Rizals essays

The Indolecence of Filipino was an essay written by Dr. Jose Rizal when he’s in Paris. Published in La Solidaridad in 5 instalments, July 15 to September 15, 1890. This is to explain the alleged idleness of his people during the Spanish colonization. The Indolence of the Filipinos, means "little love for work, lack of activities."

The significance of Rizal’s works to the lives of the filipino people is vastly great because it mirrors the situation of the past to the present. It gives us answers to questions that are difficult to answer. The readings, specifically the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, should be in their unexpurgated versions.

Generations of Filipino students have read the novel and watched it transformed into a movie, a historical narrative, a ballet, a stage musical and an opera. Having studied Rizal’s works in high school and college, students have become familiar with the characters and plot of the Noli (and its sequel, “El Filibusterismo”).

This means were not made to be slaves/ puppet/ a citizen of other country to work for them but only a citizen of its own motherland, Philippines. A socio-political essay wrote by Jose Rizal. It is one of the most significant political works of the Filipino Reform movement in Spain.