El-Filibusterismo

ELFILIBUST-ERISMO

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4. Characters

3. Synopsis

2. Objectives of Dr. Jose Rizal

1. The novel and it’s History

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The Novel

• It is the second novel written by José Rizal as the sequel to Noli Me Tangere. • Like Noli Me Tangere, it was written in Spanish. • “The reign of Greed” in English • It consist of 38 chapters

Rizal dedicated El Filibusterismo to the three martyred priests of Cavite mutiny. The execution of the three priests was significant to the title of the novel.

THE TITLE EL FILI

Rizal had to define the word filibustero to his German friend Ferdinand Blumentritt, who did not understand his use of the word in Noli MeTangere. In a letter, Rizal explained: "The word filibustero is little known in the Philippines. The masses do not know it yet. I heard it for the first time in 1872 when the tragic executions took place.”

“I still remember the panic that this word created. Our father forbade us to utter it, as well as the words Cavite, Burgos, etc. The Manila newspapers and the Spaniards apply this word to one whom they want to make are volutionary suspect. The Filipinos belonging to the educated class fear the reach of the word. It does not have the meaning of freebooters; it rather means a dangerous patriot who will soon be hanged or well, a presumptuous man."

HISTORY OF NOVEL

• Rizal sent complimentary copies to Blumentritt, Mariano Ponce, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Juan Luna and other friends. • The El Nuevo Regimen-liberal Madrid newspaper serialized the novel in its issues of October 1891. • Original manuscript of El filibusterismo in Rizal’s own handwriting is now preserved in the Filipiniana Division of the Bureau of Public libraries in Manila. • Acquired by Philippine government from Valentin Ventura for 10,000 pesos • Consists of 279 pages of long sheets paper

• He finally completed the book on March 29, 1891 in Biarritz. • September 18, 1891- the novel was published in Ghent, partially funded by Rizal’s friend Valentin Ventura. Rizal immediately sent on this date two printed copies to Hong- Kong, one for Basa and other for Sixto Lopez. • Rizal gratefully donated the original manuscript and an autographed printed copy to Valentin Ventura

• Rizal took 3 years to write his second novel. • Rizal began writing El Filibusterismo in October 1887 while he was in Calamba. • In London (1888), he revised the plot and some chapters. Rizal continued to work on his manuscript in Paris. • He later moved to Brussels where the cost of living was cheaper and he would be less likely to be distracted by social events so he could focus on finisihing the book.• He finally completed the book on March 29, 1891 in Biarritz. • September 18, 1891- the novel was published in Ghent, partially funded by Rizal’s friend Valentin Ventura. Rizal immediately sent on this date two printed copies to Hong- Kong, one for Basa and other for Sixto Lopez.

3. To discuss what religion and belief can really do to everyday lives

1.To defend Filipino people from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of knowledge.

4.To expose the cruelties, graft and corruption of the false government and honestly show the wrong doings of Filipinos that led to further failure.

OBJECTIVES OF DR. JOSE RIZAL IN WRITING THE NOVEL

2. To show how the Filipino people live during Spanish colonial period and the cries and woes of his countrymen against abusive officials.

1. The book narrates the return of the protagonist of Noli Me Tangere, Crisostomo Ibarra, under the disguise of a wealthy jeweler named Simoun. Disillusioned by the abuses of the Spanish, Ibarra abandons his pacifist beliefs in order to return to the Philippines and start a violent revolution.
2. Noli Me Tangere’s Basilio, now a young man and a skilled medical student, is recruited by Ibarra to aid him in detoning a bomb at a social gathering, signaling the beginning of the revolution.
3. However, Basilio warns his friend Isagani. Realizing that the woman he loves is in the building, Isagani throws the bomb into the river, averting the explosion and the revolution. Implicated in these matters, Simoun commits suicide by taking poison and finds resting place at the home of a priest, Father Florentino, who hears his last confession and assures him that not all hope is lost.

4. The priest (Father Florentino), upon Simoun’s death, commends the jewels into the sea, remarking that the jewels once used to bribe and corrupt people, would one day be hopefully found to be used for a meaningful purpose.

SYNOPSIS OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO

MARIA CLARA - She is the girlfriend of Ibarra. She is the daughter of Kapitan Tiago and Dona Pia Alba, but biologically, her father is Padre Damaso

SIMOUN - Crisostomo Ibarra in disguise, left for dead at the end of Noli me tangere. Ibarra has resurfaced as the wealthy jeweler, Simoun, sporting a beard, blue-tinted glasses, and a revolver. Fueled by his mistreatment at the hands of the Spaniards and his fury at Maria Clara's fate, Simoun secretly plans a revolution to seek revenge against those who wronged him..

CHARACTERS

JULI – Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales. To claim her father from the bandits, she had to work as a maid under the supervision of Hermana Penchang. Eventually, she was freed but committed suicide after Father Camorra attempted to rape her.

BASILIO - Son of Sisa and another character from Noli Me Tangere. After his mother's death, he became a vagabond until Captain Tiago took him in out of pity and hired him as a houseboy in exchange for sending him to school. In the events of the book, he is a graduating medical student who discovered Simoun's true identity and befriended him. His girlfriend is Juli.

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