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Rizal said his family was of modest means and his father provided him and his siblings with an education commensurate with their small fortune. Zaide said the Rizal family belonged to the principalia town aristocracy and was one of the distinguished families in Calamba. They lived comfortably through income from farms they rented and various business activities. Rizal's mother would tell him and his siblings stories, and the story of the moth who died for its ideals made a profound impression on Rizal and foreshadowed his own martyrdom for his ideals.

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1 and 2 Rizal and Zaide

Rizal said his family was of modest means and his father provided him and his siblings with an education commensurate with their small fortune. Zaide said the Rizal family belonged to the principalia town aristocracy and was one of the distinguished families in Calamba. They lived comfortably through income from farms they rented and various business activities. Rizal's mother would tell him and his siblings stories, and the story of the moth who died for its ideals made a profound impression on Rizal and foreshadowed his own martyrdom for his ideals.

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CATEGORIES RIZAL SAID ZAIDE SAID

Economic standing of his *I had nine sisters and one A GOOD AND MIDDLE-CLASS
family brother. My father, a model FAMILY
of fathers, had given us an The Rizal family
educational commensurate belonged to the principalia, a
with our small fortune, and town aristocracy in Spanish
through thrift he was able to Philippines. It was one of the
build a stone house, buy distinguished families in
another, and to erect a little Calamba. Rizal’s parents were
nipa house in the middle of able to live well. From the
our orchard under the shade farms, which were rented
of banana trees and others. from the Dominican Order,
*In my own town I learned they harvested rice, corn, and
how to write, and my father, sugarcane. They raised pigs,
who looked after my chickens, and turkeys in their
education, paid an old man backyard. In addition to
(who had been his classmate) farming and stockraising,
to give me the first lessons in Doña Teodora managed a
Latin and he stayed at our goods store and operated a
house. *Turning my eyes, my small flour-mill and home-
memory, and my imagination made ham press.
towards the days past, that I As evidence of their
dont wish to remember for affluence, Rizal’s parents were
being very painful, the first able to build a large stone
that I discovered is Biñan, a house near the town church
town more or less an hour and to buy another one. They
and a half distant from mine. owned a carriage, which was a
This is my fathers birthplace status symbol of the ilustrados
and to which he sent me to in Spanish Philippines and a
continue the study of the private library (Largest in
rudiments of Latin that I had Calamba) which consisted of
begun. more than 1,000 volumes.
They sent their children to the
colleges in Manila.
Combining affluence
and culture, hospitality and
courtesy, they participated
prominently in all social and
religious affairs in the
community. They were
gracious host to all visitors and
guests (Friars, Spanish
officials, and Filipino friends)
during the town fiestas and
other holidays. Beneath their
roof, all guests irrespective of
their color, rank, social
position, and economic status,
were welcome.
Significance of the story of the Of the stories told by
moth to Rizal Doña Teodora to her favorite
son, Jose, that of the young
moth made the profoundest
impression on him.
The tragic fate of the
young moth, which “died a
martyr to it’s illusions”, left a
deep impress on Rizal’s mind.
He justified such noble death,
asserting that “to sacrifice
one’s life for it”, meaning for
an ideal, is “worthwile”. And,
like that young moth, he was
fated to die as a martyr for a
noble ideal.

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