Jose Rizal In The Philippines

“In order to read the destiny of a person, it is necessary to open the book of its past, and this, for the Philippines, may be reduced in general terms to what follows.” These were the first few lines stated in The Philippine’s a century hence, an essay, written by our national hero, Dr Jose Rizal. Dr Jose Rizal divided the essay into four parts. He first described the predicaments Filipinos could face when people change its form of government, laws, customs, religions and beliefs. During Dr Jose Rizal’s time, the Philippines was depopulated, and retarded- influenced by their metamorphosis, without self-reliance in their past, faith in their present and genuine hope for the years to come. With these changes came a new era of Filipinos that gradually lost their ancient traditions – ignorance to their own writings, their songs, doctrines, ethics, tastes, and understandings. These effects, identified by Dr. Jose Rizal, were caused by the arrival of Spain in our homeland. Dr Jose Rizal mentioned 3 main causes: Spain’s implementation of her military policies, deterioration of Filipino culture, and submissiveness to

Eventually, the Filipinos then realized that the treatment of the colonizers to its colony is not fair and should not be tolerated. Another question that Dr Jose Rizal gave much attention to was whether or not Spain can indeed prevent the progress of the Philippines. Dr Jose Rizal mentioned 3 main points: Keeping the Filipinos ignorant have failed for national consciousness had still awakened, keeping the Filipinos impoverished wasn’t successful and decreasing the population to hinder progress did not work as well. “With these questions, it is necessary to presume an unlimited period of time, and in accordance therewith try to forecast future