SCENE 1:

SETTING: SCHOOL (UST)

(BACKGROUND: UST) *RIZAL AND FRIENDS (INCLUDES COUSIN GALICANO APACIBLE) ENTER, SPANISH
POINTING AT THEM*

SPANISH: WAHAHA! INDIOS CHONGGOS! INDIOS CHONGGOS!!!

RIZAL AND FRIENDS: KASTILA BANGUS!!! KASTILA BANGUS!!!

SPANISH 1: WHAT DID YOU SAY?

SPANISH 2: YOU WANT TO FIGHT, HUH?!

RIZAL COUSIN’S: *WHISPERS TO RIZAL* JUST LET THEM BE. LET’S GO TO OUR ROOM NOW.

*RIZAL AND FRIENDS WALK AWAY*

SPANISH: WAHAHAHA! LOSERS! CHONGGOS!

RIZAL: *TURNS TOWARD THE SPANISH* YEAH! WHATEVER BANGUS!

---- AT ROOM ---

FRIEND 1: THEY ARE SO ANNOYING!!!

*RIZAL AT THE BACKGROUND THINKING WITH CREASED FOREHEAD*

FRIEND 2: I KNOW RIGHT. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAIR COMPLEXION, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
SUPERIORS.

*RIZAL AT THE BACKGROUND SMILES BRIGHT IDEA*

RIZAL: *STANDS* THOSE SPANISH KIDS NEED TO LEARN THEIR LESSON! I, JOSE RIZAL, OFFICIALLY
DECLARE THE FOUNDATION OF A SECRET SOCIETY CALLED “COMPANERISMO” WITH THE AIM OF
PROTECTING ALL FILIPINO STUDENTS IN THIS UNIVERSITY. I ASSIGN MYSELF AS THE CHIEF OF THIS
SOCIETY.

RIZAL’S COUSIN: I VOLUNTEER AS A SECRETARY!!!

FRIEND 2: NICE IDEA! AND THE MEMBERS SHALL BE CALLED AS “COMPANIONS OF JEHU”!

FRIEND 1: RIGHT! *HIGH FIVE TO FRIEND 2* JUST LIKE THE HEBREW GENERAL WHO FOUGHT THE
ARMAEANS AND RULED ISRAEL FOR 28 YEARS!

*NARRATION: AS CHIEF, HE LED FILIPINO STUDENTS INTO COMBAT AGAINST THE SPANISH STUDENTS IN
VARIOUS STREET FIGHTS. OWING TO HIS SKILL IN FENCING, HIS PROWESS IN WRESTLING, AND HIS
INDOMITABLE COURAGE, HE AIMED TO PROTECT HIS FELLOW FILIPINO STUDENTS FROM
DISCRIMINATION AND INSULTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR BEING INDIOS.
SCENE 2: BANQUET SPEECH

*CONTEST*

HOST: THE WINNER IS JOSE RIZAL!!!

*RIZAL RECEIVES AWARD, GOES DOWN THE STAGE*

FILIPINO: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DID GREAT! ANYWAY, ARE YOU BUSY? YOU SHOULD COME TO THE
BANQUET FOR JUAN LUNA AND FELIX HIDALGO.

RIZAL: THANK YOU! OH SURE, MY PLEASURE.

*AT THE BANQUET*

*THE BANQUET WAS ATTENDED BY PROMINENT SPANISH ARTISTS, NEWSPAPERMEN, AND MEN-OF-
LETTERS, STATESMEN AND FILIPINOS.

RIZAL: *LOOKS AROUND, AMAZED WITH LOTS OF FOOD, STOMACH RUMBLES* WOAH! THERE’S A LOT
OF FOOD. GOOD THING I DIDN’T EAT BREAKFAST.

FILIPINO: OH WELCOME, JOSE! THANK YOU FOR COMING. PLEASE ENJOY THE FOOD.

RIZAL: I WILL. THANK YOU! SEE YOU AROUND.

(RIZAL EATS AND TALK WITH PEOPLE)

FILIPINO: MAY I CALL MR. JOSE RIZAL TO DELIVER US HIS SPEECH.

(RIZAL GOES TO THE STAGE)

RIZAL: IN SPEAKING BEFORE YOU, I AM NOT SCARED BY THE FEAR THAT YOU MAY LISTEN TO ME WITH
LUKEWARMNESS. I COME TO JOIN YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

HERE IS, IN FACT, THE REASON WHY WE ARE GATHERED. IN THE HISTORY OF NATIONS THERE ARE
NAMES THAT BY THEMSELVES SIGNIFY AN ACHIEVEMENT, THAT RECALL PASSION AND GREATNESS,
NAMES THAT, LIKE MAGIC FORMULA, EVOKE PLEASANT AND SMILING THOUGHTS, NAMES THAT
BECAME A PACT, A SYMBOL OF PEACE, A BOND OF LOVE BETWEEN THE NATIONS. THE NAMES OF LUNA
AND HIDALGO BELONG TO THESE.

