DELIGERO, YSABELLE Z.

RIZAL
AB POLITICAL SCIENCE 1B

EL FILIBUSTERISMO

El Filibusterismo is the sequel to Rizal's Filipino classic, Noli me tangere which

also caught everyone’s heart and attention. This is a huge turning point not only for the

plot but also to the characters, it showed how anger and vengeance can take over the

persons being.

I got interested in reading the sequel because of its tone and use of words, Rizal

really did the same thing like what he did in Noli Me Tangere. The story is so deep and

you can really feel the intense emotions of the characters to fight for their country

including all their trials and problems along the way. Everyone agrees on the fact that El

filibusterismo is far more dark and brutal than Noli Me Tangere. With many events of

murder, sexual abuse, and suicide, El Filibusterismo is a massive turning point not only

for the plot but also for the characters. Crisistomo Ibarra really did grow as a character in

this book. He's obviously not the idealistic and open man he was once before. He

became vengeful, anger, and in somewhat way, cunning. And in my opinion, this

transformation of his is very much human and real. After everything he went through Noli

Me Tangere, it seems only fitting that he becomes the man whois simoun. I believe that

when ibarra went under alias simoun, he did not just strip himself of his birth name but he

stripped himself of all of what was left of Juan Crisistomo Ibarra. The way i see it, is that

ibarra is not Simoun and Simuon is not Ibarra. They may share the same face, But if

we're not speaking about physical attributes, then the only thing they truly did have in
common was love for the dear Maria Clara. But besides that, they don't share the same

mind, the same plans, the same soul, the same heart.

Reading the last part, it was very tragic and sorrowful. It made the story more

convincing, interesting and moving.