Objectives:
• Discuss the common
misconceptions about
Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
• Prove that Dr. Jose P.
Rizal is worthy to be
the National Hero.
• A literary genius
• A scientist and inventor
• A doctor
• An effective teacher
• A nationalist
• An observant traveler
• A martyr
• A propagandist and
reformist
• A good lover
• A linguist and novelist
•Rizal became the national hero
because of the Americans
•Rizal never supported the
independence movement of the
Philippines.
•Andres Bonifacio should be the
national hero not Rizal.
• A literary genius
• A scientist and inventor
•• Rizal
Rizal's Leadership
organized the first fraternity in the
A doctor
country when
• An effective teacher he was in UST.
•• Rizal founded two association in Europe:
A nationalist
• Indios Bravostraveler
An observant & Kidlat Club.
•• Rizal became supremo of the propaganda
A martyr
• movement.
A propagandist and
• reformist
Rizal became master mason.
•• A goodfounded
Rizal lover the La Liga Filipina.
•• A linguist
Rizal became an honorary President of the
Katipunan.
Reasons why Rizal is the chosen National Hero
•Rizal's hero status is demonstrated in the wide
variety of biographics, political status, and
general monographs. There is a general
consensus that in the minds of the Philippine
public, Rizal is the First Filipino who champion
the Malayan Race.
•It was Rizal who inspired his people to identify
with the Philippines. He talked national identity
and pride such as love of one's language.
•Rizal is an important source of his nationalistic
contributions such as his novels the “Noli Me
Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” and other
nationalistic poems and essays.
•Rizal's sence of the future for the Country that is
why he wrote a poem “To the Filipino Youth”.
•Lastly, Rizal is being honored by public worship
for his extra-ordinary service to the Filipino
people, before and after his death.