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REACTION PAPER:
RIZAL IN
DAPITANReaction
Paper of Edmar
Gallebo Sagun BSED
-2Cagayan Colleges
TuguegaraoTuguegara
o CityFrom June 17,
1892 to July 31, 1896,
Dapitan became
the bare witness to one
of the most
fruitfulperiods in
Rizal's life. His stay in
the province was more
than he was living in
exile. It was the
periodwhen Rizal had
been more focused on
serving the people and
the society through his
civic works,medical
practices, land
development,
promotion of
education and of
course, coming
accross with hisone
true love, Josephine
Bracken.The part of
Rizal's life where
he came to know
Josephine is the
most romantic. Their
love story was
anexample of
unconditional love
because despite of the
fact that there were no
priest who was
willing tomarry the
them, the couple
exchanged their vows
before God in their
own way. Their love
bear itsfruit -
Josephine was
pregnant.
Unfortunately,
Josephine gave birth to
a one-month
premature babyboy
who lived only for
three hours. The
child was buried in
Dapitan, bearing the
name Francisco,
afterRizal's father.I got
mad with Jose Rizal in
the event of
Josephines premature
birth of the supposedly
son of a hero.How
come Rizal who was
a doctor was so
unmindful of
Josephine's condition
that night when his
angerbursted after
Maria's accusation of
Josephine being a spy?
Not only physically
but
mentally andemotional
ly, Josephine who was
then pregnant was
tortured of Rizal's
misbehavior which
caused herto collapse
and ultimately lose
the baby in her
womb.I can imagine
how Rizal's life would
be more colorful and
interesting if he had a
son who lived
andcontinued his good
doings. It is
really disappointing
that losing that baby
ends Rizal's direct
lineage. If he was not
a hero, he would have
been long forgotten
because his direct
ancestry ended when
he waskilled.However,
I believe without a
doubt that he really
deserves to be our
national hero in every
man'spoint of view.
People in
Dapitan looked up to
him, adored and
respected him. The
young ones
had thepassion to
follow him, learn what
he has to teach and
follow what he has to
instruct. He
established aschool in
Dapitan which was
attended by 16 young
boys from prominent
families.Instead of
charging them for the
matriculation, he made
the students do
community projects
for himlike
maintaining his garden
and field. He taught
them reading, writing
in English and
Spanish,geography,
history, mathematics,
industrial work, nature
study, morals and
gymnastics.
Heencouraged his
students to engage in
sports activities
to strengthen their
bodies as well. There
was noformal room,
like the typical
classroom nowadays.
Classes were
conducted from 2 p.m
to 4 p.m. withthe
teacher sitting on a
hammock while the
students sat on a long
bamboo bench but still
the studentsspirits
were so solid to
learning.Rizal also
definitely wins my
admiration for his
being a doctor in that
primitive era with
limited toolsand
medicines. He really
was good. As
a physician, Rizal
provided free
medicine to his
patients, most
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of them were
underprivileged.
However, he also
had wealthy patients
who paid him
well enough forhis
excellent surgical skill.
Among them were
Don Ignacio
Tumarong who gave
Rizal 3000 pesos
forrestoring his sight,
an Englishman
who gave him 500
pesos, and Aklanon
haciendero, Don
FranciscoAzcarraga,
who paid him a cargo
of sugar. His skill was
put into test in August
1893 when
his mother,Doña
Teodora Alonzo, was
placed under
opthalmic surgery for
the third time. The
operation was
asuccess, however,
Alonzo, ignored her
son's instructions and
removed the bandages
in her eyes whichlead
to irritation and
infection.When Dr.
Pio Valenzuela came
to Dapitan, I thought
we would be of a great
support to
Rizal'sundertakings
and missions but it
was disheartening to
later on realize that his
visit would just
endagerPepe.Prior to
the outbreak of the
revolution, the
Katipunan leader,
Andres Bonifacio,
seek the advise of
JoseRizal. In a secret
meeting on May 2,
1896 at Bitukang
Manok river in Pasig,
the group agreed to
sendDr. Pio
Valenzuela as a
representative to
Dapitan who will
inform Rizal of
their plan to launch
arevolution against the
Spaniards. On board
the steamer Venus,
Valenzuala left Manila
on June 15,1892 and
in 6 days, arrived
at Dapitan with a
blind companion,
Raymundo Mata. At
night, Rizal
andValenzuela had a
talk in the former's
garden. There,
Valenzuela told him
of the Katipunan's
plan.Regarding this,
Rizal outspokenly
objected Bonifacio's
"premature" idea for
two reasons:1. the
Filipinos were
still unready for such
bloody revolution;
and2. the Katipunan
lacked machinery
- before plotting a
revolution, there must
be sufficient arms
andfunds
collected.Valenzuela
also told Rizal of their
plan to rescue him in
Dapitan. Again, the
exiled hero
disagreedbecause he
had no plan
of breaking his word
of honor to the
Spanish authorities.
This reality
waspresented to the
court but was
ignored.But prior to
keeping Rizal
in captive by the
government, was his
sad farewell to
Dapitan. At
midnightof July 31,
1896, he left
Dapitan on board the
steamer España,
together with Narcisa,
Josephine,Angelica
(Narcisa's daughter),
three nephews and six
of his students. Many
were saddened as
theadopted son of
Dapitan left.In Cebu,
on their way to
Manila, Rizal
successfully
performed an
opthalmic operation to
a merchantwho paid
him fifty silver pesos.
After almost a week,
on August 6, 1896,
España arrived in
Manila.Rizal was
supposedly to board
the Isla de Luzon for
Spain, but
unfortunately, left
ahead of time.Instead,
he was transferred to
the Spanish cruiser
Castilla to stay and
wait for the next mail
boat thatwoul sail for
Spain next month. He
was prohibited from
leaving the vicinity
but was allowed to
acceptvisitors so long
as they were
his immediate family.
Of course, all these
delays were part of the
drama- Rizal has now
fallen to the
critical/deadly Spanish
trap.Before Rizal's
final moment in
Bagumbayan were
court proceedings. On
one of these moments
wherehe spoke of
Education and NOT
rebellion as
his weapon to
liberating the country
and the people fromthe
Spanish tyranny, and
as far I know, Rizal
had perfectly became
triumphant in his
objectiveespecially
these days where
Filipinos are known
worldwide of being
well educated.
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