Under the Spanish regime, the Philippines was a country in trouble. It was when several Spanish influences were shoved to the people that it had amalgamated their own unique ways of living. Moreover plaguing the people with questions pertaining to real identity; yet, only a few seemed to look for answers and even fewer to actually answer it. This was the era of feudalism, when the supremacy was in the mendicant Roman Catholic order. People lived in fear of those in power “terribly afraid of the consequences they'd face when they stand up to their obvious advances." To the eyes of a 21st century Filipino woman, it's a horrid time to be born on. Yet, Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda's destiny was carved in the same stones as this "horrid time." So there's no denying that young Pepe had seen it all. As a child, he had seen his own mother play prey to this societal malady. A feat which may have transitioned his own ideologies to be set to the bitter realities he lived in. It was at this stage in his life that he had acquired his inspirations: his love for the country, God, family, justice, freedom, education, and language. And these childhood inspirations became the very foundations that had guided him in the coming years. Together with the guidance of his childhood inspirations came a helping hand in Jose Rizal's development as an individual in the form of his older brother “ Paciano. Perhaps, more than any other person, Paciano had brought the most significant transformation in Jose's life that such a great man as Dr. Jose Rizal wouldn't have held the same esteem if it weren't for Paciano thrusting him into the very circumstances that had influenced his philosophies. An instance would be when Paciano urged for Jose to go to Europe to further his studies. And in there, specifically in Barcelona, Jose had written his first propaganda (to be sent to Manila for publication) which was the "'Ang Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lup