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Deligero, Ysabelle Z. Rizal Ab Political Science 1B
Deligero, Ysabelle Z. Rizal Ab Political Science 1B
RIZAL
AB POLITICAL SCIENCE 1B
EL FILIBUSTERISMO
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