Name of film: Pluma: Si Rizal, Ang dakilang

manunulat

Identify Key Characters: JOSE RIZAL, the national

hero of the Philippines and pride of the
Malayanrace, was born on June boys and 9 girls).
Both his parents were educated andbelonged to
distinguished families.

Summarize the main events in the film:

Pluma: Rizal ang Dakilang Manunulat” attempts to trace

the evolution of Rizal, showing how Rizal was able to
document parts of his life that is reflected from his
writings—from his birth up to his last moments. The
documentary also highlighted parts of his life that made
a big impact influencing his patriotism; the incident
when Teodora Alonso was accused of poisoning, the
death of the GOMBURZA priests, and also his
controversial speech that he made in honour of his
friends’ achievements.

Given the instances during Rizal’s time, he was

from an ilustrado family which helped tremendously in
his development as a child, the right type of
environment to be nurtured despite the influence and
tyranny of the friars during his time. He was said to be
born as a genius, but I believe that the concoction of
forces paved even further in not just unlocking but also
surpassing his potentials; I became envious of this part
because I can somehow associate myself with Rizal’s
background, being a prodigy, however mishaps do
happen, and my development was put into a halt. I see
Rizal as a model of genius that is achievable through
building yourself to become a genius. I’ve always desired
or wished to be a genius, and Rizal was an example of
how a genius was made not born, he came from a
society that prejudice was waiting in their front door and
despite how grand the achievements of one, it would be
battered down. Rizal’s life was a life of determined
mastery of whatever he laid his eyes on, he will see to it
that he’ll acquire and apply it. It made me feel
somewhat associated in him and even inspired because
of his will.
Describe on particular scene that struck you most and
explain:
I was really attracted to the idea of his intellect and
pursuit; he channelled his life and works through his
writings, a man who thrived in his realm of words, who
would have thought that a mere writing can become
even bigger than an empire. It is true that the pen is
mightier than the sword, for swords can only do so little
and that it has to be wielded along with violence,
however the pen and paper which he used to
communicate his ideas, possess a subtle genius—behind
his writings, there is an idea—and ideas are bulletproof,
its effect so subtle yet a force to reckon with. It was he,
the great writer, our national hero, Jose Rizal, a genius in
his own right.

List some of the issues raised in this film:

“Genius has no country, genius burst forth everywhere,
is like light and air – the patrimony of all; cosmopolitan
as space, as life as God.”