Objectives:

• Discuss the common

misconceptions about
Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
• Prove that Dr. Jose P.
Rizal is worthy to be
the National Hero.
Basic Questions:
• Was Rizal an “American-
made hero?”
• Was Rizal against the
revolution for Philippine
independence?
• Is Rizal worthy to be
chosen as our national
hero?
• A literary genius
• A scientist and inventor
• A doctor
• An effective teacher
• A nationalist
• An observant traveler
• A martyr
• A propagandist and reformist
• A good lover
• A linguist
•Rizal became the national hero
because of the Americans
•Rizal never supported the
independence movement of the
Philippines.
•Andres Bonifacio should be the
national hero not Rizal.
• A literary genius
• A scientist and inventor
•• Rizal organized the first fraternity in the country
A doctor
when he was in
• An effective teacher UST.
•• Rizal founded two association in Europe: Indios
A nationalist
Bravos & Kidlat
• An observant traveler
Club.
•• Rizal became supremo of the propaganda
A martyr
movement.
• A propagandist and reformist
•• Rizal
A goodbecame
lover master mason.
•• Rizal founded the La Liga Filipina.
A linguist
• Rizal became an honorary President of the
Katipunan.
•Rizal's hero status is demonstrated in the wide
variety of biographics, political status, and
general monographs. There is a general
consensus that in the minds of the Philippine
public, Rizal is the First Filipino who champion
the Malayan Race.
•It was Rizal who inspired his people to identify
with the Philippines. He talked national identity
and pride such as love of one's language.
•Rizal is an important source of his nationalistic
contributions such as his novels the “Noli Me
Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” and other
nationalistic poems and essays.
•Rizal's sence of the future for the Country that is
why he wrote a poem “To the Filipino Youth”.
•Lastly, Rizal is being honored by public worship
for his extra-ordinary service to the Filipino
people, before and after his death.