José Rizal |Date of birth: |June 19, 1861. | |Place of birth: |Calamba, Laguna, Philippines | |Date of death: |December 30, 1896 (aged 35) | |Place of death: |Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park), Manila, Philippines | |Major organizations: |La Solidaridad, La Liga Filipina | |Major monuments: |Rizal Park | José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda[1] (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896, ancestral home: Quanzhou, Fujian[2]), was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for …show more content…
Upon enrolling at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, José dropped the last three names that make up his full name, at the advice of his brother, Paciano Rizal Mercado, and the Rizal Mercado family, thus rendering his name as "José Protasio Rizal". Of this, Rizal writes: "My family never paid much attention [to our second surname Rizal], but now I had to use it, thus giving me the appearance of an illegitimate child!"[11] This was to enable him to travel freely and disassociate him from his brother, who had gained notoriety with his earlier links with Filipino priests who were sentenced to death as subversives. From early childhood, José and Paciano were already advancing unheard-of political ideas of freedom and individual rights which infuriated the authorities.[12][13] Despite the name change, Jose, as "Rizal" soon distinguishes himself in poetry writing contests, impressing his professors with his facility with Castilian and other foreign languages, and later, in writing essays that are critical of the Spanish historical accounts of the pre-colonial Philippine societies. Indeed, by 1891, the year he finished his El filibusterismo, this second surname had become so well known that, as he writes to another friend, "All my family now carry the name Rizal instead of Mercado because the name Rizal means persecution! Good! I too want to join them and be worthy of this family name..."[11] José became the focal point by which the family became known, at
On February 24, 1767, José Matías Delgado y León was born from his parents Pedro Delgato and Ana Maria de León. He had two brothers, Miguel and Juan. He was interested in the Roman Catholic Church early in life, and attained priesthood in Guatemala in 1797 after attending a seminary. He also received a degree in theology and civil and canonical rights. Delgado was then appointed vicar of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, and stayed there for over a decade.
Enrique’s Journey written by Sonia Nazario is a work of non-fiction that follows the journey of a young Central American boy to find his mother Lourdes, who left him at the age of five. Before Nazario introduces Enrique she discusses the experiences she put herself through to gain a better understanding of the travels a migrant child and adult go through in their conquest to make it to the United States. While going through the trials that many migrants put themselves through Nazario learns the stories of different migrants and begins her search for a migrant child to bring attention to their story and create awareness about the situation children migrating are enduring to find their mothers in the United States. Nazario traces Enrique’s steps to experience his full journey and to describe the details in depth upon writing about the journey Enrique took to find his mother in the United States.
There are millions of undocumented immigrants living here in America. Jose Antonio Vargas is one of them. Because Vargas’s family sent him here at age 12 with fake documents, there is nothing he can do about his illegal status if he wants to stay. After finding out his papers were fake, he has looked for a path to citizenship but has found no viable solution. My evaluation is while he is not legally an American, he pays taxes, grew up in the School System, and has completely immersed himself into our culture with a love for the country. By definition, then, he is an American.
Although José had two children with a previous wife, Felipe was the first of six with Virginia. Later on in his life, his siblings, María, Mateo, Jesús, Juan, and Virginia, came about. José worked as a carpenter and blacksmith. With the skills of his job, he built the Alou four-room household. On top of that, he also built many of the other houses in the neighborhood. To suit his family’s desperation for money, he became a fisherman to provide for his family. He did this, so his family could be less dependant on his neighbor’s to pay for their bills. He had always been an avid fisherman because he
On November 16 1885, 41 year-old Metis father Louis David Riel passed away at 8:00am(CTZ) .After a long battle in court, he was sentenced to execution for treason which led him to be hung in Regina, Saskatchewan.
According to President Obama (2014), “If we are serious about economic growth, it is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement- and fix our broken immigration system. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have acted. I know that members of both parties in the House want to do the same” (President Obama, 2014). The United States of American has long been the safe haven for those who seek to escape poverty, hunger, torture, and oppression in their home countries. According to the film, The Other Side of Immigration (2009), in 1970, the United States housed 750,000 immigrants and as of 2009, there are
Page 225 of the Afterward asks “Is immigration good for the migrants themselves? Is it good for the countries from which they are migrating? Is it good for the United States and its citizens?” Answer these questions, supporting your answer with information found in the Afterword section of the book.
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death.
Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teodulo Franco Bahamonde, or more commonly Francisco Franco, was born on December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain. Franco was born to Nicolas Franco y Salgado-Araújo, a Spanish Naval Officer, and María del Pilar Bahamonde y Pardo de Andrade, an upper middle class Roman Catholic.
At first glance it seems the author of “Enrique’s Journey”, Sonia Nazario, has a key purpose to highlight what Enrique has gone through on his search for his mother. A broader analysis shows Nazario’s main purpose is to show the hardships such as beatings and rape that migrants, mainly children, face on their journey to find their mothers in the United States. This is a hot topic for newly inducted president Donald Trump. Article “DHS proposes separating illegal immigrant mothers, children caught sneaking across border” by Stephen Dinan highlights a plan proposed by John Kelly. The purpose of the book and article have a neutral feeling towards immigration. They compare in ways and differ in ways at the same time.
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was the President of the Dominican Republic. He ruled the country as a dictator. In order to maintain his power, he eliminated people who disagreed with him by dismissing them from their jobs or even murdering them. He also put his family members in positions of power in the economy. Rafael Trujillo was a dictator that stopped at nothing in order to maintain his power over the Dominican Republic.
Most every human being has encountered a time in their life when he or she has felt suppressed. However, not every person has stood up against the people and forces that have kept them oppressed. It takes a truly extraordinary person to stand up for their self and to take a stand for the greater good of others. According to Clare Booth Luce: “courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.” The Mexican writer, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and the Puerto Rican writer, Julia de Burgos, acknowledged the fact that they were suppressed by the male gender. Sor Juana and Julia de Burgos did not simply stop at acknowledging the problem at hand. Rather, these two
The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes was written in 1554. This novel was an inspiring and great representation of a segment in the 16th century Spanish society. Even though the Author is unknown, it was translated by W.S. Merwin and introduced by Juan Goytisolo. The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes is centered on a young boy who has to adept in the world daily struggles for existence and goes through many experiences along the way ,becoming a servant for many different masters. He also discovers the world’s injustices, and adapts to what he has to go through in his journey to survive. Throughout the novel The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes shows how the fictional literature plays a huge part in social criticism, the Spanish economy has a big effect, and how the squire and other characters reflect upon the novel.
Francisco Franco was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975, including the time of WW2. Perhaps he was better known as “El Caudillo,” translated into English as The Leader. He was born and raised in Spain. He was a very brilliant military general who led Nationalist rebels in defeating the Spanish government during the Spanish Civil War. Although he was viewed as a Fascist Dictator, he strongly opposed communism. He was an extremely important figure in the course of world history.
“Rizal had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to the islands. His theory was the country was economically self-sufficient and prosperous. Rizal entertained the idea that it had a lively and vigorous community enriched with the collective and sensitive art and culture of the native population. He