4. Theme:
Despite the defects of the Spanish
system of elementary education,
Rizal was able to acquire the
necessary instruction preparatory
for college work in Manila and
abroad.
8. Theme:
As a tutor, Doῆa Teodora was
patient, conscientious, and
understanding. It was her
who first discovered that
her son had a talent for
poetry.
9. Theme:
As Jose grew older, his
parents employed
private tutors to give
him lessons at home.
10. Theme:
At the age of 8 Jose
wrote a tagalog poem
entitled “ Sa aking mga
Kababata”.
19. Theme:
At the first day of Rizal in
Biῆan School, Paciano brought
his younger brother to the
school of Maestro Justiniano
Aquino Cruz, Rizal’s first formal
teacher.
20. Theme:
The school was in the house
of the teacher, which was a
small nipa hut about 30
meters from the home of
Jose’s aunt.
21. Theme:
Jose met the bully,
Pedro. He was angry at
this bully for making fun
of him during his
conversation with the
teacher in the morning.
22. Theme:
Jose challenged Pedro to a
fight. The latter readily
accepted thinking thar he
could easily beat the
Calamba boy who was
smaller and younger.
23. Theme:
Jose, learned the art of
wrestling from his athletic Tio
Manuel, and successfully
defeated the bigger boy. For
this feat, he became popular
among his classmate.
24. Theme:
A classmate named Andres
Salandanan challenged him to
an arm-wrestling match.Jose,
having the weaker arm, lost and
nearly cracked his head on the
sidewalk
25. Theme:
There was a painter named,
Juancho, who was a father-in-
law of the school teacher. Jose,
lured by his love of painting,
spent many leisure hours at the
painter’s studio.
26. Theme:
Old, Juancho freely gave
him lessons in drawing and
painting. He was impressed
by the artistic talent of the
Calamba lad.
27. Theme:
Jose and his classmate, Jose
Guevarra, who also koved
painting became apprentices of
the old painter. They improved
their art, so that in due time
they became “ the favorite
painter in the class”.
33. Theme:
The Spanish authorities, in order to
liquidate father Mariano Gomez,
Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora,
leaders of the secular movement to
Filipinize the Philippine parishes, and
their supporters magnified and
failed mutiny into a “ revolt” for
Philippine independence.
34. Theme:
Despite the archbishop’s plea
for clemency because of their
innocence, they were
executed at sunrise, February
17, 1872 by order of Gov.
Gen. Izquierdo.
35. Theme:
The martyrdom was deeply
mourned by the Rizal family
and many other patriotic
families in the Philippines.
36. Theme:
With the help of the heroic story
shared by his older brother
paciano, the martyrdom of Gom-
Bur-Za in 1872 truly inspired
Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish
tyranny and redeem his
oppressed people.
37. Theme:
In 1891 Jose dedicated
his second novel El
Filibusterismo to
GOMBURZA. It was
publish in Ghent.
39. Theme:
Doῆa Teodora, was arrested on a
malicious charge that she aided
her brother Jose Alberto in trying
to poison his wife. To cover the
family scandal, she persuaded
him to forgive his wife.
40. Theme:
The Family’s trouble was amicably
settled. However, the evil wife, with
the connivance of the Spanish
lieutenant of the Guardia Civil, filed
a case in court accusing her husband
and Donya Teodora of attempting to
poison her.
42. Theme:
Upon arrival, she was
incarcerated at the provincial
prison, where she languished for
two years and half until tha
Manila Royal Audencia acquitted
her of the alleged crime.
43. Theme:
Don Francisco de Mercaida
and don Manuel Mazano-
Most famous lawyer in
Manila defende Doῆa
Teodora in court.
44. Theme:
After 2 ½ years the Manila
Royal Audiencia ( Supreme
Court) acquitted Doῆa
Teodora of the alleged
crime.