(AUDIENCE AMAZED, STANDING OVATION)

*NARRATION: SPEAKING IN SONOROUS CASTILIAN, RIZAL HELD HIS AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND. RIZAL,
WITH SUCH ORATION, SHOWED THE PEOPLE THAT EVEN IF HE IS A BROWN FILIPINO, HE WAS NOT
AFRAID TO SPEAK IN FRONT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN, HE IS
A PART OF THE SOCIETY.
SCENE 3: STUDENT DEMONSTRATION

*NARRATION: ON NOV 20, 21 AND 22, 1884, THE SERENE CITY OF MADRID EXPLODED IN BLOODY RIOTS
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY.

DR. MIGUEL MORAYTA: I PROCLAIM THE FREEDOM OF SCIENCE AND THE TEACHER!

*NARRATION: THIS PROCLAMTION OF MORAYTA LED TO STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS. SUCH LIBERAL

VIEW WAS CONDEMNED BY THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF SPAIN, WHO PROMPTLY EXCOMMUNICATED
DR. MORAYTA AND THOSE WHO APPLAUDED HIS SPEECH.

*ANGERED BY THE BIGOTRY OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS, THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ROSE IN VIOLENT
DEMONSTRATIONS.

STUDENTS (INCLUDING RIZAL): VIVA MORAYTA! DOWN WITH BISHOPS!

(POLICE TRIES TO STOP THEM.)

STUDENTS: VIVA MORAYTA! DOWN WITH BISHOPS! DOWN WITH CREUS!

(CHAOS)

(POLICE TRIES TO CATCH RIZAL AND VENTURA. RIZAL AND VENTURA RUNS).

VENTURA: THAT WAS CLOSE!

*NARRATION: ON THE NEXT DAY, RIZAL CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS

DESPITE THE THREATS THAT HE MIGHT BE ARRESTED. THE STUDENTS, THE YOUNG RIZAL AMONG THEM,
VOWED NOT TO RETURN TO ATTEND CLASSES OUT OF DISGUST AND ANGER AT THE UNIVERSITY
OFFICIAL WHO, AS RIZAL DECLARED, “ASSERTED HIMSELF BY FORCE, THREAT, AND TREAT PEOPLE
WITHOUT DIGNITY.” RIZAL.

IT’S CLEAR THAT RIZAL SAW THAT THOUGH HE WAS THEN ONLY A STUDENT, HE WAS ALREADY A
CITIZEN AND AN ORGANIC MEMBER OF SOCIETY. AS SUCH, HE FELT HE HAD A DUTY THAT HE SHOULD
NOT STAND IDLY BY AS THE TIDE OF SOCIAL CHANGE RAGED AND ROARED AROUND HIM.
SCENE 4: LA SOLIDARIDAD

*WHILE BUSY IN HIS HISTORICAL STUDIES IN LONDON, RIZAL LEARNED THAT THE FILIPINOS IN
BARCELONA WRE PLANNING TO ESTABLISH A PATRIOTIC SOCIETY WHICH WOULD COOPERATE IN THE
CRUSADE FOR REFORMS.

GRACIANO LOPEZ JAENA: WE SHALL CALL IT ASOCIACION LA SOLIDARIDAD.

MEMBERS: WE VOTE RIZAL AS THE HONORARY PRESIDENT.

*ON FEB 15, 1889, JAENA FOUNDED LA SOLIDARIDAD.

RIZAL: CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE FOUNDING OF LA SOLIDARIDAD.

LOPEZ JAENA: THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU COULD WRITE ARTICLES FOR US.

RIZAL: SURE. BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO PUBLISH EXAGGERATIONS OR LIES. IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE
SHOW OUR ENEMIES THAT WE ARE MORE WORTHY THAN THEY, MORALLY AND HUMALY SPEAKING.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR KNAVERIES.

*RIZAL SUBMITTED HIS FIRST ARTICLE IN LA SOLIDARIDAD ENTITLED LOS AGRICULTUROS FILIPINOS.

*NARRATION: IN THIS ARTICLE, HE DEPICTED THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHICH
CAUSE THE BACKWARDNESS OF THE COUNTRY. HE, AS A MAN WHO GREATLY LOVES HIS COUNTRY AND
ITS PEOPLE, WROTE THIS ARTICLE THAT SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THOSE OPPRESSED FILIPINO FARMERS.
SCENE 5: DAPITAN

NARRATION: RIZAL WAS EXILED TO DAPITAN. IN HIS STAY IN DAPITAN, HE PRACTICED HIS PROFESSION
AS A PHYSICIAN, AS A FARMER, A TEACHER, AN ENGINEER, AND MANY MORE.

