Idealism in the Poetry and letters

Presented By:Robbie Liza CaytilesMarie Gold TabuadaShena Jean Arcelon

Judy Ann Alfonso

A. Rizal’s quotable quotes

There can be no tyrants where are no slaves.

I wish to show those who deny us patriotism that we know how

to die for our country and convictions

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is, a man who does not think for himself to

be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led a

halter

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others

Filipinos don’t realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering and

redemption is product of sacrifice.

Youth is a flower-bed that is to bear rich fruit must accumulate wealth for its descendant

Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction

One only die once and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

All men are born equal, naked without bond. God did not create man to be slave, nor did he endow him

with intelligence to have him hoodwinked or adorn him with reason to have him deceived by others.

Without education and liberty which are the soil and the sun of man, no reform is possible, no measure can

give the result desired.

To foretell the destiny of a nation it is necessary to open the book that tells

of her past

I die when I see the dawn breakthrough the gloom of night to herald the day, and if color is lacking my blood though shall take

Pour ‘d out at need for thy dear sake, to dye with its crimson the walking ray ‘My

last farewell’.

B. Leading Poems

Sa Aking mga Kabata

He expressed his wish that native tongue should be cherished and enriched.

Kapag ang baya’y sadyang umibigSa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit

Sariling kalaya’ay nais rin magamitKatulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid

Rizal scorns those who refused to love their native language when he said:

Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika

Higit pa and amoy sa malansang isda

He expressed his wish that the native tongue should be cherished and enriched: Kaya’t and marapat pagyamaning kusaNa katulad sa inang tunay na nagpadala

He expressed his wish that the native tongue should be cherished and enriched: Kaya’t and marapat pagyamaning kusaNa katulad sa inang tunay na nagpadala

Apparently Rizal at an early age already felt that some of his countrymen have developed a colonial mentality to the prejudice of our native languages.

Ang wikang tagalog tulad sa latin,Sa ingles, kastila at salitang anghel

Sapagkat ang poong maalam tumingin

Ang siyang naggawad,nagbigay sa atin

Ang salita nati’y huwad rin sa ibaNa may alfabeto at sariling letraKaya nawala’y dinatnan ng signosAng lumbay sa lawa noong daking

una.

Education gives Luster to the Motherhood

He pictured education as the foundation of knowledge which gives endless glory:

Wise education, vital breathInspires an enchanting virtueShe puts the country in the lofty

setaOf endless glory, of dazzling glow

Through wise education, the youth is directed along the path of righteousness and goodness:

It break’s immorality’s neckContemptible crime before it is

halted;It humbles barbarous nationsAnd it makes of savages champion

For the Filipino youth

He urged the youth to develop their talents and find out what genius would be proclaimed through out the world for having served the country:

Run for genius sacred flameAwaits the artist’s crowningSpreading far and wide the fameThrough out the sphere

proclaimingWith trumpet the mortal’s name

For the Flowers of Heidelberg

Rizal found the inspiration in the beauty of the blooming flowers and fragrance of the woods.

When upon the shore you alight,

The kiss on you I pressPlace it on the wings of

breezeThat is may go with its flight

Hymn to Labor

Teach us ye the laborious workTo pursue your footsteps we wish,For tomorrow when country calls usWe may able your task t finish.

For the labor of man sustainsFamily home and Motherland

My Retreat

It is my faithful friend, which hurts me ne’erWhich when it sees me and always consoles my solesWhich in my sleepless night watches me with pray’rWith me, and my exile dwells in my sylvan lairIt alone infuses me with faith when I’m doubt by all

The Song of the Traveler

Perhaps in desert a grave he’ll findOf tranquility a refuge sweet;Unremembered of his country and the worldHe’ll rest in peace after suffering great

The Song of the TravelerGo traveler proceed on your wayIn your own native land a stranger thou art;Leave thou to others the songs of loveTo others the joys; you again depart.Go , traveler, don’t turn back your face for no one shall weep s you say adieuGo traveler and down your sorrows all,For your grief the world simply mocks at you.

Farewell, parents, brothers, beloved by meFriends of my childhood, in the home distressed;Give thanks that now I rest from the wearisome dayFarewell, sweet stranger, my friend who brightened my way.

My Last Farewell

C. The Unfinished Novel

Makamisa is an unfinished novel written by Jose Rizal.

The novel has only one chapter. It runs only for ten pages and is handwritten with orthographic ancillary glyphs.

Although written in a different language , its style, characterization and setting mirror those of Rizal’s two previous works, Noli me tangere and El Filibusterismo which he wrote in Spanish.

The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth Ocampo in 1987 while he was going through a 245-page collection of papers.

This draft was written in pure vernacular tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of inscription.

D. Letter of Jose Rizal to young women of

Malolos:

Summary and Analysis

  “To the Young Women of Malolos” is an essay written by Jose Rizal while he was in London upon the request of Marcelo H. Del Pilar December 12, 1888, a group of 20 young women of Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to open a night school so that they might study Spanish under Teodoro Sandiko.

Fr. Felipe Garcia objected their plan so, the governor-general turned down the petition. However, the women still continued their petition of the school and they succeeded in obtaining government approval in a condition that Señorita Guadalupe Reyes should be their teacher. Del Pilar (who was in Barcelona) wrote to Rizal (who was in London) on February 17, 1889, requesting to send a letter in Tagalog to the brave women ofMalolos. Rizal sent the letter to Del Pilar on February 22, 1889for transmittal to Malolos.

Fr. Felipe Garcia objected their plan so, the governor-general turned down the petition. However, the women still continued their petition of the school and they succeeded in obtaining government approval in a condition that Señorita Guadalupe Reyes should be their teacher. Del Pilar (who was in Barcelona) wrote to Rizal (who was in London) on February 17, 1889, requesting to send a letter in Tagalog to the brave women ofMalolos. Rizal sent the letter to Del Pilar on February 22, 1889for transmittal to Malolos.

Rizal pays homage to 20 women of Malolos who desire to educate themselves. In this way, Rizal sees in these women a ray of hope in restoring the Filipino women’s dignity and worth. Rizal emphasizes the importance of Filipino mothers Rizal refers to different women in society: mothers, daughters, wives and even the unmarried ones.