CHAPTER 15: RIZAL’S
SECOND SOJOURN IN
PARIS AND THE
UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889
UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889
WORLD FAIR
BATTLE OF BASTILLE
SYMBOL OF FRENCH
REVOLUTION
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY WAS
OVERTHROWN BY NEW
ENLIGHTENMENT
PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLES LIKE
EQUALITY AND RIGHTS
FOUNDED BY RIZAL
PURPOSE?
TO BRING TOGETHER
YOUNG FILIPINOS DURING
THE EXPOSITION
TEMPORARY OR
PERMANENT?
WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER THE
EVENT
TO REPLACE KIDLAT CLUB
TO CHANGE THE PREJUDICIAL CONCEPT OF INDIOS AND
TO TAKE PRIDE ON IT
INDIOS BRAVOS = BRAVE INDIANS
TO EXCEL IN INTELLECT AND SPORTS (sword, pistol,
judo) = GAINING ADMIRATION FROM FOREIGNERS
EDUARD DEKKER
PEN NAME: MULTA TULI (LATIN) –
“I HAVE CARRIED MUCH”
SATIRE ATTACK ON THE COLONIAL
ABUSES OF NETHERLANDS TO THE
DUTCH INDIES (INDONESIA)
MAX HAVELAAR (DUTCH)
CORRUPT GOVT OF DUTCH
COLONY IN INDONESIA
CULTIVATION SYSTEM:
TRADABLE CROPS
NOT STAPLE CROPS: RICE
RESULT OF NOVEL:
AWARENESS OF EUROPE
KILLED COLONIALISM
TAX COLLECTION:
COMMISSION
RDLM SOCIETY
REDENCION DE LOS MALAYOS
REDEMPTION OF THE MALAYS
PATTERNED AFTER FREEMASONRY
LETTER TO BLUMENTRITT:
IF FREEDOM IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE IN THE PHILIPPINES
ID LIKE TO HAVE IT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (BORNEO)
Error: appraising the events of the past in
the light of present standards
Blumentritt on Rizal
abuses of the friars should not be construed
to mean the Catholicism is bad.
Dedicated to the Filipinos
they would know of their glorious past
Filipinos were already civilized
before the advent of Spain
clothes, government, laws, writing, literature,
religion, arts, sciences, and commerce
blasted the historical heresies of the Spanish vs
early Filipinos were savages and were of low
mentality.
PREDICTION OF RIZAL:
END OF SPAIN’S POWER
IN ASIA
FILIPINOS BECOMING
LAZY IN WORK
REASON: WE CANNOT ENJOY
THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR
CONDITIONED BY RELIGION:
IT IS EASIER FOR A POOR MAN
TO ENTER HEAVEN THAN FOR
A RICH MAN
MODERN COLLEGE IN
HONGKONG
DID IT MATERIALIZE?
P40,000 AS INITIAL
CAPITAL
LEND BY MARIANO
CUNANAN
RIZAL AS “DIMAS ALANG”
SATIRE ATTACK ON FR. FONT
RIZAL’S PREDICTION:
OVERSEAS CONVERSATIONS
ON PHONE
12 YEARS AFTER THE
PUBLICATION OF “POR
TELEFONO”
CHAPTER 16: IN
BELGIAN
BRUSSELS
 The cost of living in
Paris was very high
 because of the
Universal
Exposition
 The gay social life of
the city:
 hampered his
literary works
 The tagalong
letters k and w
should be used
instead of the
Spanish c and o.
 Salacot =
salakot/ arao =
araw
 Letter to del Pilar:
 In my childhood I
had a strange belief
that I would not
reach 30 years of
age.
 I am preparing
myself for death.
 Laong Laan (Ever
Ready) is my true
name.
ATTACK ON ILLUSTRADOS:
PURPOSE OF ILUSTRADOS IN
EUROPE?
AMUSEMENT OR TO WORK
FOR LIBERTY?
