Rizal

Statement of the Philippine Hierarchy on the Novels of Dr. Jose Rizal Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo Among the many illustrious Filipinos who have distinguished themselves in the service of their estate, the highest place of venerate belongs to Dr. Jose Rizal. And justly so; for Rizal possessed to an eminent degree those virtues which unneurotic make up true patriotism. He loved his country not in word alone but in deed. He devoted his time, his energies and the resources of his brilliant mind to dispelling the ignorance and apathy of his people, and combating the injustices and inequalities under(a) which they labored. When these salutary activities fell under the suspicion of the colonial political sympathies and he was condemned to death as a rebel, he liberally offered his blood for the welfare of his country. But although his love for his country was great, it was not a blind, unreflecting love. It was not the inordinate love which so a good deal passes for patriotism, whereby one regards ones native country as consummate(a) beyond criticism, and attributes all its ills to the tyranny and greed of strangers. Rizals balance of perspicacity saved him from this pernicious error. He clearly saw and boldly proclaimed the fact that while the Filipino people suffered from colonial rule, they were as much the victims of their own vices and defects.

In dedicating his novel, Noli Me Tangere, to his beloved country, he addressed her as follows: Desiring your health which is also ours, and seeking the beaver means of restoring it, I shall do with you what the ancients did with their sick; they brought them to the steps of the tabernacle that all who came to invoke the god might stop to point a remedy... I shall lift a portion of the fleck which hides the disease, sacrificing all to the truth, even my per male childal pride, for us a son of yours I am not exempt from your defects and weaknesses.1 Thus, while Rizal was stout in denouncing the... If you want to get a full essay, hallow it on our website: Orderessay

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