Mendeja, Christian Wilfred L. BSTrM 3-1N REFLECTION PAPER Our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, was born on June 19, 1861, in Calamba, Laguna. When I was in elementary, the only thing that I knew about our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal is about his heroism, but as I grew up, there were many things and issues that questioned his role in our country. Some of these are, is Jose Rizal deserves to be our national hero? Is he a revolutionary or a reformist? There are many issues that are still debated now. Works of Dr. Jose Rizal In Madrid, Dr. Jose Rizal penned the first half of his novel, Noli Me Tangere. He traveled throughout Europe after finishing his studies in Spain. He went to Paris and wrote one-half of the novel's second half there. While in Paris, he worked as an apprentice in the clinic of a well-known ophthalmic surgeon. Louis de Wecker, M.D. He aspired to be an ophthalmologist for his mother, whose eyesight was already failing her. He traveled from Paris to Heidelberg, where he apprenticed with another well-known ophthalmic physician. Otto Becker, M.D. He attended law lectures at the University of Heidelberg while in Heidelberg. To the Flowers of Heidelberg, one of his best poems was written in this German city. He traveled to Berlin and concluded his Noli Me