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AN OVERVIEW/SUMMARY OF RIZAL LIFE WORK AND WRITINGS
I. CHAPTER VI: IN SUNNY SPAINA. SECRET MISSION
a. Was to observe keenly the life and culture, languages and
customs, industries andcommerce, and government and laws of the
European nations in order to prepare himself
in the mighty task of liberating his oppressed people from
Spanish tyranny.
b.Rizals departure for Spain was kept secret to avoid detection
by the Spanish authorities andthe friars
c. SECRET DEPARTURE FOR SPAIN PERSONS WHO KNOWS RIZALS
DEPARTUREi. Paciano ii. Antonio Rivera iii. Jesuit Fathers iv.
Close Friends
d. Jose Mercado: Rizal used this name; a cousin from Bian
e. May 3, 1882 - Rizal departed on board the Spanish streamer
Salvadora bound for
Singapore
B. SINGAPORE
a. Donato Lecha much more refined than his other countrymen and
colleagues that Ihave met.
b. May 8, 1882- while the steamer was approaching Singapore,
Rizal saw a beautiful island,
fascinated byits scenic beauty, he rememberedTalimIsland with
the Susong Dalaga
c. May 9, 1882- the Salvadora docked at Singapore
d. Hotel de la Paz- Rizal registered here and spent two days on
a sightseeing soiree of the city, which
was a colony of England
C. FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
a.In Singapore, Rizal transferred to another ship Djemnah, a
French steamer, which left Singapore for
Europe on May 11, 1882
b.May 17, 1882- Djemnah reached Point Galle, a seacoast town in
southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
c.Rizal wrote on his travel diary:
The general appearance of Point Galle is picturesque but lonely
andquiet and at the same time sad
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d. Colombo - capital of Ceyloni. Colombo is more beautiful,
smart and elegant than Singapore, Point Galle and
Manila
e. Africai. inhospitable land butfamous
f. Aden - city hotter than Manilag. Aden - city hotter than
Manilah. Suez Canal- canal which built by Ferdinand de Lesseps
(French diplomat-engineer) which was
inaugurated on November 17, 1869
i. Port Said - the Mediterranean terminal of the Suez Canal
D. NAPLES AND MARSEILLESa. June 11, 1882 - Rizal reached
Naples-Rizal was pleased on this Italian city because of its
business activity, its lively people, and its panoramic beautyb.
Night of June 12, 1882 - the steamer docked at the French harbor of
Marseillesc. Rizal visited the famous Chateau dIf, where Dantes,
hero of the Count of Monte Cristo,
was imprisoned
d. Rizal stayed two and a half days in MarseillesE.
BARCELONA
a. Afternoon of May 15, 1882b. Rizal left Marseilles by train
for the last lap of his trip to Spainc. Rizal crossed the Pyrenees
and stopped for a day at the frontier town of Port Boud. June 16,
1882- Rizal finally reached his destinationBarcelonae. Rizals first
impression of Barcelona, the greatest city of Catalua and Spains
second
largest city, wasunfavorable
f. Las Ramblas -the most famous street in Barcelonag. Amor
Patrio (Love of Country)
i. - nationalistic essay, Rizals first article written on Spains
soil-under his pen-name
Laong Laan, appeared in print in Diariong Tagalog on August 20,
1882-it was published in
two textsSpanish and Tagalogthe Spanish text was the one
originally written by Rizal
in Barcelona, the tagalog text was a Tagalog translation made by
M.H. del Pilar
h. Basilio Teodoro Moran - a friend of Rizal in Manila and the
publisher of Diariong Tagalogwhere Rizal sent this article
i. Diariong Tagalog- the first Manila bilingual newspaper
(Spanish and Tagalog)j. Los Viajes (Travels) - Rizals second
article for Diariong Tagalogk. Revista de Madrid (Review of
Madrid)
i. - Rizals third article written in Madrid on November 29, 1882
but returned to him
because the Diariong Tagalog had ceased publication for lack of
funds
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l. Rizal received sad news about the cholera that was ravaging
Manila and the provincesaccording to Pacianos letter, dated
September 15, 1882
m. Another sad news from the Philippines was the chatty letter
of Chengoy recounting theunhappiness of Leonor Rivera
n. In one of his letters (dated May 26, 1882), Paciano advised
his younger brother to finishthe medical course in Madrid
o. Rizal left Barcelona in the fall of 1882 and established
himself in Madrid, the capital ofSpain
F. SAD NEWS FROM HOMEa. Spread of Cholera that was ravaging
Manila and other provincesb. Leonor Rivera was getting thinner
because of an absence of a loved one.
G. LIFE IN MADRIDa. He enrolled at UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID
(Central University of Madrid)
b. 2 courses enrolled (MEDICINE, PHILOSOPHY & LETTERS)
c. Took lessons at the Academy of San Carlos (Painting &
Sculpture)
d. He also took private lessons in (GERMAN, FRENCH &
ENGLISH)
H. THEY ASKED ME FOR VERSES
a. Rizal joined the CIRCULO HISPANO - FILIPINO which is a
society of Spaniards and Filipino.
Rizal was requested to create a poem which was declaimed upon
December 31, 1882.
I. RIZAL AS LOVER OF BOOKS
a. SEOR ROCES owner of store where Rizal purchased 2nd hand
books
b. Rizal was deeply affected by BEELCHESS STOWES UNCLE TOMS
CABIN & EUGENE SUES THE
WONDERIGN JEW.
c.Rizal also visited PARIS for the first time and he said that
PARIS IS THE COSTLIEST CAPITAL IN
EUROPE.
