What are the reason of rizal first homecoming?

Answer 1

All the alluring beauties of foreign countries and all the beautiful memories of his sojourn in alien lands could neither make Rizal forget his fatherland nor turn his back to his own nationality. Thus, after five years of memorable sojourn in Europe, he return to the Philippines in August 1887 and practice medicine in Calamba. HE lived the quiet life of a country doctor. But his enemies, who resented his Noli, persecuted him, even threatening to kill him.

DECISION TO RETURN HOME

Because of the publication of the Noli Me Tangere and the uproar it caused among the friars, Rizal was warned not to return home. But he did not heed their warning. He was determined to return to the Philippines for the following reasons:

- To operate his mother's eyes

- To serve his people who had long been oppressed by Spanish tyrants

- To find out for him how the Noli and his other writings were affecting Filipinos and Spaniards in the Philippines

- To inquire why Leonor Rivera remained silent

ARRIVAL IN MANILA

August 5- the Haipong arrived in Manila. Rizal went ashore with a happy heart for he once more trod his beloved native soil. He stayed in the city for a short time to visit his friends. He found Manila the same as when he left it five years ago.

HAPPY HOMECOMING

August 8- 1887 he returned to Calamba. His family welcomed him affectionately, with plentiful tears of joy.

In Calamba, Rizal established a medical clinic. His first patient was his mother, who was almost blind. He treated her eyes, but not performed any surgical operation because her eyes cataracts were not yet ripe. News of the arrival of a great doctor from Germany spread far and wide. Patients from Manila and the provinces flocked to Calamba. Rizal, who came to be called "Doctor Uliman" because he came from Germany, treated their ailments and soon he acquired a lucrative medical practice. His professional fees were reasonable, even gratis to the poor. Within a few months, he was able to earn P900 as a physician. By February, 1888, he earned a total of P5 000 as medical Fees.

STORM OVER THE NOLI

A few weeks after his arrival, a storm broke over his novel. One day Rizal received a letter from Governor General Emilio Terrero requesting him to come to Malacañan Palace. Somebody has whispered to the Governor's ear that the Noli contained subversive ideas.

RIZAL AND TAVIEL DE ANDRADE

While the storm over the Noli was raging in Fury, Rizal was not molested in Calamba. This is due to Governor General Terrero's generosity in assigning a bodyguard to him. Between this Spanish bodyguard, Lt. Jose Taviel De Andrade, and Rizal, a beautiful friendship bloomed.

What marred Rizal's happy days in Calamba with Lt. Andrade were:

The death of his older sister, Olimpia

The groundless tales circulated by his enemies that he was "a German Spy, an agent of Bismarck, a Protestant, a Mason, a witch, a soul beyond salvation, etc."

CALAMBA'S AGRARIAN TROUBLE

Governor General Terrero, influenced by certain facts in Noli Me Tangere, ordered a government investigation of the friar estates to remedy whatever iniquities might have been present in connection with land taxes and with tenant relations. One of the friar estates affected was the Calamba Hacienda which the Dominican Order owed since 1883. In compliance with the Governor General's orders, dated December 30, 1887.The Civil Governor of Laguna. Province directed the municipal authorities of Calamba to investigate the agrarian conditions of their locality.

A POEM TO LIPA

In the few stanzas Rizal extols man's labor and industry, singing, "Praise to labor / of the country wealth and vigor." He exhorts the youth to follow in the footsteps of their industrious elders and thus be worthy of them, for "Incense does not honor the dear / As does a son with glory and valor."

A close reading of the poem will reveal to us that Hymn to Labor was Rizal's way of commending man's labor and industry and extolling the country's wealth and vigor. For him labor plays a vital role in keeping up the dignity of a man for it is work that sustains a man, the motherland, family and the home. Thus, he considered labor as the country's blood, health and life.

FAREWELL TO CALAMBA

Rizal's exposure of the deplorable conditions of tenancy in Calamba infuriated further his enemies. The friars exerted pressure on Malacañan Palace to eliminate him. They asked Governor General Terrero to deport him, but the latter refused because there was no valid charge against Rizal in the court. Anonymous threats against Rizal's life were received by his parents. The alarmed parents, relatives and friends (including lt. Taviel de Andrade) advised him to go away, for his life was in danger.