Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Philippines. His father was a wealthy farmer who rented land from the Dominican friars.2 Jose Rizal was first educated by his mother, who taught him the alphabet. He had a penchant for art and often impressed his family with his sketches and clay molds. At the age of eight, Jose Rizal composed a Tagalog poem titled Sa Aking Mea Kababata, which describes the love of his language. Jose Rizal was educated at home by private tutors who taught him Spanish and Latin. His parents later sent him to a private school in Biñan, Laguna, where he outperformed his classmates in Spanish, Latin, and other subjects.3 JoseRizal attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, a Jesuit university in the Philippines , in 1872, where he obtained excellent grades. Jose Rizal participated in gymnastics, fencing, painting and sculpture and immersed himself in books such as Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Universal History by Cesar Cantanu and Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodor Jagor. He graduated from the AteneoMunicipal de Manila at the age of 16 with highest honors. Jose Rizal first studied surveying and eventually completed his training as a surveyor in 1877.4 He attended the University of SantoTomas in 1878 as a medical student. He, however, resigned due to discrimination against Filipino students by Spanish professors and continued his medical studies in Spain.5 The Rizal family did not have good relations with the Dominican friars or the Spanish colonial government. His mother, Theodora Alonso, was falsely accused of poisoning her brother's wife and was imprisoned. The Spanish colonial government, in the middle of a paper, withdrew itself from society while narrowly escaping death.32 Religious orders attacked Noli Me Tangere and called it "heretic, impetuous and scandalous ". They also accused Jose Rizal of being "unpatriotic, subversive of public order and harmful to the Spanish government." »33 The Spanish colonial government eventually banned the circulation of Noli Me Tangere in the Philippines. Yet, despite the incessant attacks and its ban on circulation, native Filipinos became fascinated with it and attempted to read Noli Me Tangere, even though they could be arrested for reading or possessing a copy. Noli Me Tangere launched a large-scale reform movement in the Philippines. The banning of the book aroused the curiosity of the population and the numerous contraband copies arriving in the islands were distributed and shared. This made the book even more popular.