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Rizal was a Filipino nationalist hero who fought against Spanish colonial rule through his writing. He published two novels and a newspaper to share his views on the oppression of the Filipino people under Spanish dominance and to advocate for greater freedom and equality. As one of the leading voices of the Philippine reform movement, he demonstrated bravery and persistence in using his skills and platform to spread awareness of the troubles in the Philippines and convince others that Filipinos deserved independence, leading to his execution which further strengthened the people's resolve for democracy.

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Rizal was a Filipino nationalist hero who fought against Spanish colonial rule through his writing. He published two novels and a newspaper to share his views on the oppression of the Filipino people under Spanish dominance and to advocate for greater freedom and equality. As one of the leading voices of the Philippine reform movement, he demonstrated bravery and persistence in using his skills and platform to spread awareness of the troubles in the Philippines and convince others that Filipinos deserved independence, leading to his execution which further strengthened the people's resolve for democracy.

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Ericah C.

Gubi
BSED III-English

Jose Rizal: A national hero.” (What can I learn and imitate?)

In the life of Dr. Jose Rizal, you can see how brave he is. He has this
courage of fight for his rights and to overthrow the colonization of Spanish.
He inspires people to stand up for their country by his words. He felt that
everyone should have the freedom to be alive. Jose Rizal was the driving
force behind the campaign to free his country, the Philippines, from
Spanish rule. Rizal's noble qualities of wisdom, bravery, and persistence
allowed him to sacrifice everything in order to save his nation. He was a
smart man who wrote novels to share his opinions on the government and
published a newspaper to keep the public educated. “He continued his
doctoral studies in Paris and Heidelberg, and in 1886 published his novel
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), which represented the misery that his
fellow people had had to undergo during the years of Spanish dominance,”
writes Jose of his time in France.
Jose is explaining to the world how a nation can be ungrateful. Jose
uses his book as a background to the fact that a nation faces strict rule and
has minimal freedom, and serves the country of Spain and exposes it to as
many people as possible. “He went on to become a leading voice for the
Philippine reform movement, publishing articles for the Filipino propaganda
newspaper La Solidaridad in Barcelona,” writes Jose Rizal while in
Barcelona. He is demonstrating how he wanted the newspaper to be
written. Jose's experience of what's going on in the Philippines is put to
good use in his books, which depict the Philippines' troubles with Spain.
He's commitment to write in the newspaper will convince some that
Filipinos, like Spaniards, should be free and equal. Jose Rizal is a brilliant
man who publishes his thoughts in books and newspapers to demonstrate
his point of view.
He wrote two books, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, to
illustrate how Spain dominated the Philippines. He established the
Philippine League in order to establish the country's first reform party to
gain independence from Spain. He is known in Philippine history as the
founder of the country's first reform group; his death heightened the
people's determination to fight back in the fledgling democracy.

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