Ch.

4: The role of heroes

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Ch.4: The role of heroes angeles, Fernandez, Tunay SUMMARY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

MaIN IDEA 1 maIn IDEA 2 MAIN IDEA 3

The nationalist movement
would still happen even
without these people.
Rizal became known for his History is not directed only
unique ideals and certain by the “desires or ideas” of
qualities during his time, particular men, but also by
which Filipinos blindly their actions.
idolized.

SupportING IDEAS SupportING IDEAS SupportING IDEAS

“Without Rizal, there would have developed
other talents.”
Without Rizal, there would have only been
delays in the events of that period.
“But without him, the nationalist struggle
would have ensued.”
“He was able to see the problems generated “History is made by men who confront the
by historical forces,” and he was able to meet problems of social progress…”
their needs. “Men solve them in accordance with the
“He saw more clearly than his contemporaries historical conditions of their epoch.”
and felt with more intensity the problems of
his country.”
He was the first Filipino, who was also an
ilustrado, who fought for national identity in
his own way.

Summary
The author is attempting to convey that even without these individuals at the time, the specific event would still
occur. He is also reiterating that Rizal is not a hero because he did not change the course of history and that he is
only viewed as such because he was able to recognize the issue at hand but not sufficiently to alter the
circumstances.
Ch.4: The role of heroes SUMMARY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

MaIN IDEA 1
The nationalist movement
would still happen even
without the people he
mentioned.

SupportING IDEAS
“Without Rizal, there would have developed other
talents.”
Without Rizal, there would have only been delays in the
events of that period.
“But without him, the nationalist struggle would have
ensued.”
Ch.4: The role of heroes SUMMARY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

MaIN IDEA 2
Rizal became known for
his unique ideals and
certain qualities during his
time, which Filipinos
blindly idolized.

SupportING IDEAS
“He was able to see the problems generated by historical
forces,” and he was able to meet their needs.
“He saw more clearly than his contemporaries and felt
with more intensity the problems of his country.”
He was the first Filipino, who was also an ilustrado, who
fought for national identity in his own way.
Ch.4: The role of heroes SUMMARY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

MaIN IDEA 3
History is not directed
only by the “desires or
ideas” of particular men,
but also by their actions.

SupportING IDEAS
“History is made by men who confront the problems of
social progress…”
“Men solve them in accordance with the historical
conditions of their epoch.”
Ch.4: The role of heroes SUMMARY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

summary
The author is attempting to convey that even without
these individuals at the time, the specific event would
still occur. He is also reiterating that Rizal is not a hero
because he did not change the course of history and that
he is only viewed as such because he was able to
recognize the issue at hand but not sufficiently to alter
the circumstances.
Ch.4: The role of heroes POST-readING QUESTIONS

REFLECTION/REACTION
1.) The author is trying to tell us that even
without people like Rizal, the events like the
revolution would still happen and that Rizal
should not be viewed and blindly idolized as a
heroic figure just because of his intentions and
desires for the country.
Ch.4: The role of heroes POST-readING QUESTIONS

REFLECTION/REACTION
2.) I was surprised by the author's perspective
that Rizal is only a hero because he was able to
perceive problems that gave rise to historical
forces. However, that as a fact still did not
make him a deserving hero for the author.
Ch.4: The role of heroes POST-readING QUESTIONS

REFLECTION/REACTION
3.) I wonder why the author mentions that
even without Rizal's talents, the struggles or
events could have still continued.
Ch.4: The role of heroes POST-readING QUESTIONS

REFLECTION/REACTION
4.) If I could ask the charater or the author, it
would be why weren’t his ideas accepted by
the mass throughout the years? Why was Rizal
still hailed as a national hero? What hinders
Filipinos to believe his claims and question the
laws related to Rizal?
Ch.4: The role of heroes POST-readING QUESTIONS

REFLECTION/REACTION
5.) The most interesting idea of the article to
me is that Rizal was not viewed as a hero who
stopped and altered the course of event
because the author thinks that rizal is only a
part of the history but not the whole story of
the revolution.
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