But even then, he was still fighting, not for himself or for his family, but more for his people, for us through his ideas, through poems and other written articles.īut whether a national hero or not, he did a very good job for us considering the fact that he had set us all free from slavery and better education. With the articles he has written, of which most of the topics discussed were all about slavery and abused, he has touched lives, awakened the people, but also provoked the Spaniards thus sent him to jail. He did not fight through guns and swords. He fought through his pen, books and knowledge. His sensitivity to the needs of others was overwhelming as evidenced by his sincere services to the people as doctor, engineer, teacher, artist, farmer and the like. On the other hand, we might as well consider him as a national hero because he’s a multifaceted individual both through the mind and manipulative areas, not to mention his inherit character and the love to people, especially to the poor. Without his family’s money, he would not be able to prosper and improved himself hence, was able to see the disparity between the rich and the poor and even witnessed the maltreatment of the friars against the Filipinos including the abuses of the Spanish officials who was then running our country.
Because of his family’s fortune, he also gained friends and among them were very well-known and were respected to the society. So rich that he was sent to Manila to study to prestigious school and even sent to Spain to widen his wisdom. They were rich that he had a private tutor.
Rizal is a hero, yes, but was he worthy to be considered as our national hero? In my own opinion, he only became a hero because his family was rich and famous.
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