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Martinez, Lloyd Alexander O.

2AOM

Influence of 19thcentury Philippine society and European enlihten!ent

"urin the 19thcentury, #pain in$ested seriously for the education and

infrastructure of the Philippines. %hey esta&lish of a free pu&lic school syste! that used

their lanuae for teachin, leadin to increasin nu!&ers of educated 'ilipinos. Also the

openin of #uez (anal a$e a )uic* tra$el ti!e to #pain, +hich +as facilitated &y so!e

'ilipino illustrados that ha$e &een a&le to expand their educations in #pain and Europe.

%he Philippine econo!y +as li$in ahead to !ost of its Asian nationals and e$en!any European countries at that ti!e &ecause of se$eral infrastructure proects durin the

19thcentury. Manila +as seen in the 19thcentury as a !odel of colonial o$ernance that

effecti$ely put the interests of the oriinal inha&itants of the islands &efore those of the

colonial po+er. %he Philippine re$olution aainst the #panish Era cul!inates the

esta&lish!ent of the first Philippine repu&lic. It +as for!ed after the Philippine

declaration of independence and the e$ents of the collapse if the #panish rule o$er the

Philippines. %he constitution +as appro$ed &y deleates to the asse!&ly of

representati$es and sanctioned &y Auinaldo the next day. -y the late 1thcentury,

political and econo!ic chanes in Europe +ere finally &einnin to affect #pain and thus

Philippines. It !irrored the 'ilipinos desire for refor!s, an intellectual !o$e!ent in

/estern Europe that e!phasized reason and science in philosophy and in the study of

hu!an culture and the natural +orld. "urin the Philippine 0e$olution in 19, 0izal

+as !ista*enly associated in the out&rea* of the re$olution and executed for treason in

19. #panish friars re$olts &ro*e out in se$eral pro$inces around !anila.


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0izal as a reliious !an, did not &elie$e in the catholic doctrine that sal$ation +as

only for catholics and that outside (hristianity7 sal$ations +as not possi&le e$en if

catholics co!posed only a s!all !inority of the +orlds reliious roups. %his sho+s that

he opposes the catholic teachin of !oney indulence for the fori$eness of sins. %houh

0izal +as &orn in a catholic +ay, he still fouht for +hat is enuine.

/e often li*e to thin* of heroes in ho+ they chaned a ci$ilization or ho+ they

dissented aainst the situations of their day. -ut, the sinificance of those e$ents and

actions lies in ho+ they re$er&erate +ith indi$iduals. #o!eone li*e 0izal, +ith his +or*s

and +ords inspires !e as a youn 'ilipino to lead a life co!!itted to ser$in others or to

&enefit !y fello+ !an or e$en fiht for oint ideas.

3ose 0izal, in !y o+n thouhts, articulates !e the $alue of certain thins to &e

successful in life. 0izal pro$ed to us that pen is !ihtier than a s+ord, he fouht a +ar

+ith a pen and paper and his &rilliant !ind. is capa&ilities in literatures ena&le hi! to

con$ince his +hole fello+!en to attain ustice instead of destroyin an e!pire.

I learned that you !ust not fiht fire +ith a fire &ecause it +ill ust !a*e the fiht

!ore i!!ense. 0izal inspired !e to study e$en &etter &ecause of +hat he did in the past.

It is of reat i!portance that students li*e us to understand the ustification &ehind ha$in

to ta*e up a 0izal course in collee. It is an issue today +hether to teach 0izal course,

loo*in at the present ti!es, !any are no+ )uestionin the rele$ance of the su&ect. -ut

as for !e, 0izal su&ect +ill al+ays &e i!portant. It had &een our !irror fro! the past

that had helped us *no+ the identity that +e are today. If +e +ill learn e$entually the life

of 0izal aside of he as the hero of our country, +e +ould &e !oti$ated, inspired and

a!azed on ho+ he &eco!e one of the reat leaders that +e had in our nation. Learnin

a&out the life of 0izal is li*e learnin a&out the li$es of our parents. /e !ay not &e

interested for the reason that it is an additional &urden to our student life, &ut still as

so!eone +ho is &orn a 'ilipino it is a !ust to *no+ a&out his life.


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It is i!portant to study ho+ 0izal &eca!e a hero &ecause this has a reat i!pact

on our present. It explains +hy are +e in certain situation and +hat e$ents led to that

situation. #tudyin the oriin of our heroes !a*es us true 'ilipinos.

a$in said all this, I learned so !any thins a&out 3ose 0izal5s life and his +or*s

and ust ot inspired &y e$erythin that he said. I +ould start readin his no$el so that I

turn to &e li*e hi!, to inspire a lot of people and ta*e the responsi&ility to spread the

+ord for the next enerations.

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