Rizal in Belgian,

Brussels
Why Rizal leaving
Paris?
- January 28, 1890 left Paris for
Brussels because the cost of
living in Paris is very high.
- The social life of the city
hampered his literary work,
especially the writing of his
second novel which it El
Filibusterismo
 LIFE IN BRUSSELS
• Rizal & Jose Albert- was accompanied
when he moved to Brussels
• 38 Rue Philippe Champagne- they live
in a modest boarding house.

JUCEBY SISTER
1. Suzanne
2. Marie
• Rizal was busy writing his second novel which
was a continuation of Noli.
• Aside from writing its chapter he wrote
articles for La Solidaridad and letters to his
family and friends • Being a physician, he
spent part of his time in the medical clinic
BADNEWS THAT RIZAL RECEIVED

- Rizal received news from Juan Luna,

and Valentin Ventura that the Filipino
in Spain were destroying the good
name of their nation by gambling too
much.
- BAD NEWS FROM HOME Letters -
The Calamba agrarian trouble was
getting worse
PRESINTEMENT OF DEATH

- Rizal had a bad dreams

during the night in Brussels.
- He wrote a LETTER TO DEL
PILAR
 RIZAL’S ARTICLES IN LA
SOLIDARIDAD

• A La Defensa - April 30, 1889

• La verdad Para Todos - May 31, 1889
• Vicente Barrantes - June 15, 18889
• Una Profanacion - July 31, 1889
• Verdades Nuevas - July 31, 1889
• Crueldad - August 15, 1889
• Differencias - September 15, 1889 
• Inconsequencias - November 30, 1889
• Llanto y Risas - November 30, 1889
• Ingratitudes - January 15, 1890
 New Tagalog
Orthography
- Sobre la Nueva Ortografia de la
Lengua Tagala The New
Orthography of the Language
- Rizal gave credit to Dr. Trinidad H.
Pardo de Tavera’s work El Sanscrito
en Lengua Tagala
 PREPARATION TO GO HOME
• Rizal could not stay in Brussels writing a book while his
parents, relatives and friends in the Philippines were
prosecuted.
• RIZAL’S LETTER TO PONCE: “I want to go back to the
Philippines, and although I know it would be daring and
imprudent, what does that matter ? The only thing that can
detain me is a doubt whether my parents agree. Iam afraid
to disturb their last years . In case they should object my
homecoming, I would work for a livelihood in some part of
the world.” • Rizal’s friends warned him of the danger that
awaited him at home
• Something happened that made Rizal
change his plan in returning to the
Philippines
• August 1890 - He arrived in Madrid,
burdened with sorrow brought about
by terrible news about his family and
the worsening trouble in his
hometown Spanish newspapers. -
 “TO MY MUSE”
• It was against a background of mental
anguish in Brussels, during those sad
days when he was worried by family
disasters, that he wrote his pathetic
poem, A Mi. . . This poem lacks the
exquisitry of To The Flowers of
Heidelberg and is less polished than
“To the Filipino Youth”, but it is
passionate in feeling.
 Two things brought some measure of cheer to the
despondent Rizal as he was preparing for his trip to
Madrid:

1. The summertime festival of Belgium

2. His romance with Suzanne She cried
when he left toward the end of July,
1890 for Madrid, stopping for a few
days in Paris.
THE END