Activity 8 - Topic 2 - Module Iii

TOPIC 2 - Jose Rizal’s First Trip to Europe
Activity 8 Important Places and Events of Rizal’s First Trip to Europe
Instruction:
1. Draw or sketch important places and events during Rizal’s first trip to Europe on the
space provided below.
Important Places and Events of Rizal’s First Trip to Europe
Madrid
a. He enrolled at the Universidad Central de Madrid on November 3, 1882. He enrolled
in the following courses:
a.1 Medicine
a.2 Philosophy and Letters
b. He took courses at the Academy of San Carlos
b.1 Painting and sculpture
b.2 languages: French, German, and English
c. He took private lessons at the Hall of Sanz and Carbonel
c.1 Shooting
c.2 Fencing
d. Important people he met:
d.1 Dr. Miguel Morayta, an advocate of freedom and self-determination. Students from
South America hailed him as thesis champion. He joined his students and other
supporters to this end.
d.2 Don Pablo Ortega y Rey, a Spanish liberal who used to live in the Philippines.
e. Jose Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano Filipino.
e.1 It was a social organization where the members talked on the reforms needed in the
Philippines.
e.2 This group was mostly made up of elder Filipinos who were the exiles of 1872.
e.3 It held informal programs which included poetry reading and debates.
f. He joined freemasonry
f.1 He became a member and his masonic name was "Dimasalang."
f.2 Freemasonry was an organization outlawed by the Catholic Church because its
beliefs are contrary to the doctrines of the Church.
f.3 A mason's outlook in life and adapted their view that knowledge should be achieved
by the light of reason and universal brotherhood of men.
f.4 Masonry attacked the Church for what they believed its because they believed it
promoted of religious superstition and obscurantism, hiding truth behind the veil of
religion.
g. He was an avid book collector, He scrimped on food and clothes, and lived in modest
accommodations but he bought books. Important books he collected:
1. Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
2. Works of Alexandre Dumas
3. The Wandering Jew written by Eugene Sue
4. Lives of the Presidents of the United States
5. The Complete Works of Horace
h. Events on June 25, 1884

1. Juan Luna was awarded the top prize for his painting Spoliarium while Felix
Resurreccion Hidalgo took the second place for his painting Virgines Christianas
Expuestas al Populacho
(Christian Virgins Exposed to the Population).
2. The Filipino painters joined the National Exposition of Fine Arts.
3. Jose Rizal gave a speech in a public audience saying that Luna and Hidalgo were the
pride of the Filipino people; that genius is not a monopoly of any race and their prizes
were products of both the Philippines and Spain. He voiced the hope that, someday,
Spain will grant the reforms needed by Filipinos.
4. This speech was published in the newspaper El Liberal. This reached the Philippines
and there were elements in the Philippines who were not pleased with this
development.
i. Completion of His Studies
1. He completed his Licenciado en Medicina on June 21, 1884. He did not have his
Doctorate in Medicine because he did not present the thesis required for graduation.
He can practice medicine with the acquisition of this degree but he cannot teach
medicine.
2. He finished his studies in Philosophy and Letters and obtained the degree Licenciado
en Filosofia y Letras with the rating of sobresaliente.
j. He started writing the novel Noli Me Tangere when he was still a student at the Central
University of Madrid.
1. He was inspired to write after reading Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
This book is about the trial and hardship of the black slaves and awakened in him his
inherent love and concern for the afflicted.
2. On January 2, 1884, the Filipino expatriates had a meeting at the house of the
Paterno brothers. It was during this meeting that the Filipinos who attended agreed to
write a novel about the Philippines. These were Pedro Paterno, Maximo Paterno,
Antonio Paterno, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Evaristo Aguirre, Eduardo de Lete, Julio
Llorente, Valentin Diaz, and Jose Rizal.
3. The plan did not materialize and Jose Rizal was left to write the novel. He started
writing in Madrid and he continued to write while he was in France and Germany.
Final revisions were made in Berlin.
4. He could not afford the printing Cost but was saved by his friend, Maximo Viola. He
lent Jose P300, the needed amount for the first 2,000 copies of the novel.
5. On March 29, 1887, the novel was printed in Berlin. The first recipients of the novel
were Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt, Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor, Graciano Lopez Jaena,
Mariano Ponce, and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.
6. As a way of showing his appreciation, he gave the original manuscript of the Noli Me
Tangere and a complimentary copy to Maximo Viola.
7. Jose Rizal explained the title "Noli Me Tangere" means 'Touch Me Not. This was from
the bible, from the Gospel of St.John.
8. The book was dedicated to the Philippines, his fatherland.

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h. Events on June 25, 1884

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