life and works of rizal

2. Rizal Secret Mission and
Departure for Spain
Rizal: Singapore and from
Singapore to Colombo

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Rizal: Singapore and from Singapore to Colombo

4. Rizal: Singapore and from Singapore to Colombo

5. Rizal: Singapore and from Singapore to Colombo

6. Rizal: Singapore and from Singapore to Colombo

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8. Rizal Secret Mission and Departure for Spain
JOSE RIZAL WAS A MAN WITH A PLAN, AND THAT PLAN
WOULD LEAD HIM TO HOP FROM ONE EUROPEAN NATION
TO ANOTHER
Rizal’s primary goal in leaving for Europe in
1882 was to complete his EDUCATION.

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His travel to Madrid
Rizal had to go through several countries by ship, which
included Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, and France
September 12, 1882
• Rizal arrived in Madrid
• He penned his very first essay "Amor Patria" in
Madrid

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1882
Rizal traveled to Madrid, where he would earn a
medical degree in 1884, Licentiate in the Medicine, and
a diploma in philosophy and letters in 1885
Before going to Madrid, had completed a course in
ophthalmology at the University of Santo Tomas

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Dr. Louis de Wecker
Renowned professional, well known for using a pair of scissors
in performing surgeries.
Rizal learned a lot from him

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Where Rizal Lived
• Calle Amor de Dios
• 50 pesos- allowance, further reduced to 35 pesos due to
bad harvest and increase in land rental.
• He lived with Vicente Gonzalez (old friend in ateneo) and
Marques de Pagong

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Parque del Buen Retiro
Rizal's favorite park in Madrid
This was also the site of the Exposición de Filipinas of 1887

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Where Rizal Studied
FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE MADRID C/ATOCHA
October 2, 1882 – June 21, 1884
He was not able to attain Doctor of medicine due to financial
problem
Finished degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters on June
19, 1885

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C/ ATOCHA
Was used as the office of publication of La Solidaridad (1889)
which served as the voice of Filipinos during their struggle against
the Spaniards
La Indolencia de los Filipinos
• His famous publication
(the lack of progress in the Philippines is due to the laziness of the
colonial subjects) due to factors such as the temperature and
climate

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Rizal's Secret Mission
to keenly observe the life and culture and
governmental laws of the European nations in order
to prepare himself in the mighty task of liberating
his oppressed people from Spanish tyranny.

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• He worked at the University Eye Clinic under esteemed
ophthalmologist Dr. Otto Becker
Pastor Karl Ullmer
• a Protestant pastor from a small town near Heidelberg
called Wilhelmsfeld
• Rizal's German friend and mentor
• He stayed with the Ullmers for around three months
Rizal in Heidelberg, Germany

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Finishing Noli Me Tangere
• Madrid, 1884
• Rizal had intended to co-write a novel with
friends Pedro Paterno, Maximo Viola
• He had to write the book himself. He had already
finished half of Noli Me Tangere in Madrid, so,
upon leaving Heidelberg, he planned to finish his
novel and have it published

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Leipzig, August 14, 1886
• He attended lectures conducted by a German
historian and a well-respected anthropologist
• Maximo Viola funded the Europe tour; Rizal toured
with Maximo Viola
• Rizal was able to finish Noli Me Tangere on February
21, 1887 and had it printed on March 21

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El Filibusterismo
• After the publication of Noli, he the preceeded his tour
with Viola and met his penpal Ferdinand Blumentritt
• He started annotating and copying by hand Antonio de
Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas — documentary
account of the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines

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El Filibusterismo
• He arrived in Ghent, Belgium
• He stayed with Philippine general Jose Alejandrino
• He wrote El Filibusterismo — ruminating on the
plight of the Filipinos at the hands of the Spaniards

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El Filibusterismo
• He finished El Fili in 1890, and dedicated it to three
martyr priests who were executed by the Spanish:
Marcelino Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto
Zamora.
• book was first published in Ghent in 1891

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Mission Complete
• With his European tour completed, Rizal made his
way to Hong Kong to practice ophthalmology
• fulfilled his primary mission to operate on his
mother’s eyes
• He returned to the Philippines in 1892 and
established a civic revolutionary group in La Liga
Filipina

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By the time he was arrested and sentenced
for execution by firing squad in 1896, he
was already widely recognized as a patriot
and a hero by Filipinos

25. Rizal: Singapore and
from Singapore to
Colombo