Exile in Dapitan (ctnd)

Daryl Jan S. Salem

2 My Retreat
 this poem was made in response to his mother's request, Doña Teodora
 it was about his serene life as an exile in dapitan and sent it to her on October
22, 1895
 it is one of the best ever poem made by rizal
 Poems interpretation:
 This poem tells a story about someone who leaves the chaos of the modern
world to be alone and reflect on nature. They retreat to repose, to be at ease,
so they can silence the grief, or forget the stress of life. For awhile he is content
with all around him, admiring nature, then as he becomes lonely he remembers
that God is always with him. He tells us briefly of his faith and Gods ability to
always be there with him. With a sudden memory of all the things he saw as
grief, he realize that they were what they were and it is his choice to see them
as he once did. His choice to stay and die in his own solitude, he decides to
return to the world from which he once chose to retreat.

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

3 Rizal and Josephine Bracken
 the death of Leonora Rivera on August 28, 1893 due to child birth left a painful
nothingness in Rizal's life
 a lady came to Dapitan, who is Josephine Bracken an Irish girl of sweet
eigtheen, she accompanied his step-father, George Taufer, who later became
blind, to seek for the ophthalmic services of the famous Rizal.
 They went to manila because no ophthalmic surgeon could cure his father's
blindness in Hong Kong, their home town
 after hearing that rizal was in dapitan, they proceeded together with Manuela
Orlac and they bring together with them a card of introduction from Julio
Llorente, rizal's friend and schoolmate
 rizal and bracken fell inlove with each other at first sight and after a month of
romance they agreed to marry
 but father obach, priest of dapitan, refused to marry them without the
permission of Cebu's bishop
 when taufer heard about the marriage, he attempted to commit suicide by
cutting of his throat but rizal grabbed his wrist and prevented the attempted
sucide

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

  mr. taufer's illness was not cured because his ailment was incurable
4
 To avoid tragedy, josephine went to manila with taufer. But josephine
stayed at manila with rizal's family while his father was returning home to
hong kong
 later she returned to dapitan and lived with rizal and marry themselves in
the eyes of GOD
 Rizal made a poem for his lady in titled “ Josephine, Josephine”
 in the 1896, the couple were so happy about the said pregnancy of
bracken
 unfortunately, rizal played a prank on bracken which result to a premature
birth to an eight month baby boy who lived only for 3 hours and died
 rizal named his son “Francisco” in honor to his Father, Don Francisco

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

5 Rizal and Katipunan
 andres bonifacio, the “great plebeian”, found the revotionary society
called Katipunan on July 7, 1892
 in a secret meeting of the katipunan on May 2, 1896, dr. pio valenzuela
was named emmisary to dapitan, in order to inform rizal about the lauching
of revelution
 to disguise his mission, he brought with him a blind man named Raymundo
Mata and a guide, which is ostensibly going to dapitan to seek rizal's
medical advices
 valenzuela arrived at dapitan on June 21, 1896

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

  after talking to rizal about the rebellion, rizal objected Bonifacio's project to
6 plunge in bloody revolution for two reasons:
 the people are not ready for the revolution
 and the arms and funds must first be collected before raising the cry of
revolution
 he also disapproved of the plan of the katipunan to rescue him because
he had given his words to the spanish authority and he did not want to
break it

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

7
VOLUNTEERS AS MILITARY DOCTORS IN
CUBA.
 Months before the Katipunan contacted him, Rizal had offered his services
as military doctor in Cuba.
 Blumentritt advised Rizal to voulunteer as army physician there.
 Thus, Rizal wrote to Governor General Ramn Blanco on Dec. 17, 1895 to
offer his services in Cuba
 The reply from Governor Blanco reached Rizal on July 30, 1896
 Song of the Traveller.
 With Rizal’s joyous thought of resuming his travels, he wrote a poem entitled
Ël Canto de Viajero”(The song of the traveller

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019

8 ADIOS DAPITAN.

 Rizal’s four year exile in Dapitan ended on July 31, 1896

 At midnight on that date he embarked on board the streamer
Ëspana”
 As farewell music, the town brass band played a funeral song.
 When he could no longer see the shoreline, he went to his cabin
and wrote in his diary: Ï have been in that district for four years,
thirteen days, and a few hours.”

Exile in Dapitan 12/7/2019