Why Rizal became a hero ?

Rizal became a National Hero because he passed the criteria by being a

National Hero during the American period.
1. He must be a Filipino.
2. He is already dead.
3. He displayed unconditional love for his country.
4. He has low temper.
5. He had died dramatically.
More Information:
First of all we should clarify the meaning of a hero to make it quite simple to
understand how Rizal became one. A hero symbolizes goodness. Rizal gave
us freedom by using goodness. Jose Rizal became the Philippine national hero
because he fought for freedom in a silent but powerful way. He expressed his
love for the Philippines through his novels, essays and articles rather than
through the use of force or aggression. He was a very amazing person at his
time. He was humble, fighting for reforms through his writings instead of
through a revolution. He used his intelligence, talents and skills in a more
peaceful way rather than the aggressive way.

Spanish period to our present education system

The friars controlled the educational system during the Spanish times. They
owned different schools, ranging from the primary level to the tertiary levels
of education. The missionaries took charge in teaching, controlling and
maintaining the rules and regulations imposed to the students. These
missionaries emphasized the teachings of the Catholic religion starting from
the primary level to the tertiary level of education. The students in the
primary level were taught the Christian Doctrines, the reading of Spanish
books and a little of the natives' language. Science and Mathematics were
not very much taught to the students even in the universities. Aside from the
Christian Doctrines taught, Latin was also taught to the students instead of
Spanish. For this reason, the Filipinos became followers to the Spaniards in
their own country. Even auspicious Filipinos became cronies, to the extent
that even their life styles were patterned from the Spaniards. One of the
goals of the ilustrado was to be in the same level with the proud Spaniards.
The growing number of ilustrados in the Philippines maybe considered one of
the major effects of education by the Spaniards in the Philippines.

Revolts against the Spanish government

There are many reasons why Filipinos revolted against Spain, and on far
many different occasions. First of all, Spain never did treat the Flipinos as
equal and the fact that they subjected them to unfair taxation while not
giving them representation and redress for grievances. The justice system
was unfair and corrupt, and forced labor were imposed on some sections of
the country. I say in some sections of the country because the Philippines is a
large archipelago of more than 7,000 islands. These revolts largely failed
because of the geographical condition of the country fragmented into many
different islands(largest island is Luzon). The Filipinos largely lacked arms,
lack of command training beyond company size groups. They suffer logistical
difficulties and basic organization, plus communications afield to make it a
truly unified resistance.

To My Fellow Children
As Rizal wanted us to love our language because it is one of the portent
symbolizing our Filipino emblem. Rizal's main point of view of writing the
poem To my Fellow Children, is to uplift the spirit of the Filipinos in adoring
our own language because loving and using of one's native tongues was one
of the badges of a true patriot. Loving your own language led to the
fulfillment of the liberty Filipinos were hungry for. Being the youth in today's
era, we must hand in hand corroborate what Rizal believed us to be, that we
are the hopes our motherland. Before being our nation's pride and
representing the Philippines, one should begin at the very start. Patronizing
and inculcating in our soul and mind our language. For language is not only a
communication tool but the expression of one's identity, of one's individual
and social consciousness. Without a common identity, there could be no real
sense of nationhood. Most importantly, Filipino, or native tongue is a very
valuable possession of our own country that Filipinos must be really proud of.

The story of the moth

In the poem The Lesson of The Moth, Don Marquis tells a story of a moth,
an insect that have a strange habit of being attracted to the bright light. The
story is being told by a fictional cockroach named Archy who is reincarnated
author. The cockroach finds the moth trying to break into a light bulb to get
the light inside; when he asks why he is doing this, the moth gives an
incredibly profound statement: It is better to be a part of beauty for one
instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of
beauty. (Marquis 188). To me, that is almost what life is about. If we do not
have a real reason to live, then it all seem rather pointless. One of the major

symbols in the poem is the flame in which the moth is willing to die for. It
implies that there are things that certain people are willing to do even if it
may cost them their lives. The cockroach in the poem represents all the
people who live their lives very carefully to ensure a long one. The moth
symbolizes all the people who don't. Both the views of the cockroach and the
moth are trying to accomplish the same thing: a better life. The cockroach
wishes to live his life with half of the happiness but twice as long, while the
moth, on the opposite, would rather live its life to the fullest even if it means
to be cut short.