the filipino view of rizal

The Filipino View of Rizal

Issues Confronting Rizal: Rizal fathered Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler: He was not in Germany on April 28,1889 when Hitler was born. Stayed in Austria until 1887 He fathered a son by an Austrian chambermaid Just left a watch in Hotel Krebs in Leimeritz Rizal was the father of Mao Zedong Mao was born 1893 in Hunan. Rizal stayed in Hongkong and Macau up to 1892

Filipino View of Rizal

Rizal was a womanizer: His known relationships were : Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Rivera, Leonor

Valenzuela, Vicenta Ybardaloza, Consuelo Ortiga, Nelly Boustead, Suzanne Jacoby, Usui Seiko, Gertrude Beckett & Josephine Bracken

He avoided liaisions with women and only remained friends to them


Was Rizal deserving to be a national hero ? There are other national heroes like: Emilio Aguinaldo – Led the Philippines to independence but later pledged allegiance to the Americans He was part of the apparatus seeking collaboration

with the Japanese According to Mabini in his “ La Revoluccion Filipino,

Aguinaldo would have been the country’s greatest hero if he met a glorious death in a battle


Andres Bonifacio: He never won a single battle He sided with one faction of the

revolutionary movement Each hero has his ow unique contribution

to our country


Was Rizal an American made Hero? He never favored a revolution but a quiet evolutionary

process called education which some writers believe suited the Americans

Historian Esteban de Ocampo attributed the choosing of Rizal over all other heroes in the statement made by Governor William Taft

Rizal was considered the greatest national hero: General Emilio Aguinaldo declared December 30,1898 as “ a Day of Mourning for Rizal & other victims of the Philippine Revolution

Filipino view of Rizal

A simple monument erected in Daet, Camarines Norte : dedicated to Rizal: December 30, 1898

It bears the words: “ A Jose Rizal “, “ Noli me Tangere “ , El Filibusterismo “

Luneta , Manila : Rizal monument constructed in 1911 Hundreds of Rizal monuments constructed

throughout the Philippines One peso coin bearing Rizal’s face


Rizal was considered the Filipino “ Hamlet “

He sometimes favored revolution, sometimes to reforms

He predicted a revolution but feared its coming

He advocated first the inculcation of moral values among Filipinos


Rizal was elevated to the supernatural: Religious cults considered him as the

Tagalog Christ A Filipino Protestant church has his

statue in the place of worship The Santa Iglesia of Luzon believed in

Rizal as Christ

Foreign View of Rizal

Foreign view of Rizal: Indonesia and Malaysia – a few people named

after Rizal Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar

Ibrahim called Rizal a renaissance man “ Rizal monument erected in Xiamen, China Suehiro Techo translated Rizal’s Noli Me

Tangere” Representative Henry Allen Cooper quoted

Rizals’ “ Mi Ultimo Adios “ to disprove the belief that Filipinos are not barbarians or savages

Foreign View of Rizal

Berlin : a street named after Rizal: Jose Rizal Strabe

Spain built a replica of Rizal monument in Madrid and considered his execution as a mistake

Romania: Rizal was compared to its national poet: Mihai Eminescu

Latin America : Rizal seen as the equal of great men such as Cuba’s National Hero, Jose Marti and Chile’s Bernardo O’higins

Active members of the Knights of Rizal are Europeans

the filipino view of rizal

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