Life and Works of Rizal

MI ULTIMO ADIOS

 MY LAST FAREWELL

 ANG AKING HULING PAALAM

 RIZAL DID NOT INCRIBE A TITLE TO HIS POEM

 MARIANO PONCE TITLED IT MI ULTIMO

PENSAMIENTO
 DR. JOSE PROTACIO MERCADO RIZAL ALONZO Y
REALONDA

 IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE EVE OF HIS EXECUTION

ON DECEMBER 30,1896 IN FORT SANTIAGO

 IT IS WRITTEN AS A FINAL STATEMENT TO HIS

FELLOW FILIPINO COUNTRYMEN
FIRST STANZA: THE PATRIOT

- SAYS HIS FINAL FAREWEKK TO HIS NATIVE LAND,

DESCRIBING IT AS ‘ PEARL OF THE ORIENT SEAS,
OUR EDEN LOST.”

- HE SAYS THAT HE IS GIVING HIS ‘FADED’ LIFE FOR

HIS COUNTRY, AND EVEN IF HE WERE YOUNGER,
‘BRIGHTER AND MORE BLEST HE WOULD STILL BE
WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE IN THIS CAUSE”
 This poem was one of the last notes he wrote before
hisdeath; another that he had written was found in
hisshoe but because the text was illegible, its
contentsremains a mystery.

 Through this poem, Rizal was giving his last message

tohis countrymen. For him, offering his life was the
bestway he could show his love for the country. Even he
wasgoing to die, he was not resentful instead he
challengedeach of the Filipinos to serve and love our
country.Heencouraged the youth to continue to dream
and fulfill it
Political Impact

 The American colonizers who followed the

Spaniardsregarded the Filipino people as barbarians lacking
ineducation and civilization to run their own country. Butwhen
U.S. Representative Henry Cooper recited thepoem before
the U.S. House of Representatives when hewas lobbying for
Philippine self-government, his fellowcongressmen
recognized the Philippine hero's brillianceand were moved to
enact the Philippine Bill of 1902(renamed Jones Law)

 It inflamed the masses against the tyranny of theSpanish

overlords
ACTIVITY

Instructions: Read Rizal's poem, Mi Ultimo Adios(My

Last Farewell), written on the eve of his execution.
Write n analysis of the message Rizal wanted to
convey through literary pieces. Consider the existing
social circumstances when it was written and
determine its historical significance.