Jonalyn B.

Pecan GE RIZAL
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CHAPTER-6
PRE-TEST
1. Enumerate the fifteen documents that were considered bases for charges against
Jose Rizal. Tell how they approved Rizal’s innocence or guilt.

The Documents How the Documents proved Rizal’s

innocence or guilt.
1. A letter of Jose Rizal to his family Dr. Jose Rizal, the defendant is
responsible of guilty both crimes in his
capacity as principal agent.
2. A letter from Antonio Luna to The acts in question constitute the
Mariano Ponce crimes of founding illegal associations
and of promoting or inducing the
commission of rebellion, the first being a
necessary means for the execution of the
second.
3. A letter from Marcelo H. Del Pilar From Madrid implicating Rizal with the
to Deodato Arellano propaganda movement in spain.
4. A poem entitled Kundiman It was allegedly written by Rizal in which
Spain is alluded as a despot and the
Philippines is its slave and it prays for
someone who could free her from
bondage.
5. A letter of Carlos Oliver to an From Barcelona stating that Rizal was the
unidentified person man who could free the Philippines from
the oppressions of Spain.
6. A Masonic document Honoring Rizal’s patriotic achievements
7. A letter signed “Dimasalang” It state that he was preparing for a safe
(Rizal’s pseudonym) to Ten Luz haven for Filipinos who may be deported
(Juan Zulueta’s pseudonym) by Spanish authorities.
8. A letter signed “Dimasalang” to From Hongkong soliciting the aid of the
an unidentified committee committee for “patriotic works”.
9. An anonymous and undated The Hongkong telegraph censuring the
letter to the editor banishment of Rizal to Dapitan
10. A letter of Ildefonso Laurel to It stated that the Filipinos look up to
Rizal Rizal as their savior
11. A letter of Rizal Informing an unidentified correspondent
of the arrest and deportation of Doroteo
Cortes and Ambrosio Salvador.
12. A letter of Marcelo H. Del Pilar to Recommending the establishment of a
Juan A. Tenluz (Juan Zulueta) special organization, independent of the
Freemasonry to help the Filipino people
 13. A transcript of the speech of The following cry was reportedly uttered
“Pingkian” (Emilio Jacinto) in a “Long live the Philippines! Long live
meeting of the katipunan Liberty! Long live Dr. Jose Rizal! Unity!
14. Transcript of a speech of Tiktik Same to the katipunan meeting in which
(Jose Turiano Santiago) the katipunan shouted “Long live the
eminent Dr. Jose Rizal! Death to the
oppressor nation!
15. A poem by “Laong-laan” (Rizal) A talisay which he made the Dapitan
school boys sing that they know how to
fight for their rights.

ACTIVITY 1

Justify Rizal’s alleged trial and guilt; if you are in the shoes of the hero what will you do?
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 If I were in the shoe of Rizal, I will do my best heartedly what is good for my
fellow country. I will raise the people in this country from the darkness and give
them freedom, then avoid getting colonize from foreign country. I’ll do the same
thing what he did to us and defend what is truth and what is right. I will justify
what I’m fighting for but not in a rebellion but through writing or intellectual way,
just what Rizal did.

SELF-EVALUATION
1. What made Rizal’s exile in Dapitan a “pleasant life”?
 Rizal made the most of his time in Dapitan by working on his literary and
creative abilities, performing community service and agricultural tasks,
conducting business, and writing letters to his friends in Europe, particularly
Ferdinand Blumentritt and Reinhold Rost. He had the following occupations
and accomplishments across many industries; As a physician, Rizal provided
free medicine to his patients, most of them were underprivileged. However,
he also had wealthy patients who paid him well enough for his excellent
surgical skill.§ As an engineer, Rizal applied his knowledge through the
waterworks system he constructed in Dapitan. Fromhis practical knowledge
as agrimensor, he widened his knowledge by reading engineering-related
books. As a result, despite the inadequacy of tools at hand, he successfully
provided a good water system in the province. As an educator, Rizal
established a school 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 him like maintaining his garden and
field. As an agriculturist, Rizal devoted time in planting important crops and
fruit-bearing trees in his 16-hectare land (later, reaching as large as 70
hectares). As a businessman, the adventurous Rizal, with his partner, Ramon
Carreon, tried his luck in the fishing, hemp and copra industries. As an
inventor, little was known of Rizal. In 1887, during his medical practice in
Calamba, he invented a special type of lighter called sulpukan which he sent
to Blumentritt as a gift. As an artist, he had contributed his talent in the
Sisters of Charity who were preparing for the arrival of the image of the Holy
Virgin. As a linguist, Rizal was interested in the languages used in Dapitan,
thus, studied and made comparisons of the Bisayan and Malayan languages
existing in the region. As a scientist, Rizal shared his interest with nature to
his students. With his boys, they explored the jungles and searched for
specimens which he sent to museums in Europe, particularly in Dressed
Museum.
2. Describe the emotional condition of Jose Rizal twenty-four hours prior to his death?
 With his mental toughness in full display, he summoned the full power of his
human brain. I believe he rationally considered his options, made mental
inventories of them, and chose the best in the final hours of the night before
his execution. He must have asked himself, “What’s the best way to make the
most meaningful use of my remaining time alive,” It's possible that a portion
of his mind encouraged him to simply break down in tears and cry the rest of
the evening, reflecting on the "could have/could have beens" in life and
regretting the life he had not lived. He had the choice, too, of simply letting
his mind roam aimlessly into the limits of lunacy. That might have lessened
the suffering caused by the impending death. I think he ruled out such
possibilities. Instead, he reached a defensible choice. The choice was to
unleash his best self for the very last time. In his own country and others, he
would pen a poem that would strike people's hearts and live on in their
memories for many years. Such, in my opinion, is what creates great leaders
and great men. Faced with peril and under the most stressful of
circumstances, they turn on their rational thinking faculties instead of
irrational ranting. In the face of major set backs and intense public pressure,
they remain in control of their emotions. They can choose their words and
express themselves in ways that are guided by clear, logical reasoning rather
than by irrational emotions, even in the most trying situations. We learned
the genuine essence of mental toughness from Dr. Rizal.

POST TEST
1. Do you think Rizal “planned” his martyrdom? Why?
 Yes, since Rizal was well aware that his fate could not be altered. Rizal had
accepted his fate and understood it was his time to die. On December 29,
1896, at six in the morning, Captain Rafael Dominguez read the official notice
 of his impending execution. Rizal was moved right away to the jail chapel,
where he spent his final hours. Rizal kept himself occupied inside the chapel
by writing letters to friends and relatives, saying goodbye to everyone, and
chatting with his Jesuit priest colleagues. He also received a number of visits.
2. How did Rizal’s death cause the downfall of Spanish colonial government?
 He passed away rejecting the revolution. But his passing signaled the end of
the Spanish colonial regime in the Philippines. The tyrannical priests fell, and
with them all the feudalistic systems they had helped establish in the name of
unrestrained control over power and wealth fell as well. After the Philippine
Revolution, which was partly spurred by his writings, started, he was hanged
by the Spanish colonial authorities for the crime of rebellion. Despite not
actively participating in its design or execution, he ultimately supported its
objectives, which eventually resulted in Philippine independence.