Kindness represents a hero. By using kindness, Rizal brought us independence.
I have just finished reading Dr. Jose Rizal Biography, and I end this reading inside the very center of my existence with a very riptide of painful reflections; a riptide from which Jose Rizal’s genuinely brilliant figure appears. He was a hero of unlimited potential, a heroic soul, and today he is indeed the inspiration of the young generation who will one day become a hero.
I have been reading with a deep curiosity about the biography of Rizal. The spirit of a hopeless idealist breathes beneath those condensed annotations, more so than what is contained in the rhetorical embodiments of his fictitious characters in his novels; wherein later these same desires emerge. Rizal was a fearless idealist and a novelist. He allowed the essence of his poet to show himself throughout his existence, not just in the harmonic nature of his writings, but in his entire work, and most of all in the poetry that was his happiness. He was flooded with poetry, with religious zeal, with his love for his country, the Philippines. He declared his patriotism a spirituality. It’s indeed clear that this topic that I am going to talk about further. He loved Spain, with poetry and devotion. And those who do not appreciate or respect poetry and religion have driven him to death.
His accomplishments were his novels and writings, the heroism of Rizal is a writer’s heroism
As a poet, Rizal was a hero of thought, not a man of action, but a master of an act of thought. Jose Rizal wrote about the Spaniards government’s oppressive and unjust actions. c In Spain, Rizal wrote his socio-historical novel Noli me Tangere (1887), representing the misery and revolt of his countrymen under Spaniard's colonization totalitarianism. His second novel could become a spark for Filipino people to rebel against the Spaniards and to topple the colonial government. His two most popular books, Noli me tangere, and El Filibusterismo were about how his people were abused by Spaniards. By publishing these books, Jose may have faced harassment, but he kept writing them anyway. Rizal’s writing made the Filipino people understand that Spaniards rule was oppressive. He provided examples of how the Spanish forced their people to struggle and explained that change would emerge.
Rizal was loyal to sticking with his country and serving it. He seemed to have no fear to the Spaniards, and he was courageous enough to return to the Philippines at the risk of being arrested. “Rizal returned to the Philippines in 1892 against the advice of his parents and friends and established a peaceful reform society, La Liga Filipina (Philippine League), in Manila and was immediately deported in July 1892 to Dapitan, Mindanao. “In 1892, Rizal returned to the Philippines, believing he wanted to be in the country to make progress” (“Jose Rizal”.Bio). Although his friends and family strongly urged him to stay away from the Philippines, he was too dedicated to listening to his country. sHe truly supports his country, he wanted to be with his country, and nothing was going to deter him from returning. His supporters and other revolutionaries pressed ever harder for independence from Spain, even after Jose Rizal was executed. “Rizal’s public execution was carried out in Manila on December 30, 1896, when he was 35 years old. His execution created more opposition to Spanish rule” (“Jose Rizal”.Bio).
His death motivated Filipino revolutionaries to resume their battle for freedom from Spaniards. Even after his extinction, the ideology and rhetoric of Jose Rizal were so powerful, he was honored by the Filipino people and maintained his legacy by pressing for freedom. While he died, his ideals and teachings did not. After Rizal, other Filipino revolutionaries fought even harder for freedom. In the Philippines, Jose Rizal was committed and eager to bring change into action. He worked diligently to let his people know about Spaniard's totalitarian regime. That’s why he carries the renowned tag of hero for his overflowing selflessness and bravery.
He didn’t care about the pain he was going to suffer because of his poetry, he just cared about his men.” I have endeavored to answer the calumnies which for centuries had been heaped on us and our country; I have described the social condition, the life, our beliefs, our hopes, our desires, our grievances, our griefs; I have unmasked hypocrisy which, under the guise of religion, came to impoverish and to brutalize us”. I may not be like him who did many things in this country, I may not know what the meaning of becoming a Filipino youth would be if he is not a Filipino.
When I was in grade school my teacher asked me “Who’s our national hero?” It’s “Jose Rizal, of course,” yet I don’t have any finer understanding of him. Now that I am a fully grown person, through his journey, I have been able to determine what I have to do and what I can do. I may not be as honorable as him, but I can still create a legacy for my family and community, and most of all to other Filipino youth, using him as an inspiration. No change is possible without education and independence, which are the land and the sun of man; no measure will provide the desired outcome (Filipinos’ Indolence-La Solidaridad). As far as what he thinks of it, I believe education very essential.
“He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never reach his destination.” (Jose Rizal) This quote is related to the tag, for most Filipinos know what it means, but for those who do not, it is a public declaration of the patriotism of a Filipino to be aware of people guided by this one man to independence. Pinoy Pride was launched by him. I am proud Pinoy, because of this man gifts, and he used them to the highest standards of his excellence, not just for his dream, but for his entire country, selflessly and peaceful resistance, to the best of his capacity, and I feel that we all have the same ability to inspire a whole country. He’s a remarkable man. He reached his destination by remembering where he came from, and it’s a belief he held strong and close to his heart obviously for his whole life. The way he dedicated himself selflessly to the welfare of his country is what made him a hero in my eyes not only in my eyes but also for the eyes of Filipino people.