AMUSEMENT = RESEMBLES
THE FRIARS
RESULT: RIZAL AS “PAPA”
“KILL JOY”
INCREASE OF LAND RENTS BY
DOMINICAN FRIARS
RIZAL’S FAMILY =
DISPOSSESSION OF LAND
JOSE’S LETTER TO SOLEDAD:
TO FALL WITH THE HEAD
HIGH
TO MAINTAING DIGNITY IN
THE EYES OF THEIR ENEMIES
TO LEAVE BELGIUM
FAMILY IS PERSECUTED
RIZAL IS NOT MAKING
PROGRESS
CHANGE OF PLANS: GOING
HOME?
CASE FILED BY DOMINICANS AGAINST RIZAL’S FAMILY ON
LAND OWNERSHIP = DOMINICANS WON
LETTER OF PACIANO: LET’S APPEAL TO THE SUPREME
COURT (SPAIN)
LAWYER IS NEEDED: DEL PILAR
 niece of his
landladies
 brought some
measure of cheer to
the despondent
Rizal, as he was
preparing for his
trip to Madrid
CHAPTER 17:
MISFORTUNES IN
MADRID
Associacion Hispano-Filipina
securing justice for the oppressed Calamba tenants
Liberal Spanish Newspapers
injustices committed by Gov.- Gen.Weyler & the
Dominicans
Minister of Colonies (Señor
Fabie)
Nothing came out of Rizal’s interview with Minister Fabie
El Resumen (Spanish Newspaper)
Ejectment order by the Dominicans
aid of the liberal Spanish statesmen
Blumentritt urged Jose to see Queen
Regent Maria Cristina
Sympathized with the Filipino cause
parents had been forcibly ejected from their
home
statesmen merely gave him honeyed words
of sympathy and nothing else
doesn’t have powerful friends to bring him
to her nor gold to grease the palms of
authorities
 The duel was based on
a code of honour.
 to restore one's honor
by demonstrating a:
 willingness to risk
one's life for it
 Luna was blaming Rizal
for his failure to win
her
 Because of jealousy
and the effects of
alcohol, Luna uttered
certain unsavory
remarks about
Nellie
 Angered by the
slanderous remarks:
 Jose challenged Luna
to a duel.
RETANA (WRITER) : INSULTED
RIZAL’S FAMILY FOR BEING
EJECTED FROM THEIR LANDS
RIZAL’S FAMILY ACCORDING TO RETANA:
NOT PAYING THEIR RENTS
RIZAL CHALLENGED HIM TO A
DUEL
RETANA APOLOGIZED:
DISCRETION IS BETTER THAN
VALOR
RETANA EVENTUALLY
ADMIRED RIZAL: HE WROTE
HIS BIOGRAPHY AND
MARTYRDOM
TEATRO APOLO
LOSS OF LOCKET = BAD OMEN
LETTER FROM LEONOR =
MARRIAGE TO AN ENGLISHMAN
LET’S VOTE FOR A
“RESPONSABLE”
A LEADER WHO WILL
DIRECT OUR AFFAIRS
WHO WILL DETERMINE
EDITORIAL POLICY OF LA
SOLIDARIDAD
RESENTED JOSE’S INTERFERENCE
ON THEIR PRIVATE LIVES
LA SOLIDARIDAD CAN’T BE
CONTROLLED BY A RESPONSIBLE
IT IS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
RIZAL WAS IDEALISTIC
2/3 VOTES
ABDICATES HIS
LEADERSHIP
THAN THE CAUSE OF
DISUNITY AND BITTERNESS
RIZAL STOPPED WRITING
FOR LA SOLIDARIDAD
DENIED RESENTMENT
HAS TO COMPLETE HIS EL FILI
GIVE CHANCE TO OTHERS – SAME
POSITION HE WAS OCCUPYING
DEL PILAR NEEDED RIZAL’S
COLLABORATION
CHAPTER 18:
BIARRITZ VACATION
AND ROMANCE
WITH NELLY
BOUSTEAD
LET’S GET MARRIED NELLIE, SAYS PEPE
PROPOSAL WORKED?
CONVERT TO PROTESTANTISM
NELLIE’S MOTHER