LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

Module No. 12 | Carlos Lois P. Sebastian | BSA1-SOUTH1

BACK TO CALAMBA
RIZAL’S RETURN TO CALAMBA

June 29, 1887 - Rizal wrote to his father -> homecoming: July 15 -> see each other: August 15 to 30.

WHO WARNED RIZAL NOT TO RETURN HOME? (PSC)

 Paciano (his brother),
 Silvestre Ubaldo (his brother-in-law),
 Chengoy (Jose M. Cecilio) and other friends not to return home.

WHY WAS RIZAL DETERMINED TO GO HOME?

 OPERATE: his mother’s eyes
 SERVE: his people (oppressed by Spanish tyrants)
 FIND OUT: how Noli and his other writing -> affecting Filipinos and Spaniards
 INQUIRE: why: Leonor Rivera remain silent.

DELIGHTFUL TRIP TO MANILA

Date Event
- RIZAL (Rome – train) to Marseilles (french port).
July 3, 1887 Djemnah – steamer -> 5 years ago; brought him to Europe
July 30, 1887 Saigon to Haiphong (Manila bounded)
August 2, 1887 Left Saigon to Manila

HAPPY HOMECOMING

 August 8, 1887 -> Calamba.

o Medical Clinic -> DOCTOR ULIMAN from Germany-> first patient: Mother-blind
o Treated: ailment; acquired: lucrative medical practice
 Opened Gymnasium (young folks) -> European sport
 Failure (6 monthns in Calamba): failure to see Leanor Rivera

STORM OVER THE NOLI

Who gave Rizal a letter? Gobernador-General Emilio Terrero -> from: Malacanan
Why give Rizal a letter? somebody whispered: ear -> NOVEL: subversive ideas
What took place?  Rizal denied
 GG (liberal minded) -> find copy of novel
 Believed Rizal
FAREWELL TO CALAMBA

 friars asked GG to deport Rizal -> rejected: no valid charge

 before Rizal left (1888) -> friend: Lipa -> poem: elevation villa (city) = BECERRA LAW OF 1888 -> HIMNO AL TRABAJO
(Hymn to Labor): Lipa’s industrious folks

WHY RIZAL LEFT CALAMBA?

 HIM IN Calamba -> jeopardize: safety and happiness -> family and friends
 WRITING IN FOREIGN COUNTRY -> fight: enemy; serve: country BETTER