In the spaces below, answer the following questions:
(30 points)
1. Describe Rizal’s life as represented in the film.
The film Rizal Sa Dapitan depicts Dr. Jose Rizal's life during his exile to Dapitan
in Mindanao as a result of his opposition to the Spanish government and friars. Despite
being imprisoned and under the strict supervision of the Spanish government, he was
able to engage in his favorite activities. He continues to visit his family and friends, care
for the sick, and educate the younger generation. Furthermore, he met Josephine
Bracken, his future wife, in Dapitan, where they also lost a child. Even though he was
a free prisoner in exile in Dapitan, Rizal challenged people to work harder and be more
productive.
2. What were the aims of La Liga Filipina? Were these aims attained? How?
On July 3, 1892, in the Philippines, Doctor José Rizal founded a team called La
Liga Filipina. The objectives were to create a single society throughout the entire
archipelago with equality for Filipinos and Spaniards in the Philippines, mutual
protection in times of need, protection from all forms of violence and injustice,
encouragement of education, agriculture, and commerce, and study and
implementation of reforms.
Jose Rizal made a lot of effort to maintain harmony in the group. Yet, the Spanish
government deemed it unsafe. Rizal was surreptitiously detained on July 6, 1892, four
days after it was founded. The next day, Governor-General Eulogio Despujol issued an
order for the deportation of Rizal to Dapitan.
La Liga Filipina ceased to exist following Rizal's incarceration. Domingo Franco and
Andres Bonifacio then reformed it. The society split into two distinct groups: the Cuerpo
de Compromisarios, who vowed to keep supporting the Katipunan in the Philippines,
and La Solidaridad in Spain.
3. What are the implications of Rizal’s execution to nation-building?
On June 19, 1861, Dr. Jose P. Rizal was born in Calamba, Laguna. His early
passing at the age of 36 was a result of his advocacy for reforms in the Philippines
under the control of Spanish colonial rulers. He was put to death in Manila's
Bagumbayan, now called Luneta, on December 30, 1896. Yet Filipinos were deeply
affected by his passing. It triggered a nationwide revolt against the Spanish authorities,
who had governed the Philippines (then known as Las Islas Filipinas) from 1565 to
1898. Rizal served as a national birth inspiration. By urging people to band together
and work together so that the nation could advance, he made a contribution to the
process of nation-building.