The first Filipino.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This is a brief fragment labeling Rizal as the first Filipino.
- In plain terms
- Rizal is called the first Filipino.
- What can you take from it?
- National identity often centers on key figures.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does being the first Filipino mean?
Another view
The phrase is too short to infer deeper meaning.
More from Jose Rizal
The choice of Rizal as a national hero was a master stroke by the Americans.
Permalink to quote #51 To echo the first Filipino, you get the Rizal you deserve. (alluding to Rizal's statement, 'You get the government you deserve')
Permalink to quote #53 Under what clime or what skies, has tyranny claimed a nobler victim?
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