Reflect on why Rizal highlighted the Story of the Moth in the last chapter of his Memorias. What was the message intended by Rizal through the this story? Is the moral of the story still applicable for today's generation?What does the light symbolize?

1. Dr. Jose Rizal highlighted the Story of the Moth in the last chapter of his Memorias to enable him figuratively compare his martyrdom to the moth that died from its illusion and attraction to the beautiful light.

2. In the story, Rizal justified the moth's noble death. He showed that he was not dying in vain. He died as a martyr to light the way for his countrymen and women, young boys and girls, and children to embrace education, liberty, and opportunities for happiness.

3. The moral of Rizal's Moth Story is still relevant for today's generation. Every generation must learn to create the enabling environments for its continued growth and leave a legacy for the next generation.

4. The light in Rizal's Story of the Moth symbolizes intellectual thought and understanding. Positive intellectualism eradicates ignorance, diseases, and death. People perish for lack of knowledge. With light, there is order in society. Light births and sustains "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Thus, for Filipinos, Dr. Jose Rizal remains the beacon of light, a faithful man that loved God, the Philippines, and Filipinos with bravery and heroism in the face of death.

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1. The intended message was intended to alert the dangers of the obsession. This is because when we become obsessed with something we tend to ignore everything around us and act in an unreasonable and very dangerous way, which can cause us a lot of harm.

2. The moral of the story applies in today's society because we are increasingly obsessed with aesthetics, celebrities, erroneous politics, extremism, among other things.

3. The light symbolizes the danger disguised as something beautiful and attractive, but which is fatal.

Explanation:

The story told by Rizal is about a moth that becomes obsessed and attracted by the lit light of a lamp. The moth's obsession is so strong that he gets closer and closer to the lamp, ignoring all the advice for her to stay away. This ends up burning her wings and causing death. The moral of the story is that we must not let our obsession control our rationality and we must always reason whether what attracts us is really good for us.

to demand women’s suffrage

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives