GEN.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
                         A.Y. 2021-2022, First Semester
                        LIFE AND WORKS OF JOSE RIZAL
Name: Vincent S. Duhaylungsod
Degree & section: BS-Criminology 2E
Instructor: PAUL JOHN P. DE LA SERNA, LPT, MST
                              Exile of Rizal in Dapitan
      Gat. Jose Rizal is man of valor, he is a brilliant, compassionate, courageous
and a patriot; Rizal in his early years he have witnessed and experienced the
oppression and cruelty brought by the Spanish colonization as well as the
maltreatment of the friars to the Filipinos. Rizal seeks for knowledge to extinguish
the ill-treatment of the Spanish regime he traveled many countries to gain
information and experiences to expand Rizal’s knowledge and express it through
his works to ignite the awareness of the Filipinos.
      One of Rizal’s momentous event when he was exile in Dapitan, in there he
was given a chance to choose whether to stay in the parish or at the place of
Captain Ricardo Carnicero; Rizal refused the offer of the Father Pablo Pastells for
the reason that there were conditions to be made for him to lived there and these
conditions were contrary to Rizal’s beliefs therefore, he was brought at Captain
Ricardo Carnicero’s house and they become good friends. The authorities did not
demant full control over Rizal’s activities during his exile. He was free to do
whatever he wanted to do however it should be done only in Dapitan.
      While Rizal in Dapitan, he built a house, school, hospital and water system.
He also improves the agricultural state of Dapitan as he created projects for
agricultural purposes. During of Rizal’s stay in Dapitan, he met Josephine Bracken,
Rizal’s last lover. Josephine came to the Philippines from Hong Kong for the
reason that Josephine’s father has eye disease and Rizal was referred to cure his
father’s illness. Jose Rizal and Josephine Bracken met and fell in love with each
other, by the time Josephine and her father about to go back to Hong Kong he
stay back in Dapitan to prove her love to Rizal.
      The life of Rizal in Dapitan was simple and memorable, he was loved by the
people for Rizal is a humble and courteous man, he offered help to the citizens,
he served them and live with them; and from there he found his love of life and
made his last moments as lovely and significant.
      Therefore, Gat. Jose Rizal did not weaver even in his last moments, his
sense of justice and patriotism showed in his deeds, he served the people and
even establish mutual understanding to his observers, this is really an evidence
how truly admirable our Hero Dr. Jose Rizal was, that even the considered
enemies themselves was captivated by the wondrous deeds that Rizal have
brought.