Rizal Chapter 18 - 20

RIZAL

Chapter 18, 19 and 20

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French Riviera – real city in Biarritz where Rizal took a vacation Villa Eliada – winter residence of Boustead Family (Mr. Eduardo Boustead, Adelina, Nellie, Mrs. Boustead and Aunt Isabel) Biarritz – an ideal setting for romance • Romantic gardens • Delightful villas • Panoramic beauties Nagustuhan ni Rizal kay Nellie Boustead • He found her to be a real Filipina • Highly intelligent • Vivacious in temperament • Morally upright Rizal’s marriage proposal to Nelly failed because • He refused to give up his Catholic faith for Protestantism • Nelly’s mother did not like Rizal as a son-in-law Father Pablo Pastell – accused Rizal that he was a Protestant Rizal finished the manuscript of El Filibusterismo on his departure from Biarritz to Paris In Paris, Rizal stayed at the home of Valentin Ventura on 4 Rue de Chateaudum Rizal retired from the Propaganda Movement • He desired to publish his second novel • Practice his medical profession • Make more vigorous campaign Rizal finished the revisions of El Filibusterismo in Brussels In In In In

Calamba – Rizal begun writing Fili London – he made some changes in the plot and corrected some chapters Paris and Madrid – he wrote more chapters Biarritz – he finished the manuscript

Rizal took 3 years writing the Fili Rizal left Brussels for Ghent – a famous university city in Belgium • The cost of printing in Ghent is cheaper than in Brussels • To escape from the enticing attraction of Petite Suzanne F. Meyer-Van Loo Press – printing press who was willing to print Rizal’s El Fili Rizal pawned his jewels – to pay the down payment of the printing P200 – Rizal received money from Rodriguez Arias The printing of FIli was suspended (bakit???) – kasi wala ng funds si Rizal, hangga page 112 lang ang naprint

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Chapter 18, 19 and 20

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Valentin Ventura – savior of Fili, he sent Rizal funds, so the printing of Fili resumed (dati, si Maximo Viola ang savior ng Noli) Septmeber 18, 1891 – El Filibusterismo came off the press Rizal gave the original manuscript to Valentin Ventura La Publicidad – Barcelona Newspaper, published tribute about the Fili El Nuevo Regimen – Madrid Newspaper, serializes the novel 400 peseta – price of El FIli in Ghent Gomburza – dedication of Fili Errors of Rizal in his dedicatory note for Gomburza • Martyrdom of Gomburza is Feb 17, 1872 not 28th • Father Gomez was 73 yo not 85 • Father Burgos was 35 yo not 30 • Father Zamora was 37 not 35 279 pages – long sheets of paper of El Fili Two features of El FIli that did not appear in the book: • FOREWORD page • WARNING page Inscription of the title of Fili – written by Blumentritt Characters of Fili: • Simoun – he was Crisostomo Ibarra • Cabesang Tales – dispossessed of his land in Tiani by friars • Juli – daughter of Tales, sweetheart of Basilio • Macaraig – rich student and leader of Filipino students • Padre Millon – Dominican friar professor who teaches physics in UST • Placido Penitente – he was discontented with the poor method of instruction in university • Tandang Selo – grand father of Juli • Sandoval – Spanish student who supports the cause of Filipino student to propagate Spanish teaching • Pecson – agitates the teaching of Spanish • Cabesana Andang – mother of Placido Penitente • Pepay – pretty dancer and mistress of Don Custodio • Padre Fernandez – a good Dominican friar and friend of Isagani • Don Timoteo – father of Juanito Pelaez • Tano – son of Cabesang Tales, brother of Juli • Chichay – the silversmith who made the bridal earrings of Paulita Gomez El Fili characters in real life • Padre Florentino – father Leoncio Lopez, Rizal’s friend and priest of Calamba • Isagani – Vicente Ilustre, batangueno friend of Rizal in Madrid • Paulita Gomez – was Leonor Rivera

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Comparison of Noli and Fili • Noli is a romantic novel, it is a work of the heart, a book of feeling, it has freshness color, humor, lightness and wit • Fili is a political novel, it is a work of the head, a book of thought, it has bitterness, hatred, pain, violence and sorrow Fili is shorter than Noli, it has 38 chapters Rizal’s unfinished third Novel • He boarded steamer Melbourne bound for Hong Kong, he began writing the novel in Tagalog • In Hong Kong he continued it but did not finished • It consist of 44 pages, still in manuscript form Kamandagan – hero of Rizal’s third novel Rizal’s other unfinished novel • Makamisa – a novel in Tagalog, 20 pages • Dapitan – he wrote it during his exile in Dapitan, 8 pages • A novel in Spanish about life in Pili, Laguna, 147 pages, without title • Novel about Cristobal, 34 pages, no title Rizal’s reason for leaving Europe: • Life was unbearable in Europe because of his political differences with MH del Pilar and other Filipinos in Spain • To be near his idolized Philippines and family No 2 D’Aguilar Street, No 2 Rednaxola Terrace – residence of Rizal in Hong Kong Ophthalmic surgeon in Hong Kong – Rizal practiced medicine to earn a living Dr. Lorenzo Marques – Portuguese physician, helped Rizal to build up wide clientele Dr. Ariston Bautista Lin – sent Rizal a congratulatory letter and a book on Diagnostic Pathology (Dr. Virchow) and Traite Diagnostique (Mesnichock) Don Antonio Vergel De Dios – offered Rizal his serviced for the purchase of medical books and instrument Dr. Germinano de Ocampo – distinguished Filipino ophthalmologist, he said that Rizal possessed the qualities of a great ophthalmic surgeon Borneo Colonization Project – Rizal conceived the establishment of a Filipino colony in Borneo, he wanted to move the landless Filipino family in the rich British-owned island The authorities are willing to give: • 100,000 acres of land • Beautiful harbor • A good government for 999 years The Butcher – tawag ng mga Cubans kay Weyler Eulogio Despujol – the Count of Caspe, the new governor general

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Despujol did not approve the Colonization project • The Philippines lacked laborers • It was not very patriotic to go off and cultivate foreign soil Writings of Rizal in Hong Kong • Ang Mga Karapatan Nang Tao” (The Rights of Man • A La Nacion Española (To The Spanish Nation • Sa Mga Kababayan (To My Countrymen) The Hong Kong Telegraph – British newspaper where Rizal contributed articles Mr. Frazier Smith – editor of Hong Kong Telegraph Una Vista a La Victoria Gaol (A Visit to Vicatoria Gaol – an account of Rizal’s visit to the colonial prison of Hong Kong Decision of Rizal to returne to Manila • To confer with Governor General Despujol regarding Borneo Colonization • To establish the La Liga Filipina in Manila • To prove that Eduardo de Lete was wrong attacking him in Madrid that Rizal abandoned the Philippines

POST SCRIPT: please read the Chapter 20 pages 210 – 212, it is in narration form, and I’m struggling doing the summarize form of it... so just read those part, feed your mind ehehe… thanks!

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