CHAPTER 1: SOMETHING TO REMEMBER: EXECUTION A town described in Noli that is believed to
OF GOMBURZA be a prototype of Kalamba
GomBurZa Guilty of treason as instigators of Cavite mutiny (Feb 15, 1872) CHAPTER 3: A CHILD OF GOOD FAMILY Death (Feb 17, 1872) Birth details Saldua June 19, 1861 Gomez 11-12 o’clock at night Zamora Difficult delivery Burgos ( I AM INNOCENT) Family Burgos and Zamora (insulares) 7 of 11 children (Concha- child who died Gomez (Chinese half-breed) when Jose was 4) Not the end of an insurrection but a Saturnina declaration of war Paciano Bagumbayan Narcisa Where the execution took place Olimpia Lucia CHAPTER 2: THE PRINCIPALES Maria Rizal’s father’s and mother’s sides had been people of Jose substance and influence well above the average of their Concepcion times. Josefa Mother side (Alonso) Trinidad Manuel de Quintos Soledad Maternal Grandfather – lawyer in Manila Younger of two boys Lorenzo Alberto Alonso Story of the moth and the fire Father- Phil. Deputy in the Cortes; I envied the insects that fluttered round Teacher of Teodora its splendour and was not at all Jose frightened when some fell dead into the Brother- Europe educated; spoke oil. German, English, Spanish & French Education Father side (Mercado) 9 yrs old- Binang Mercado means market Justiniano Aquino Cruz, schoolmaster Shifted from agriculture to modest Barbarous methods of instruction were participation in local politics seen in Noli when Ibarra proposed for a Rizal modern schoolhouse in his town, San Too many Mercados unrelated to the family Diego. of Jose so Rizal was added Leandro, aunt’s grandson, pushed him It means a field where wheat, cut while still into the river and Jose almost drowned. green, sprouts again Small for his age; tented to compensate Rizal’s nationalism with self-assertiveness in the form of Rationalist, anti-racist and anti-clerical intellectual superiority. Leon Monroy Left Binang (Dec 17, 1870) Private tutor; former classmate of Rizal’s Ateneo father He was almost denied admission b/c of San Diego his weak constitution & short stature. He took up fencing CHAPTER 4: RELIGION, RACE AND RHETORIC Spirit: classical humanities/arts of Secondary schools in Manila human culture San Jose Seminary Method: memory and understanding Dominican College of San Juan de Letran Faith and piety Ateneo Municipal Jose was a pious child. Entrance examination in Ateneo Municipal Leader in the Sodality and the Apostolate of June 10, 1872 Prayer Subjects Christian doctrine Arithmetic Reading Certain difficulties Term had already began Minister was dubious about Rizal’s health Solved by Paciano enlisting the help of the nephew of Father Burgos Jesuit curriculum Six-year course Christian doctrine Spanish, Latin, Greek, French World geography & history History of Spain & Phil Mathematics, Science Poetry, rhetoric, philosophy First year Awarded w/ only an accesit meaning among the leaders but not top of his class He visited his mother, who was still prison at the time Lodged w/ a spinster who owed his family Second year Won a medal Moved in Dona Pepay’s boarding house, in the Walled City Third year He moved once again to a boarding-house where the landlord was very strict Influence of the Jesuits on Rizal Jesuit ratio studiorum A compilation of general principles and detailed instructions for teacher; a spirit and method Latin and Greek were taught to train the mind to think logically Ultimate Aim: Ad majorem Dei gloriam: for the greater glory of God