Report

JOSE P.
RIZAL
His Life, Works, and Role

in the Philippine Revolution
Reported by: EMMANUEL C. DE REGLA
BS in PARALEGAL STUDIES
Adanza, E. & Acibo, L., 1995, JOSE P. RIZAL His Life, Works, and Role in the Philippine Revolution
HIS HOMECOMING
Rizal arrived in the Philippines on

August 1887 and proceeded to
Calamba to live a quiet life as a
doctor of medicine.
However, because of his novel, the

friars were angry.
Despite the warnings of his brother
Panciano and his bestfriend
Blumentritt, Rizal came home in the
Philippines.
Rizal came home for the following

reasons:
To operate on his mothers eyes;
To appease his loneliness for his
parents and brother and sisters;
To find out for himself how Noli
affected the people of the Philippines;
To serve his people; and
To determine the cause of Leonor Riveras
silence.
What happened in his homecoming?

It was a very happy one for himself and his
family;
Lived peacefully for quite a while;
Rizal opened a medical clinic, which
became popular; and
He also opened a gymnasium for the young people
and introduced the European sports such as
fencing and shooting;
However, failed in one mission concerning
his love life with Leonor Rivera.
Impacts of his novel on the Spanish

Government:
After a few weeks of his arrival, Rizal was invited to
Malacaang to answer questions regarding the rebellious ideas
in his novel, an instigation coming from his enemies and
accordingly denied charges and his defense was that he was
telling the truth. The Governor-General after reading the novel
found no subversive / rebellious ideas in it.
However, the judgment of the Committee of the Faculty at
the University of Santo Tomas according to Retana described
the novel as heretical, impious, and scandalous in the
religious order, and anti-patriotic, subversive of public order,
injurious to the government of Spain and its function in the
Philippine Islands in the political order.
Impacts of his novel on the Spanish

Government:
Being not satisfied with the assessment of the committee,
and for further verification, the Governor-General sent the
novel to the Permanent Commission of Censorship, composed
of priests and laymen. It rendered the same decision and
consequently banned the novels circulation, publication or
production.
The Spanish Governments action against the novel made it
more popular having all copies sold, reaching a price of P50
per copy.
Reactions of certain people during the

popularity and controversies
of the Noli
Rizal and his friends became apprehensive and uneasy,

although there were no massive arrests.
Rizals enemies were very happy and continued discrediting

the novel through an article or pamphlet published and
distributed in Singapore containing the negative reports of the
various committees against the novel.
Being a controversial and a popular novel, it reached the
Spain and was subject of debate in the Senate of the Spanish
Cortes, among such senators as:
General Jose de Salamanca, Sr.
Fernando Vida (formerly occupied a high position in the
Spanish Government in the Philippines); and
Vicente Barrantes (who fiercely attacked it).

of the Noli
On the other hand, Noli was defended by the following:
Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Mariano Ponce; and
Other Filipino Reformists
Other Spaniards such as: (1) Father
Sanchez (Rizals favorite teacher at the
Ateneo); (2) Don Segismundo Moret (former
minister of the Crown; (3) Dr. Miguel
Morayta (historian and an old friend; and
(4) Professor Blumentritt (Scholar and
Educator and Rizals best friend).
Andanza, E. & Acibo, L., 1995, JOSE P. RIZAL His Life, Works, and Role in the Philippine Revolution

of the Noli
The best defense of the Noli came from Rev. Vicente Garcia, A Filipino
Catholic Scholar, and Tagalog translator of some books. He blasted the arguments of
Fr. Rodriguez on an article or pamphlet appeared in Singapore with the following
points:
Rizal cannot be an ignorant man as Fr. Rodriguez
alleged, because he was a graduate of Spanish
universities and was a recipient of scholastic honors;
Rizal does not attack Church and Spain, as Fr. Rodriguez
claimed, because what Rizal attacked in the Noli were
the bad Spanish officials and not Spain, and the bad
and corrupt friars and not the Church; and
Fr. Rodriguez said that who read the Noli commit a moral sin;
since he (Rodriguez) has read the novel, therefore, he also
commits moral sin.
In spite of the controversies of the

novel, Rizal was not arrested and for
his safety, the Governor-General
assigned him a body guard named Lt.
Jose Taviel de Andrade
Andrad (who will later
play an important part in his life
during his trial for treason).
Although for a while it was quiet on the western

front, there were two (2) events that happened during
this period:
The death of his older sister Olimpia; and
The persistence of a rumor widely spreading fast,
that he was the following:
a GERMAN SPY;
an AGENT OF BISMARCK
a PROTESTANT
a MASON
a WITCH
a SOUL BEYOND SALVATION
Through the persistent advice of his

family, relatives and friends, Rizal had
to leave the country. This came after
he reported the results of his
investigation to the government which
hired him as an aftermath of the issue
on friar estates contained in the novel.
Rizals findings from the investigation on the

issue of friar estates contained in the novel:
1. The hacienda of the Dominican Order comprised not only the lands
around Calamba, but also the town of Calamba;
2. The profits of the Dominican Order continually increased because of the
arbitrary increase of the rentals paid by the tenants;
3. The hacienda owner never contributed a single centavo for the celebration
of the town fiesta, for the education of the children, and for the
improvement of agriculture;
4. Tenants who had spent much labor in clearing the lands were dispossessed
of said lands for flimsy reasons; and
5. High rates of interest were charged the tenants for delayed payment of
rentals, and when the rentals could not be paid, the hacienda
management confiscated their carabaos, tools, and homes.
Because of his report and at the insistence of

his enemies, comprising the Spanish friars,
the Governor-General finally advised Rizal to
leave the Philippines for his own good and to
escape the fury of his enemies.
Despite his hesitation, Rizal finally decided
to go thinking further that he could serve his
countrys cause by being alive and writing in
foreign countries.
HIS SECOND TRIP

AWAY FROM THE
COUNTRY
HONG KONG

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JOSE P.

His Life, Works, and Role

Rizal arrived in the Philippines on

However, because of his novel, the

Rizal came home for the following

What happened in his homecoming?

Impacts of his novel on the Spanish

Impacts of his novel on the Spanish

Reactions of certain people during the

Rizal and his friends became apprehensive and uneasy,

Rizals enemies were very happy and continued discrediting

Reactions of certain people during the

Reactions of certain people during the

In spite of the controversies of the

Although for a while it was quiet on the western

Through the persistent advice of his

Rizals findings from the investigation on the

Because of his report and at the insistence of

HIS SECOND TRIP

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