Reaction Paper Jose Rizal

We all know that Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, is our very own national hero. Hes also known as most venerated and acclaimed patriot in the Philippines recognized for his unselfish contribution in the historical and social transformation in the country, he is one of the National heroes of the Philippines together with Andres Bonifacio. He also writes El Filibusterismo and Noli me Tangere. Rizal as a child was a lover of a Literature arts and wrote a poem named Ang aking mga kabata . Rizal was born from wealthy Family in Calamba, Laguna and Seventh of eleven children of Francisco engracio Rizal and Teodora Alonzo Realonda de Quintos. Rizal had a Spanish and Japanese Ancestors. The grandfather and father of Teodora was a Half Spaniard engineer named Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo. His maternal great-great-grandfather was Eugenio Ursua, a descendant of Japanese settlers. The movie tells the life story of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. A three-hour epic on the life and struggles of his poet and patriotisms. It covers his life from his childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces occupying the Philippines in thbe late 19th century. The film also introduces as to the life of subjugation of the Filipino people under the rule of Spanish friars. From the execution of three Filipino priests in 1872 for alleged subversion to the harsh and unequal treatment of Filipino students in the schools. Theres this scene at the last part of the film when Rizal fell in the ground facing the sky, having his last breath looking at the beautiful sunrise a metaphor depicting that Rizal did not die in vain. He did not die for nothing. He did not die defeated. Rather he dies victorious because his death is the torch that lights Philippine independence, that ignites Philippine Revolution.

Arboso, Joy Marie G. MD1Y1-6 Mr. Jeremiah Dagcutan