FILIPINO: DR. JOSE, MAARI MO BA AKONG GAMUTIN? NAIS KONG MAKAKITANG MULI NGUNIT KAPOS
KAMI SA PERA. SAPAT LANG ANG AKING KINIKITA PARA SA PAGKAIN.

RIZAL: OO NAMAN PO. *CHECKS THE EYE OF THE PATIENT* MAARI PA PO NATING OPERAHAN YAN. SA
NGAYON PO AY HIHINTAYIN LANG PO NATING MAHINOG ANG INYONG KATARATA. BUMALIK NA
LAMANG PO KAYO SA SUSUNOD NA LINGGO.

FILIPINPO: SALAMAT PO.

*NARRATION: HE HAD MANY PATIENTS BUT MOST OF THEM WERE POOR THAT HE TREATED THEM FREE
AND EVEN GAVE THEM FREE MEDICINES.

*NARRATION: AFTER HE HAD TREATED ALL HIS PATIENTS FOR THE DAY, RIZAL WENT TO VISIT HIS LAND.

FARMER: DR. JOSE, KULANG NA PO ANG TUBIG PARA SA ATING MGA TANIM. NANGANGAMBA PO
AKONG BAKA ITO AY MATUYO.

RIZAL: HUWAG KANG MAG-ALALA JUAN, GAGAWA AKO NG PARAAN.

*NARRATION: RIZAL, WITH A TITLE OF EXPERT SURVEYOR, HE APPLIED HIS KNOWLEDGE OF

ENGINEERING BY CONSTRUCTING A SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS IN ORDER TO FURNISH CLEAN WATER
NOT ONLY FOR HIS LAND BUT ALSO FOR THE TOWNSPEOPLE.

(RIZAL AND SOME FILIPINOS CONSTRCTING WATER SYSTEM.)

*NARRATION: RIZAL, AS A MAN WHO VALUES EDUCATION, ALSO ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL IN DAPITAN.
FROM THREE STUDENTS, IT BECAME 21. HE GAVE THESE PUPILS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY FOR FREE.

(RIZAL STANDING BESIDE A BLACKBOARD, STUDENTS SITTING ON THE FLOOR)

RIZAL: SA AKING PAGLALAKBAY SA IBA’T IBANG BANSA AY NAKITA KO ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG

EDUKASYON. KAYA KAYO, MAG-ARAL KAYONG MABUTI DAHIL KAYONG MGA KABATAAN ANG PAG-ASA
NG BAYAN.

STUDENTS: OPO, MAESTRO!!!

*RIZAL, NOT EXPECTING SOMETHING IN RETURN, THE PEOPLE OF DAPITAN WITH HIS ABILITIES AND
TALENTS. DESPITE HAVING NO AID FROM THE GOVERNMENT, HE WAS STILL ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO
DAPITAN. AS A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY, HE BELIEVED THAT IT IS HIS OBLIGATION TO HELP HIS FELLOW
CITIZENS WHO ARE IN NEED.
RIZAL, WHO SHOWED THE TRUE MEANING OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP, LED HIS FELLOW FILIPINO IN THE
BATTLE AGAISNT THE SPANISH. RIZAL BRAVELY INVOLVED HIMSELF IN THE SOCIETY TO HELP OUT THE
PEOPLE OF HIS COUNTRY. MAY IT BE THROUGH ASSOCIATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRACTICE OF
HIS PROFESSIONS. MAY IT BE THROUGH HIS WRITINGS THAT BULGARLY SHOWED THE DEFECTS OF THE
SPANISH. IT IS UNDENIABLY THAT RIZAL WAS A MAN OF SOCIETY.

SUBMITTED BY: GROUP 1

ANCHETA, PAULA G.
CUSTODIO, BEVERLY
GAVINA, NATAHLIE COLE M.
PASCUA, KAYE AJHELLA J.
RAMIREZ, GREGGY N.
RENTUTAR, NORMANDY I.
SABADO, IVY HANNA E.
TEJANO, FEBIE

RIZAL, WHO SHOWED THE TRUE MEANING OF SERVANT

LEADERSHIP, LED HIS FELLOW FILIPINO IN THE BATTLE
AGAISNT THE SPANIARDS. RIZAL BRAVELY INVOLVED
HIMSELF IN THE SOCIETY TO HELP OUT THE PEOPLE OF
HIS COUNTRY. MAY IT BE THROUGH ASSOCIATIONS,
DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRACTICE OF HIS PROFESSIONS.
OR MAY IT BE THROUGH HIS WRITINGS THAT BULGARLY
SHOWED THE DEFECTS OF THE SPANIARDS.
FURTHERMORE, RIZAL BRAVELY STOOD IN FRONT
AMIDST THE DISCRIMINATION AROUND HIM AND SPOKE
ON BEHALF OF HIS FELLOW FILIPINOS. RIZAL INDEED
WAS A TRUE LEADER AND A MAN OF SOCIETY.