PI 10 F-6R Reaction Paper #2 J.P Rizal, the Univocal National Hero Venerating Jose Rizal for a reason Veneration with Understanding by Armand J. Malay is an eye opener. It revealed me the truth about revering Jose Rizal. It also helped me realize the faux information on Prof. Constantinos Veneration without Understanding. It almost duped me. I was about to believe on what he had written on his thesis. After I read his work, I started to question Rizals title as the national hero. The argument that Prof. Constantino had presented was quite convincing and so I agreed with him. But later on I realized that Rizal really deserves to be venerated since he had done great things which are very crucial in the Philippine history. Jose Rizals achievements and noble qualities are the reason why people admire him and consider him as a model. I venerate Rizal not because he is the said national hero but because he is an undisputable national hero. Rizals precious works on literacy and Rizal himself are still alive in most hearts of the Filipino people until today. He showed the genuine heroism. He is incomparable to any other Filipino heroes and that makes him on top. Prof. Constantinos senseless criteria of a national hero Prof. Constantino is one of the detractors of Jose Rizal. He is a duper and a dupe also and I was close in letting myself to get duped by him. Jose Rizal is definitely not the ideal hero of Prof. Constantino. Prof. Constantino made a criteria of his own hero. He set up a criterion of revolutionary leadership as the one that would govern the choice of a national hero. Jose Rizal did not lead or join the revolution and so Prof. Constantino do not classify Rizal as the national hero. Moreover, Constantino complained that Rizals becoming the national hero was because of American sponsorship, and that Rizals patriotic works reflected his ilustrado background. He also questioned Rizal as national hero because Rizal is a propagandist who chose Spain as his struggle of arena instead of staying in his country doing such reforms. Rizals pedestal as the national hero of the Philippines is indeed unquestionable. It is the criteria set by Prof. Constantino which are doubtful. It was based only on his ignorant opinion. This was justified by Sir Armando Malay. Continued veneration of Rizal is not only deserved but understood It is fact that Jose Rizal did not lead or join the revolution but obviously he was the reason in the beginning of the revolution. Rizals works on literacy awaken the hearts of the Filipinos and from that they united to undergone revolution. I agreed to Mr. Malay that Totality of achievements is a better criterion, and by this criterion, Rizal stands head and shoulders above all. Mr. Malay has a great argument which contradicts Prof. Constantinos opinion. It was explained well and I could not disagree from him. He reacted on Prof. Constantinos complain about Rizals being national hero is an American sponsorship. Mr. Malay opposed it in a factual way. He said that Jose Rizal was already honored by the Philippine revolutionary government which is before the arrival of the Americans. All the complains of Prof. Constantino was explained well in the article. After reading the Veneration with Understanding, I got a stronger stand in venerating Jose Rizal. This article has helped me clear the questions regarding Rizal as the national hero. Starting now, I will not allow myself to be duped by the detractors.
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