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Childhood Years in Calamba

1) Jose Rizal grew up in Calamba, Laguna in a happy home with his parents and siblings. He had many fond childhood memories of his family and town. 2) Rizal demonstrated early talents and intellectual curiosity, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work shortly after. He was encouraged in his writing by his mother. 3) Rizal's upbringing was influenced by his family and cultural heritage, the natural beauty of Calamba, and experiences like the death of his sister that helped shape his character. He showed early signs of becoming an artist, writer and thinker.

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Childhood Years in Calamba

1) Jose Rizal grew up in Calamba, Laguna in a happy home with his parents and siblings. He had many fond childhood memories of his family and town. 2) Rizal demonstrated early talents and intellectual curiosity, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work shortly after. He was encouraged in his writing by his mother. 3) Rizal's upbringing was influenced by his family and cultural heritage, the natural beauty of Calamba, and experiences like the death of his sister that helped shape his character. He showed early signs of becoming an artist, writer and thinker.

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RIZAL

CHAPTER 2

CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMB

His native town is Calamba. Its scenic beauties and industrious,


hospitable, and friendly folks impressed him during his childhood
years and profoundly affected his mind and character.

 Jose Rizal grew up in a happy home, ruled by good parents,


bubbling with joy, and sanctified by God’s blessings.

 Calamba was a hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican


Order, which also owned all the lands around it.

 Calamba, the Hero’s Town House of Jose Rizal in Calamba.

 Another memory of his infancy was the nocturnal walk in the town.
The maid took him for a walk in the moonlight by the river.

 Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer. By


nightfall, his mother gathered all the children at the house to pray
the Angelus.

 The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the
family garden when he was three years old. Because he was a sick
child, he was given the tenderness care by his parents. His father
built a little Nipa cottage in the garden for him to play in the day
time. Earliest Childhood Memories

 Unfortunately, Concha died of sickness in 1865 when she was three


years old. Jose, who was very fond of her, cried bitterly at losing
her. “When I was four years old, I lost my little sister Concha, and
then for the first time I shed tears caused by love and grief…”

 Jose loved most the little Concha (Concepcion). He was a year


older than Concha. He played with her and from her he learned the
sweetness of a sisterly love. The Hero’s First Sorrow

 Father Leoncio Lopez- he is the town priest. Jose Rizal used to visit
him and listen to his stimulating opinions on current events and
sound philosophy of life. At the age of three, he began to take
part in the family prayers.

 His mother was a devout Catholic, taught him the Catholic prayers,
when he was five years old, he was able to read haltingly the
Spanish family Bible. Devoted Son of the Church. It was the first
trip of Jose across Laguna de Bay. After praying at the shrine of the
Virgin of Antipolo, Jose and his father went to Manila. It was the
first time Jose saw Manila.

 They visited Saturnina, who was then a boarding student at La


Concordia College in Sta. Ana.

 On June 6, 1868, Jose and his father left Calamba to go on a


pilgrimage to Antipolo, in order to fulfill his mother’s vow which
was made when Jose was born. Pilgrimage to Antipolo.

 Since early childhood Rizal revealed his God-given talent for art. At
the age of five, he began to make sketches with his pencil and to
mold in clay and wax objects.

 One of his famous line is “All right laugh at me now! Someday


when I die, people will make monuments and images of me!”

 At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem in the native
language entitled Sa Aking mga Kababata (To My Fellow Children).

 Rizal possessed a God-given gift for literature. Since early boyhood


he had scribbled verses on loose sheets of paper and on the
textbooks of his sisters. His mother who was a lover of literature,
noticed his poetic inclination and encouraged him to write poetry.
First Poem by Rizal.

 Whenever people of a country truly love, TO MY FELLOW


CHILDREN language which by heaven they were taught to use That
country also surely liberty pursue As does the bird which soars to
freer space above. For language is the final judge and referee Upon
the people in the land where it holds sway; To make our human
race resembles in this way The other living beings born in liberty.

 Whoever knows not how to love his native tongue Is worse than
any beast or evil smelling fish. To make our language richer ought
to be our wish The same as any mother loves to feed her young.
Tagalog and the Latin language are the same And English and
Castilian and the angels’ tongue; And God, whose watchful care
o’er all is flung, Has given us His blessing in the speech we claim,
Our mother tongue, like all the highest that we know Had alphabet
and letters of its very own; But these were lost --- by furious waves
were overthrown Like bancas in the stormy sea, long years ago.

 Rizal, who was eight years old, wrote his first dramatic work which
was in Tagalog comedy. It is said that it was staged in a Calamba
festival and was delightfully applauded by the audience.First
Drama by Rizal

 In later years when he attained manhood, he continued his keen


predilection for magic. He read many books on magic and attended
the performances of the famous magicians of the world. Since
early manhood Rizal had been interested in magic. With his
dexterous hands, he learned various tricks. He entertained his
town folks with magic-lantern exhibitions.

 Rizal as Boy Magician

 Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood

 Hereditary Influence

 Environmental Influence

 Aid of Divine Providence

 And from his mother, he inherited his religious nature, the spirit of
self-sacrifice, and the passion for arts and literature.

 From his father, he inherited a profound sense of self-respect, the


love for work, and the habit of independent thinking.

 From his Spanish ancestors, he got his elegance of bearing,


sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies.

 From his Chinese ancestors, he derived his serious nature, frugality,


patience, and love for children.

 From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal inherited his love for freedom,
his innate desire to travel, and his indomitable courage.
Hereditary Influence.
 His three uncles, inspired him to develop his artistic ability, to
develop his frail body and intensified his voracious reading of good
books. His brother, Paciano, instilled in his mind the love for
freedom and justice.

 From his sisters, he learned to be courteous and kind to women. 


The religious atmosphere at his home fortified his religious nature.

 The scenic beauties of Calamba and the beautiful garden of the


Rizal family stimulated the inborn artistic and literary talents of
Jose Rizal. Environmental Influence

 The Spanish cruelties and abuses awakened his spirit of patriotism


and inspired him to consecrate his life and talents to redeem his
oppressed people.

 The death of his sister Concha and the imprisonment of his mother,
contributed to strengthen his character, enabling him to resist
blows of adversity in later years.

 Father Leoncio Lopez, fostered Rizal’s love for scholarship and


intellectual honesty.

 Rizal was providentially destined to be the pride and glory of his


nation. God had endowed him with the versatile gifts of a genius,
the vibrant spirit of a nationalist, and the valiant heart to sacrifice
for a noble cause.Aid of Divine Providence

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