CAROL ANNE AQUINO

RZ101
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I. Rizal sa Dapitan

1. Characters

 Fr. Obach

 Doña Teodora Alonzo

 Mary

 Narcissa

 George Taufer

 Josephine Bracken

2. Setting

 Dapitan

3. Plot

Due to Rizal’s continuous fight against the Spanish government and

friars, Rizal was thrown to Dapitan. He made his life in Dapitan

worthwhile by helping his fellow Filipinos there by executing his

abilities to teach the children, to cure the sick and manage a small

farm. Then he fell in love with an American lady namely Josephine

Bracken, who went to the Philippines to seek medical help for her

blinded stepfather.

4. Conflict

Rizal and Bracken planned to get married. They asked the priest to

bless them. The Priest was hesitant to give what they both wants not

until Rizal turns back to the Catholic Church. For wanting to be

married, they still got married even if the presence of a priest is not
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there. Their relationship went well until Rizal found out Bracken’s

infidelity causing their fight which resulted to her miscarriage.

5. Summary of the story

Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892-1896. These were his

last four years. Dapitan served as his prison cell. He always compared

it to “a beautiful cage” where he is imprisoned. This was the longest

imprisonment Rizal ever had. He became so lost by those times, but

still he did not lose his mind. Even there, he continued studying and

discovering things. He continued his conversation with his friends,

scientists and doctors outside the country. His life there was as

peaceful as a simple man would wish: a house near the shore with

everything around you provided. Rizal is different, he would not wish

for a place where he will not be able to do anything for his

country. Even in his exile state, he managed to build a house, a clinic -

where the poor and the rich are welcome, and a school where he had

16 students. In Dapitan, Rizal found the last woman of his life –

Josephine Bracken. He wished to marry her, but the church would not

allow it because Rizal does not want to renounce his beliefs and

everything that he had said against the church. The couple settles for a

common-law marriage despite initial opposition from Rizal's family, and

have a stillborn son Rizal names Francisco.