June 22, 1861

Baptismal of Rizal o Few days before full moon o Wednesday

June 19, 1861

Birthdate of Jose Rizal

TRINIDAD

10th child her pet name was Trining; -died in 1951

SOLEDAD

11th child -Youngest of the Rizal children; -her pet name was Choleng; -married Panteleon Quintero of Calamba

SATURNINA

1st child -Oldest of the Rizal children - nickname: neneng -Married to Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas

PACIANO

2nd child - Older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal. -Joined the Philippine Revolution and became a combat general. -Died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79. -Had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena

NARCISA

3rd child -Her pet name was Sisa and married Antonio Lopez (a school teacher of Morong)

OLIMPIA

4th child -Ypia was her pet name; -She married Silvestre Ubaldo (a telegraph operator from Manila)

LUCIA

5th child She married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba.

MARIA

6th child -Biang was her nickname; -she married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.

JOSE

7th child -The greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius -Pepe:his nickname -During his exile in Dapitan he lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong; had a son by her, but this baby boy died a few hours after birth; Jose named him "Fransico" after his father and buried him in Dapitan.

CONCEPCION

8th child Her pet name was Concha; -died of sickness at the age of three; her death was Rizal's first sorrow in life

JOSEFA

9th child Her pet name was Panggoy; died an old maid in 1951 aged 83.

Rizal

: "racial" means "new pasture" and "green field

June 6, 1868

: Jose and his father go on a pilgrimage to Antipolo o First trip of Jose across Laguna de Bay o After praying at the shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo, Jose and his Father went to Manila o Jose's first time in Manila o They visited Saturnina, who was boarding student at La Concordia College in Sta. Ana

Father Leonzio Lopez

: Jose used to visit him and listen to his stimulating opinions

"Jose"

: chosen by his mother who was a devotee of St. Joseph (San Jose)

3 years old

: rizal began to take part in the family prayer

Gov. Jose Lemery

: the governor general, a good militarist, and established the politico military over Visayas and Mindanao

January 5,1898

: when did francisco mercado rizal die? died in Manila at age of 80

June 12, 1848

: when did rizal's father marry Teodora Alonzo Reolonda

JOSE RIZAL

A man endowed by God with versatile gifts,he truly ranked with the world's geniuses.

JOSE RIZAL

A unique example of a many-splendored genius who became the greatest hero of a nation

Sa aking mga kabata (To My Fellow Children)

FIRST POEM BY RIZAL ✓ Wrote in the age of 8

father; mother

From his ____, he inherited a profound sense of self-respect, the love for work, and the habit of independent thinking. ✓ And from his ____ , he inherited his religious nature, the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the passion for arts and literature.

Malayan

From his _____ ancestors, Rizal inherited his love for freedom, his innate desire to travel, and his indomitable courage.

Chinese

From his _____ ancestors, he derived his serious nature, frugality, patience, and love for children.

JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONZO REALONDA

Full name of Jose Rizal

Lakan-dula

MATERNAL SIDE : descendant

Eugenio Ursua

MATERNAL SIDE: greatgreat grandfather of Rizal; married to Benigna and have a daughter named Regina

Brigida

MATERNAL SIDE: married to Lorenzo Alberto and have a children named Narcisa, Teodora, Gregorio, Jose, and Manuel

Regina

MATERNAL SIDE: married to Manuel de Quintos and had a daughet named Brigida

Domingo Lam-Co

PATERNAL SIDE great great grandfather; a Chinese immigrant from Chinchew (China's City of Spring); he married to Indes de la Rosa 1731: he adopt the name "Mercado" which means 'market'

FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL

PATERNAL SIDE (Rizal's Father): son of Juan Mercado

Francisco MercadoDomingo

PATERNAL SIDE Lam-Co's son who married Cirila Bernacna

Juan Mercado

PATERNAL SIDE Francisco's son who married Cirila Alejandrino

HEREDITARY INFLUENCE

✓ From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal inherited his love for freedom, his innate desire to travel, and his indomitable courage. ✓ From his Chinese ancestors, he derived his serious nature, frugality, patience, and love for children. ✓ From his Spanish ancestors, he got his elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies. ✓ From his father, he inherited a profound sense of self-respect, the love for work, and the habit of independent thinking. ✓ And from his mother, he inherited his religious nature, the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the passion for arts and literature.

Spanish

✓ From his ____ ancestors, he got his elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies.

little Concha (Concepcion)

✓ Jose loved most the little ___________. He was a year older than Concha. He played with her and from her he learned the sweetness of a sisterly love. Unfortunately, ✓ Concha died of sickness in 1865 when she was three years old. ✓ Jose, who was very fond of her, cried bitterly at losing her. ✓ "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...

FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL

✓ May 11, 1818 ✓ Studied Latin and Philosophy in College of San Jose in Manila ✓ His mother died, then he moved to Calamba to become a tenant farmer in a Dominican Estate

TEODORA ALONZO REOLONDA

✓ November 8, 1826 ✓ Studied in well-known college for girls, College of Sta. Rosa

Calamba, Laguna

✓ Rizal grew up in a happy home ✓ His native town is ________. ✓ It had scenic beauties and industrious, hospitable, and friendly neighbors which impressed him during his childhood years and eventually affected the formation of his mind, personality, and character.

magic

✓ Rizal had been interested in _____. ✓ With his dexterous hands, he learned various tricks. ✓ He entertained his town folks with magic-lantern exhibitions. ✓ In later years when he attained manhood, he continued his keen predilection for magic. He read many books on magic and attended the performances of the famous magicians of the world.

AID OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE

✓ Rizal was providentially destined to be the pride and glory of his nation. ✓ God had endowed him with the versatile gifts of a genius, the vibrant spirit of a nationalist, and the valiant heart to sacrifice for a noble cause.

JOSE RIZAL

✓ The first memory of _____, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he was three years old. ✓ Because he was a sick child, he was given the tenderest care by his parents. ✓ His father built a little nipa cottage in the garden for him to play in the day time.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE

✓ The scenic beauties of Calamba and the beautiful garden of the Rizal family stimulated the inborn artistic and literary talents of Jose Rizal. ✓ The religious atmosphere at his home fortified his religious nature. ✓ His brother, Paciano, instilled in his mind the love for freedom and justice. From his sisters, he learned to be courteous and kind to women. ✓ His three uncles, inspired him to develop his artistic ability, to develop his frail body and intensified his voracious reading of good books.

RIZAL FAMILY

✓ They have a large stone house ✓ This was where Jose Rizal was born ✓ Now known as Rizal Shrine in Calamba ✓ They have a home library with 1000 volume of books and is the largest in Calamba then. ✓ Their family is one of the distinguished families in ✓ Calamba.

Father Leoncio Lopez

✓ fostered Rizal's love for scholarship and intellectual honesty.

Doña Teodora

✓ managed a general goods store and operated a small flour-mill and a homemade ham press.

Rizal's parents

✓ were able to live well by the dint of honest and hard work and frugal living. From the farms, which were rented from the Dominican Order, they harvested rice, corn, and sugarcane. They raised pigs, chickens, and turkeys in their backyard. ✓ They sent their children to Manila. ✓ They also own their own carjuahe which was a status symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines.

8 years old

✓ wrote his first dramatic work which was in Tagalog comedy ✓ it was staged in a Calamba festival and was delightfully applauded by the audience.

Paciano

"He is much finer and more serious than I am; he is bigger and more slim; he is not so dark; his nose is fine, beautiful and sharp; but he is bow-legged."

Domingo Lameo

- Rizal's great-great-grandfather on his father's side. - A Chinese immigrant from the Fukien City of Changchow, who arrived in Manila about 1690 - became a Christian, married a Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa. - Assumed the surname Mercado in 1731, which was appropriate because he was a merchant. - The Spanish term "mercado" means "market"

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE

The death of his sister Concha and the imprisonment of his mother, contributed to strengthen his character, enabling him to resist blows of adversity in later years. ✓ The Spanish cruelties and abuses awakened his spirit of patriotrism and inspired him to consecrate his life and talents to redeem his oppressed people.

JOSE RIZAL

he was a hero and political martyr who consecrated his life for the redemption of his oppressed people. No wonder, he is now acclaimed as the national hero of the Philippines.

OCTOBER 22, 1860

o Convention of Peking

1861

o Pax hispanica reigned over the archipelago o Gov. Jose Lemery: the governor general, a good militarist, and established the politico military over Visayas and Mindanao

ARTISTIC TALENTS

o Rizal revealed his Godgiven talent for art. o Age of five: he began to make sketches with his pencil and to mold in clay and wax objects.

1850-1864

o Taiping rebellion o Imperialist Western Powers: victories over China and tried it on Japan o Commodore Matthew C. Perry: unlocked Japan

Paciano

rizal regarded him as the "most noble of Filipinos" and "though an Indio, more generous and noble than all Spaniards put together"

5 years old

rizal's Mother taught him Catholic prayers o Can read Spanish family bible

Teodora Alonzo Realonda

rizal's mother

August 16, 1911

teodora alonzo realonda died at the age of 85

Calamba, Laguna

was a hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican Order, which also owned all the lands around it.

Calamba, Laguna Province

where was rizal born

JOSE RIZAL

He was a Physician (ophthalmic surgeon), poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist, historian, architect, painter, sculptor, educator, linguist, musician, naturalist, ethnologist, surveyor, engineer, farmer businessman, economist, geographer, cartographer, bibliophile, philologist, grammarian, folklorist, philosopher, translator, inventor, magician, humorist, satirists, polemicist, sportsman, traveler, and prophet.

east and West

In his veins flowed the blood of both __________ - Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.

Malayan

Predominantly, Rizal was a ______ and magnificent specimen of Asian manhood.

races

Rizal was a product of mixture of _____

Francisco Mercado Rizal

Rizal's father

Paciano

Rizal's relation to his only brother ______ was more than that of younger to older brother. was a second father to him. Jose immortalized him in his first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tasyo.

Father Rufino Collantes

baptized Rizal at age of 3 days old