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EL FILIBUSTERISMOTHE REIGN OF THE GREED

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THE WRITING OF THE NOVEL

October 1887

-Rizal began writing El Filibusterismo while

he was in Calamba.

London (1888), Paris, Brussels

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March 29, 1891

He completed the book in Biarritz

September 1891

-It was published in Ghent, Belgium with

the help of his friend Valentin Ventura.

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THE TITLE

Rizal had to define the word filibustero to his German friend Ferdinand

Blumentritt, who did not understand his use of the word in Noli Me Tangere.

In a letter, Rizal explained: The wordfilibustero 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 (of the Gomburza) took place. I still

remember the panic that this word created. Our father forbade us to utter it,as well as the words Cavite, Jose Burgos(one of the executed priests), etc.

The Manila newspapers and the Spaniards apply this word to one whom they

want to make a revolutionary 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.

By the end of the nineteenth century, the word filibustero had acquired the

meaning subversive in the Philippines, hence the book is about subversion.

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CHARACTERS

Simoun Crisstomo Ibarra disguised as a wealthy jeweler, bent on

starting a revolution

BasilioSisas son, now an aspiring doctor

Isagani poet and Basilios best friend; portrayed as emotional and

reactive; Paulita Gmez boyfriend before being dumped for fellow

student Juanito Pelez

Kabesang Tales Telesforo Juan de Dios, a formercabeza de

barangay(barangay head) who resurfaced as the feared Luzn bandit

Matanglawin (Tagalog for Hawkeye); his father, Tandang Selo, dies

eventually after his own son Tano, who became a guardia civil,

unknowingly shoots his grandfather in an encounter

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Don Custodio Custodio de Salazar y Snchez de Monteredondo, a famous

journalist who was asked by the students about his decision fortheAcademia

de Castellano. In reality, he is quite an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman

in order to be a member ofManilas high society.

Paulita Gmez The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doa Victorina, the

old India who (racial identity) passes herself off as

a Peninsulares|Peninsular,and is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio deEspadaa. In the end, she and Juanito Pelez are wed, and she dumps Isagani,

believing that she will have no future if she marries him.

Father FlorentinoIsaganis godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be

married, but chose to be a priest after being pressured by his mother, the story

hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a

remote place, living in solitude near the sea.

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Juli Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest

daughter of Kabesang Tales.

Ben Zayb Abraham Ibaez is his real name. He is a journalist who

thinks he is the only one thinking in the Philippines.

Placido Penitente a student of the University of Santo Tomas who

was very intelligent and wise but did not want, if not only by his

mothers plea, to pursue his studies. He also controls his temper

against his Physics teacher, Father Millon

Quiroga a Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of

a Consulate ofChina in the Philippines. He hid Simouns weapons

inside his house.

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Tandang Selo father of Kabesang Tales. He raised the sick and

young Basilio after his mother Sisa had died.

Father Fernandez the priest-friend of Isagani. He promised to

Isagani that he and the other priests will give in to the students

demands.

Attorney Pasta one of the great lawyers of mid-Hispanic Manila.

Padre Sibyla- Hernando de la Sibyla, a Filipino friar and now vice-

rector of theUniversity of Santo Tomas.

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL

FILIBUSTERISMO

Noli Me Tangere

Influenced by UncleToms Cabin

Romantic

Dedicated to Motherland

Love story

Freshness, color, humor,lightness,

wit

EL Filibusterismo

Motivated by Calamba Affair

Political

Dedicated to GomBurZa

Revenge and anger

Bitterness, hatred, pain,

violence, sorrow

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SIMILARITIES OF THE TWO NOVELS talked about how Spaniards abused Filipinos

abuse of church of their power

discrimination on Filipinos

same characters but with great changes in theirpersonality

good novels from the point of view of history

depicted with realistic colors the actual condition orsetting

instrumental in awakening the spirit of nationalismresponsible in paving ground for the Philippine Revolution