Question

In the modern context of the Philippine setting, list a hero that you think is suitable to the standards of being a hero.​

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

I think the hero that is suitable to the standards of being a hero is José Rizal (1861-1896).

Rizal was a doctor, an intellectual, and a true patriot that created the movement known as Philippine Nationalism.

Unfortunately, he was never supported by the church of the Philippines. The clergy from the Catholic Church did not consider him as a hero. On the contrary, the clergy thought Rizal was a Communist with strange ideas that jeopardize the teachings of the Catholic Church.

So I think that the church, who had a strong influence in the Philippines at that time exerted its influence over society to not consider him as a hero.

However, I consider him as a hero because he had the courage to express himself in a time of repression, and spoke his truth despite the critics and consequences.