Rizal

Advent of a National Hero | RIZAL CHAPTER 1

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1. “What are you without your suit?” “A Genius, Billionaire, Playboy Philanthropist”

2. Engineer

3. Jose Protacio RizalMercado y Alonzo Realo

4. June 19, 1861 Wednesday MidnightJune 22, 1861 saturdayChristening

5. “Take good care of this child, for someday he will become a great man.”Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery - Governed the Philippines for a year. - Fostering the cultivation of cotton. - Established politico-military governmen

6. RIZAL PARENTS

7. • Born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818• Died in Manila on January 5,1898, at the age of 80.• Rizal called him “a model of fathers”

8. • Born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818• Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.• Moved to Calamba and became a tenant-farmer of Dominican-owned hacienda.• A hardy and independent mind, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit.• Died in Manila on January 5,1898, at the age of 80.• Based from his student memoirs, Rizal called him “a model of fathers”

9. • Doña Teodora• Born in Manila on November 8, 1826• Died in Manila on August 16, 1911, at the age of 85.

10. Teodora AlonsoRealonda (1826 - 1911)• Doña Teodora• Born in Manila on• Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well- known college for girls in the city.• A remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business ability, and fortitude of Spartan women.• Died in Manila on August 16, 1911, at the age of 85.

11. • Before her death, the Philippine government offered her a life pension. She courteously rejected saying: – “My family has never been patriotic for money. If the government has plenty of funds and does not know what to do with them, better reduce the taxes.”

12. • Rizal lovingly said of her: – “My mother is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I. She corrected my poems and gave me good advice when I was studying...