CHAPTER 16

In Belgian Brussels
1890
Two reasons impelled Rizal
to leave in Paris

• The cost of living in Paris was very high because of the Universal
Exposition.
• The gay social life of the city hampered his literary works, especially
the writing of his second novel El Filibusterismo.

• 2 friends of Rizal in Paris

• M. H. del Pilar
• Valentin Ventura
NEW ORTHOGRAPHY OF TAGALOG
LANGUAGE
• The tagalog letter k and w should be used instead of the Spanish c and o.
Salacot = salakot / arao = araw
• RIZAL CRITICIZES MADRID FILIPINOS FOR GAMBLING
A. Rizal’s letter to del Pillar
I. Luna in paris complains of the gambling of the filipinos in Madrid.
II. We are serving the Friars scheme.
III.Filipinos do not come to Europe to gamble and to amuse himself but to work for hid
liberty and for the dignity his race.
IV. We in whom the poor people place their modest hopes.
B. The gambling Filipinos in Madrid were angry when they learned of Rizal’s moralizing.
i. They derisively called him Papa ( Pope ) instead of pepe.
BAD NEWS FROM HOME

• The Calamba agrarian trouble was getting worse

• The management of Dominican Hacienda continually
raised the land rents until such time that Rizal’s father
refused to pay his rent.
• Jose’s letter to Soledad
PRESENTIMENT OF DEATH
• He feared that we would not live long
• He was not afraid to die, but he wanted to finish
his second novel before he went to his grave.
• Letter to del Pilar
LAONG LAAN ( Ever Ready ) is my true name.
PREPARATION TO GO HOME
• In the face of sufferings which affected his family, Rizal planned to go
home.
• He could not stay in Brussels writing a book while his family are
persecuted.
• Letter to Ponse.
• PREPARATION TO GO TO MADRID
• To my Muse ( 1890 )
• Romance with Petite Jacoby
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