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“Education is solution, not bloodshed.” (Freedom’s Myrtyr. 2003) Dr. José Rizal said on his second book El Filibusterismo in which spark the dislike of the Spanish government towards him. Rizal was a Filipino nation hero for creating a peaceful revolt against the Spaniard’s corrupted rule in the Philippines, and for raising the Filipino men’s nationalism through his books and speeches during the colonization of the Philippines by the Spanish.
Rizal was born in June 19th 1861 to Francisco Rizal and Teodora Quintos who also opposed the Spanish strict rule in their country. Even as a young boy, Rizal was very intelligent and was exposed to the struggles of the Filipinos under the rule of Spanish. He wrote poems at a young age and had passion to arts, that is why his country men trusted him and looked up at him. Growing up, he decided to do something about the leader’s unfairness by writing and creating peaceful groups such as La Liga Filipina.
Rizal published his first novel Noli Me Tángere (Touch me Not) in 1887 after reading the Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harrite Stowe. The story was about the two of Philippine’s biggest struggle at the time, the corruption of the friars and conceited civil authority. This book was the start of the Catholic Church and Spanish Government distaste in him. Ultimately, the Spanish government put him in trail but let him go for being such a charismatic talker. His book was soon banned in the Philippines and he flew out of the country from the civil threats.
During this time, he flew to different countries and learned different languages to study and focus his reforms. His main goal was to have equal rights for the
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Filipinos and Spanish like in the people in Spain by advocating the f...
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... end, his wish for freedom in the Philippines was granted but not in the way in which he wanted it to be. On his last poem, he denounced the revolution and said that even though he was to die, he was glad to die for his country because it was the same thing as dying in a battle.
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Rizal was an important national hero for showing Filipinos the wrong doings of the Spanish rule in the Philippines legally and intellectually instead of violently before the Philippine Revolution. He showed his country men through bravery that even though he will die, he will die for his country which inspired plenty of Filipinos. “One dies only once and, if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost which will not come again… If one must die, let one die at least in his country, for his country, and in the name of his country.” (Legends, Leaders, Legacies. 2007. Page 39)
but most of all he wanted to live with freedom to think and act as he
war often, for the sake of his country, but when he did he put in a
Miller, Stuart C. “Letter from New York-Born Soldier.” Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1982. 88. Print.
He wanted to stress people right to liberty and fundamental rights as human beings as central values, making people united as a whole, rejecting the monarchy, aristocracy and the political power, he wanted citizens to be independent in thee way they implemented their civic duties, and as a way to disparage corruption.
Gabriel José García Márquez was born on March 6, 1928 in Aracataca, a town in Northern Colombia, where he was raised by his maternal grandparents in a house filled with countless aunts and the rumors of ghosts. But in order to get a better grasp on García Márquez's life, it helps to understand something first about both the history of Colombia and the unusual background of his family.
...his tragic ending becomes a clear symbol of the clashing perspectives of communism and individual values: even an individual who had managed to find success in the Marxist system of communism could not maintain happiness for long before losing everything, including the reasons for living.
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, northern Catalonia, Spain. His father, Salvador Dali y Cusi, a state notary, was a dictatorial and passionate man. He was also fairly liberal minded, due to a short but intense period of renaissance, and he accepted his son's occupation as a painter without much resistance to the idea.
Born in 1547--a very important year in European history. Frances I of france died, opening France to half a century of religious turmoil. (for Spain to exploit). Henry VIII died in England, only a year after Martin Luther (in mid-sermon), thus proving to Catholic Spain that God was enthusiastic to its religious cause by removing the two heretics!! Also, in 1547, Emperor Carlos V defeated the Protestant armies at Muhlberg. His explanation, "I came, I saw, and God conquered!"
years did Cervantes find a patron. It was then that he had the time to devote
...s is related to his philosophy about doing the right thing and about a being a good person. But it goes beyond this. He spoke often about having true compassion. It isn’t enough to help those in need, but we must truly care about them, to take a good look and see how they got that way. He asked us to examine how we as a society can change the conditions that led them to be there in the first place. Doing this makes us better as people. I have found that it also makes me feel better. Never give up on your dreams. While his life was cut tragically short, he died in pursuit of his dream and in spite of everything he faced, he never gave up on it. He faced obstacles I could never imagine having to face, and still persisted. This reminds me that the small things in my life that often seem insurmountable, are just my excuses for not taking action and are not obstacles.
gave to the people of the country, he took power from the government and let the
...f the most prestigious acts for American equality. He was a determined, charismatic man who used good to fight evil despite the anguish. He never gave up on the nonviolent techniques he studied on Gandhi. After his death there were many breakthroughs in civil rights. He may not have been alive to see the promised land, but in many aspects he brought the country there. He like many before him paid the ultimate price for his devotion to righteousness, "If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."
Julio Cortázar is a famous novelist from Argentina. He was born August 26, 1914 in Brussels, Belgium and died February 12, 1984 at the age of 70 years young. Otherness is the foundation of translation in almost every sense of the word. The translator must become the author's other, his Doppelganger, what Julio Cortázar called his paredros, using a Greek term for an old Egyptian concept of otherness. At the same time the translator must turn the author into another possibility of his own existence. The writer stays himself but is now writing in another language and therefore at least partially in another culture. Also, there will be more than one translation of a classic, meaning that even in its otherness the classic has other possibilities. Mandelbaum, Singleton, Sayers, and Ciardi are all partially Dante in that they are his others, yet they are not clones, not even identical twins, and usually not even close enough to be fraternal ones. Theirs is anotherness within the same language, different variations on the same theme as it were.
that he saw himself as a nationalist, accepting his activities had gainful results. His spilling
how to read and interpret his audience, and thus he was able to promote the civil