IDEOLOGY IN
THE PROSE
What Ideology in the
Prose?
Ideology in the Prose
Rizal’s intellectual pursuits in his short
Spanof life left a legacy of profound
nationalistic concept that have enkindle
the aspiration of the filipino people for
many decade.
Influenceby the motives celebrating the
Rizal centeraryin 1961, researchers and
scholars have systematically compiled
These include some speeches, unfinished
manuscripts, formal documents,
translation, research notes, and rough
drafts and book reviews.
EL AMOR PATRIO
“EL AMOR PATRIO”
Rizal’s first essay, “The Love of Country,”
was written when he was 21 and
newlyarrived in Madrid. It was published
under the name of “Laong Laan” on 20
August 1882 in
Madrid.This essay is a poignant dissertation of what
Rizal calls a “beautiful but hackneyedsubject,” love of
country. In crystallizing his concept on love of country,
Rizal reveals a foretasteof the style and substance of his
novels. He could have had Maria Clara and Sisa in
mreind whenhe described the country as “enveloped in
morning clouds and mist, always beautiful and
poetic,and the more idolized by her sons when they are
absent and far away from her.”Love of country is the
purest, most heroic and most sublime human sentiment.
It isgratitude, it is affection for everything that reminds
us of something of the first days of our life; it is the land
where our ancestors are sleeping. Love of country is
The same compassion for his people
inspired him, at the urgings of Marcelo
H. Del Pilar , to write “ To the young
women in malolos” had been denied
permission by the parish priest to have
lessons in spanish from a tutor they
would pay.
Undaunted, the women raised their
petition to Governor Valeriano Weyler
who gave them his permission.
Therewere 21 women who petitioned, among them,
Leonicia and Olimpia Reyes, Maria de los Reyes,
Eugenia and Aurea Tenchangco, Alberta Ui Tangcoy,
Teresa and Maria Tantaco, Merce, Agapita , Basilia , Paz
and Feliciana Tionson.
SOBRE LA INDOLENCIA
DE LOS FILIPINOS
Published in LA SOLIDARIDAD in Madrid in 1890, La
indolencia de los Filipinos was written by Jose Rizal as a
response to the accusation of Filipino Indolence. He
admits the existence of indolence among the filipino’s,
but it could be attributed to a number of reasons. He
traces it causes to factors such as the climate and
FILIPINAS DENTRO DE CIEN AÑOS
‘Filipinas dentro de cien años’ vaticina el rechazo de los
filipinos a la posibilidad de caer bajo soberanía americana,
aun desde los últimos años del dominio español, y reivindica
los buenos resultados que podrían esperarse si la vida
política y social se liberalizara, para construir una sociedad
sostenible e independiente. Además, proclama la capacidad
de la población filipina de persistir en tal proyecto: «La
ilustración se extiende, y la persecución que sufre la aviva.
No; la llama divina del pensamiento es inextinguible en el
pueblo filipino, y de un modo o de otro ha de brillar y darse
a conocer. ¡No es posible embrutecer a los habitantes de
Filipinas!»
PHILIPPINES IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS
‘Philippines within a hundred years’
predicts the rejection of the Filipinos to the
possibility of falling under American
sovereignty, even since the last years of
Spanish rule, and claims the good results
that could be expected if political and
social life were liberalized, to build a
sustainable and independent society.
Furthermore, he proclaims the ability of the
The Philippines in 100 Years’ Time’
calls for rejection of the islands’ falling
under the sway of a new imperial
power, even as the struggle for
independence from Spain is
escalating. It seeks to illustrate some
of the positive results that would
emerge from liberalizing Filipino social
and political life, in order to build a
