BACKGROUND

Pangalan: Apolinario Mabini y Maranan

Palayaw: Pule
Araw at Lugar ng Kapanganakan: July 22/23, 1864 sa Talaga, Tanuan,
Batangas
Mga Paaralan at Tinapos:
1881: Won a partial scholarship to Colegio de San Juan de Letran at 17 y/o
Bachelors Degree at opisyal na pagkilala bilang Professor of Latin (1887) Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Abogasya - University of Santo Tomas
Went into legal profession in order to defend poor people
Took him 6 years to complete his law degree (earned it at 30 y/o)
Clever and studious
Worked while studying
Place in the family: second of eight siblings
Brains of the Revolution
Sublime Paralytic -Early in 1896, Apolinario Mabini contracted polio, which
left his legs paralyzed
WHY IS HE A HERO?
Bayani sa tatlong perpektibo:
1. Pilipino
- Brains of the Revolution
- Kalayaan
- Joined La Liga Filipina, for the purpose of the reform movement
Known as the Brains of the Revolution
Freedom, what we Filipinos always desired in that era, he always
fought for it despite being a cripple
2. May Kapansanan
- Nagpapatuloy ay buhay
-Katalinuhan > Kapansanan
- Malayo ang nararating
-Shows an image that life continues after being afflicted with polio
Cripples can compensate for their disabilities with intelligence, and
they can work just as hard
-Cripples should never be underestimated, the Spanish underestimated
Mabini and look what he did
-Even if life is short and coincidentally youre also a cripple, you can
still achieve a lot in your life
3. Dayuhan
-Pagiging makabayan
- Pagsisilbi sa kapwa
ANECDOTES:

1.) Ayon sa isang diyaryo bago ang digmaan, nangarap siyang sumayaw.
(Nagpaturo kay: Agapito Villanuave, Musika ni: Rafael Lozada)
- It was revealed in a pre-war newspaper that Mabini once had the interest
to learn about dancing. To learn the skill, he sought the help of Agapito
Villanueva and the guitar music was provided by a mathematician named
Rafael Lozada.
2.) Inapi ng isang propesor mula sa Colegio de San Juan de Letran dahil sa
kasootan at kapansanan
-An anecdote of Mabinis stay at Colegio de San Juan de Letran says that a
professor once tried to pick on him after seeing his ragged and untidy
clothing. Mabini left his professor entranced after answering a series of
complex and difficult questions at ease.
3.) Nagtrabho siya bilang isang kasambahay sa isang mayamang pamilya
- Ang Bayaning Kasambahay An anecdote about Pules (Mabinis
nickname) experience working for a rich family as a house boy.
PAGKAMATAY
Araw ng pagkamatay: May 13, 1903
Edad: 38 y/o
Dahilan: Cholera
- When the United States announced that it would annex the Philippines,
Mabini joined Aguinaldo in a renewed struggle for independence. American
forces captured Mabini on December 10, 1899. For awhile, Mabini lived under
house arrest. Refusing to submit to American authority, Mabini continued to
write inflammatory tracts against the occupying power. The American
government exiled Mabini to Guam in 1901. During his long exile, Apolinario
Mabini wrote La Revolucion Filipina, a memoir. Worn down and sickly, fearing
that he would die in exile, Mabini finally agreed to take the oath of allegiance
to the US. On February 26, 1903, Mabini returned to the Philippines. Mabini
continued to speak and write in support of Philippine independence over the
next several months. He fell ill with cholera, which was rampant in the
country after years of war, and died on May 13, 1903. Apolinario Mabini was
only 38 years old.