LIFE OF RIZAL (2)

love for freedom, innate desire to travel and his indomitable courage.

 Malayan Ancestors

serious nature, frugality, patience and love for children

Chinese Ancestors

elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult and gallantry to ladies

Spanish Ancestors

 At age __ - read although not fluently, the Spanish Family bible called historia sagrada.

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 At age ___ - wrote a comedy which highlighted his literary talent for the local fiesta and was rewarded 2 pesos.

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. At age ____-wrote the poem "Sa Aking mga Kababata"

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At age ___wrote a poem "Mother's birthday". Sent to a boy's school in Biñan and his teacher was Dr. Justiniano Aquino Cruz. 

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by Dr. Feodor Jagor that criticized Spanish regime in the Philippines. It is the book that intrigued Jose and inspired to educate his countrymen. 

Travels in the Philippines

 (Through Education Our Motherland Receives Light) - poem Jose wrote while he was in Ateneo which suggested that education is an integral part of national character. 

 Por La Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria

(The Intimate Alliance between Religion and Education) in which Jose expressed the importance of religion in education and to him, education without God is not true education

Alianza intima la religion y la educacion

(To the Virgin Mary) - 1st sad poem Jose wrote. 

A la Virgen Maria

(To the Child Jesus) - an ode to Jesus was short and consisted of 8 verses only classified as octava real. 

Al Nino Jesus

Jose recalled his joyous days of his childhood in Calamba

 In Memory of my Village

An allegory that was awarded as 1st place in a competition however, decision was reversed. 

Council of the Gods

 a poem Jose wrote when his mother ask him to write a poetry. A poem that is Jose's product of all the melancholy of his aching soul. 

They Ask Me For Verses

a song Jose wrote when he was asked to write a song to celebrate the raising of Lipa, Batangas, into a villa.

 Hymn to Work

Story of Philippine condition during the last decades of Spanish rule 

Inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin 

Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

 Dedicated to GomBurZa 

El Filibusterismo 

Rizal's unfinished tagalog novel, written in a light sarcastic style and is incomplete for only two chapters are finished.

Makamisa

Unfinished novel, written in ironic Spanish. He wrote it during his exile in Dapitan to depict the town life and customs

Dapitan