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El Filibusterismo:: A Revolution That Failed

The document provides a summary of Jose Rizal's novel "El Filibusterismo". It describes the circumstances under which Rizal wrote and published the novel in 1891 in Ghent, Belgium. It compares key differences between "El Filibusterismo" and Rizal's first novel "Noli Me Tangere". The summary then outlines important characters, plots, and messages conveyed in "El Filibusterismo", including Simoun's plan to start a revolution, the oppression and suffering of the Filipino people under Spanish rule, and Rizal's idea that independence is the solution but should be achieved through non-violent means.

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El Filibusterismo:: A Revolution That Failed

The document provides a summary of Jose Rizal's novel "El Filibusterismo". It describes the circumstances under which Rizal wrote and published the novel in 1891 in Ghent, Belgium. It compares key differences between "El Filibusterismo" and Rizal's first novel "Noli Me Tangere". The summary then outlines important characters, plots, and messages conveyed in "El Filibusterismo", including Simoun's plan to start a revolution, the oppression and suffering of the Filipino people under Spanish rule, and Rizal's idea that independence is the solution but should be achieved through non-violent means.

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El

Filibusterismo:
A Revolution that Failed
“The Reign of Greed”

Dr. Jose P. Rizal


Rizal in Ghent

- July 5, 1891
- cheaper cost of printing in Ghent
- evade the enticing attraction of Petite Suzanne
- Jose Alejandro of Pampanga and Edilberto Evangelista of Manila
- very cheap boarding house
The Publication of El Filibusterismo

- Rizal searched for a printing house which offer him lowest


quotation for printing the novel
- F.Meyer-Van Loo Press
- Valentin Ventura of Paris
- September 1891
Comparison of Noli and El Fili

Noli Me Tangere El Filibusterismo


- romantic novel - political novel
- work of the heart - work of the head
- book of the feeling - book of thought
-motherland - memory of Gomburza
- 64 chapters - 38 chapters
- Awakening of the Filipinos to the idea that they belong to one nation
- they have a motherland to love, hose welfare should be their
paramount concern
- focused towards seeking of reforms in our society during Spanish
Regime
- Noli – Crisostomo Ibarra ; El fili – Simoun
- both depicted the actual conditions in the Philippines during the time
of Rizal
- both instrumental in awakening the spirit of Filipino Nationalism
Tabo (Pasig River – Laguna de Bay) :
Simoun; Dona Victorina, Don tiburcio de Espadana, Paulita
Gomez, Isagani, Fr. Florentino, basilio and other passengers.
-Simoun as jeweler
- many consideredn him influential in securing privileges
from the country’s chief executive

-Basilio young medical student returned to San Diego


-Crispin who was beaten by death by the head of sacristan of
Father Salvi.
- Destroying the brutal system that had destroyed him.
-Simoun continued using his wealth and political influence to encourage
corruption and other illegal activities.
-Promoted tyranny and complete disregard for the dignity and welfare of
the poor for them to be accustomed to the idea of death, detest the
government, become desperate and rise up in arms against the
government.

-Spread of Spanish language and appeals for loyalty to and confidence in


the colonial government.
-Death of people; destruction of national identity; institutionalization of
tyranny in the country.
-Spanish will never be a lingua franca in the country.
“ as long as a people keeps its language, it keeps the pledge of liberty,
just as the man preserves his independence as long as he preserves his
own way of thinking. Language is the thought of its people.” -Simoun

-Equality of rights; brotherhood; representation in the Spanish Cortes


- Basilio only hope was to utilize his studies to alleviate the sufferings of
his fellow Filipinos
-Simoun created his ultimate plan. Created abuses when they are not in
existence.
-Encouraged governor-general to order demolition of all nipa houses
-This in effect made him win the loyalty of these officers such that they
were ready to start a mutiny at his command.
Basilio was to take a group of men to destroy the gates of the convent of
Sta.Clara to rescue Maria Clara
-Out of his dejection and depression, revolution did not take place.
Spanish language was rejected by the administrators of the university,
despite of the all-out support of Fr. Fernandez.
-Students sought the assistance of Don Custodio, a pseudo-liberal official
counselor . Pepay his favorite dancer
- Wedding Feast to be attended by the Governor-general
-Simoun prepared a magnificient lamp filled with nitroglycerin, governor’s
gift to Paulita Gomez and Juanito Pelaez.
-Basilio suddenly left and met Isagani, the frustrated lover of Paulita
Gomez
-Isagani took the lamp and hurled it into nearby river.
Characters:
Simoun - Crisóstomo Ibarra disguised as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a
revolution
- symbolizes the portion of Filipino society who wanted to throw away the
Spanish rules but had no systematic plan for the new society

Maria Clara- suffered from untold physical and spiritual abuse

Basilio - Sisa's son, now an aspiring doctor


- refuses to join revolution despite of faced social injustices
- symbolizes the portion of educated Filipino society which has been
brutalized and become insensible to the social welfare
Isagani - poet and Basilio's best friend
- portrayed as emotional and reactive
-Paulita’s boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Peláez
- symbolizes the untested & unreliable idealism of a segment of the educated
Filipino youth

Kabesang Tales - a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) who resurfaced as the
feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin

Don Custodio - a famous "journalist" who was asked by the students about his
decision for the Academia de Castellano.
- an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a member of
Manila's high society.
- Symbolizes the ones who find pleasures in making people feel inferiority

Paulita Gómez - The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina
- represents the portion of Filipino womanhood
Father Florentino - Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest
- was engaged to be married, but chose to be a priest after being pressured
by his mother
- chosen an assignment to a remote place, living in solitude near the sea

Juli - the girlfriend of Basilio and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales

Tandang Selo - father of Kabesang Tales


- raised the sick and young Basilio after his mother Sisa had died
- shot by his grandson Tano who became a guardia civil

Ben Zayb- 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
- controls his temper against his Physics teacher, Padre Millon
- has the desire to go abroad
- symbolizes the portion of Filipino society which had not yet been infused w/ a
national social conscience

Quiroga - a Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of a "Consulate of


China" in the Philippines
- hid Simoun's weapons inside his house

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


Message of El Fili:
1. The present system in the Philippines can lead to the downfall of
Spain.

2. The intelligent, generous, hardworking, courageous and loyal were


driven into opposition, crime and subversion.

3. The Spanish colonial government was arbitrary, cruel and lacking in


justice and responsibility.

4. The Spanish government should grant the Filipino’s desired


assimilation.
Reluctant Revolutionary & Concept
of Independence
Through Simoun, Rizal realized that independence is the solution to the miseries of the
people under the Spanish rule.

Through Fr. Florentino, Rizal mouthed his idea on how independence


should be won which is not through the use of sword but loving what
is just and good, and God will provide the weapon.

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