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Jose Rizal'S Literary Talent

Jose Rizal was a talented writer who used his skills in both poetry and prose to advocate for reforms in the Philippines and promote nationalism. Some of his works highlighted the natural beauty of the Philippines as well as themes of unity, education, labor, and freedom. Rizal's novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo depicted the injustices of the Spanish colonial system and inspired the Philippine revolution. Overall, Rizal made powerful statements about the Filipino identity and the need for independence through his literary works.

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Jose Rizal'S Literary Talent

Jose Rizal was a talented writer who used his skills in both poetry and prose to advocate for reforms in the Philippines and promote nationalism. Some of his works highlighted the natural beauty of the Philippines as well as themes of unity, education, labor, and freedom. Rizal's novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo depicted the injustices of the Spanish colonial system and inspired the Philippine revolution. Overall, Rizal made powerful statements about the Filipino identity and the need for independence through his literary works.

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JOSE RIZALS LITERARY TALENT

They drank there the poetry of nature,


ESSAY a nature great and terrible and her catalysms,
In the absence of unity and oneness, in her evolution, in her dynamism.
the people did not have the power -Rizal in,Brindis
to fight the hostile attacks.
-Rizal in,The indolence of Filipinos ...all light color, harmony, sentiment, purity,
as Filipinos is in her moonlit nights,
The Filipino race was able to survive in her quiet days.
amidst wars and famime, and became even -Rizal in,Brindis
more numerous after such catastrophes.
-Rizal in,The Philippines a century hence POEMS
In the night serene;
An hours work under that burning sun, You who animate the hand rock
in the midst of pernicious influences With the impulse of your minds,
springing from nature in activity, is equal And with preponent hand makes eternal.
a days labor in temperature climate. -Rizal in,To the Filipino Youth
-Rizal in,The indolence of Filipinos
And were it brighter, fresher,
I have always loved my poor country Or more blest
and I am sure that I shall love her until Still would I give it thee, nor
death, if by chance men are unjust to me. Count the cost.
-Rizal in,The indolence of Filipinos -Rizal in,The Last Farewell

In order to read the destiny of a people, Oh Youth, and break forthright


it is necessary to open the book of its past. The links of the heavy chain
-Rizal in,The Philippines a century hence That your poetic genius enchain.
-Rizal in,To the Filipino Youth
Maturity is the trait of infancy and
the dap of its mother. I am to die when I see
-Rizal in,To the young women of Malolos The heavens go vivid,
Announcing the day at last
The Filipino woman no longer bows her head and Behind the dead night...
bends her knees; her hope in the future is -Rizal in,The Last Farewell
revived.
-Rizal in,To the young women of Malolos Without religion,Human education
Is like unto a vessel struck by winds
Is that whatever a mother show to her Which, sore beset, is of its helm
children is what the children will become also. Deprived...
-Rizal in,To the young women of Malolos -Rizal in,The Intimate Alliance of Religion and Good Education
Wise education, vital breath reveal the treasures.
Inspires an enchanting virtue. -Rizal in,El Filibusterismo
-Rizal in,Through Education the motherland Receives Light
People do not suffer because you
Only a man who struggle and works have not seen their hearts bleed
Will his offspring know to maintain. they do not complain because they
-Rizal in,Hymp To Labor have no voice.
-Rizal in,Noli Me Tangere
For the Motherland in war,
For the Motherland in peace, Believing in accidents is like believing in
Will the Filipino keep watch, miracles-both presuppose that God does not know
He will live until life will cease. the future.
-Rizal in,Hymp To Labor -Rizal in,Noli Me Tangere

Often the sorrowing pilgrim is envied, When a people holds onto


Circling the globe like a sea-gull above; ts language, it holds onto a
Little, ah, little they know what a void semblance of freedom...
Saddens his soul by the absence of love. -Rizal in,El Filibusterismo
-Rizal in,Song of the Traveler
Take the lead in forming your
Following anxiously treacherous fortune, own individuality, try to lay the
Fortune which een as he grasps as it flees; foundations of a Filipino nation.
-Rizal in,Song of the Traveler -Rizal in,El Filibusterismo

NOVELS Unmasked as the perpetrator


Even if it wereas useful as a bishop mire of the attempted arson and failed
it would be rejected because your enemies revolution, becomes a fugitive.
hates you, more than they hate your ideas. -Rizal in,El Filibusterismo
-Rizal in,Noli Me Tangere
In old people that serves in Church does not
Forgiveness cannot be won with Control his words and does not care, hes always
useless tears or alms to the Church. Berates or criticizes other people around him.
-Rizal in,Noli Me Tangere -Rizal in,Noli Me Tangere

Ah, he too would like to die, to become nothing Jaya Marcojos BMLS-2D
to leave to his country a glorious name,
to die for her. TF- 9:00:10:30 am
-Rizal in,El Filibusterismo

When the nation would be


finally deserving liberty for
themselves, the sea would

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