Paralejas, Michaela D.

Bs Biology 1-A

Assignment number 9 (Research) 10 pts each.

1. Summary of El Filibusterismo
 El Filibusterismo summary Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as
Simoun. During the period in between the story line Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra left the the Philippines
and became a wealthy jeweler. He came back to the Philippines as
Senor Simoun, disguised with a beard. He seems to have long
abandoned his once vision of ending the depotism of Spain with
words and peace. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the
misfortune our country has suffered under the tyranny of the
Sapaniards. And near the end of the novel, when he discovers that
his lover, Maria Clara, died in the convent, he becomes all the more
furious. Simoun is a confidant of the Captain-General. He
encourages the government to make bad decisions and to abuse
their power so that it would spark a revolution among the masses.
Basilio, now all grown up, is at first reluctant to join in on Simoun’s
idea but ends up being part of the plan. Simoun started planning
uprisings and stashed guns in the shop of an ally. At the wedding
reception of newlyweds (the bride being the ex-girlfriend of one of
the friends of Basilio-Isagani), Simoun tells Basilio that his plan was
to conceal an explosive which contains nitroglycerin inside a
pomegranate-styled Kerosene lamp that Simoun will give to the
newlyweds as a gift during the wedding reception. The reception will
take place at the former home of the late Captain Tiago, which was
now filled with explosives planted by Simoun. According to Simoun,
the lamp will stay lighted for only 20-minutes before it flickers; if
someone attempts to turn the wick, it will explode and kill everyone –
important members of civil society and Church hierarchy – inside the
house. Simoun leaves the reception early and leaves a note with the
words: “Mene Thecel Phares” which means “the future is
predetermined” and is generally implied that a bad event is going to
happen. Simoun signed it with his real name “Juan Crisostomo
Ibarra”. The people at the reception were shocked because Ibarra is
supposedly dead. One of the priest who knew Ibarra before the
ending of Noli Me Tangere confirmed to the people that it was the
writing of Ibarra. The lamp started to dim. Outside the house, Basilio
was about to walk away because he knew the lamp was going to
explode anytime soon when he saw Isagani, the still hear-broken ex-
boyfriend of the bride whose reception was still going on in the
house of Captain Tiago. Isagani said that he just wanted to
congratulate the newly-weds. Basilio who then feared for the safety
of his friend told him about the plan of Simoun. Isagani ran to the
 house. A priest was about to fix the lamp but once Isagani got in, he
found the lamp and threw out the window into the river outside the
residence. Since the guards were chasing Isagani, he himself jumped
out of the window into the river as well. There was an uprising
planned by Simoun during the time of reception. The band got
caught and confessed that Simoun lead them. Ibarra was now
wanted both as himself and as Simoun. Days passed and a good
priest found Simoun walking along the shore, wounded and weak.
The noble priest tended to Simoun while the latter explained that he
is Ibarra and that he was greatly saddened and angry due to the
failure of the revolution and that he was questioning God as to why
he was the one who is suffering and not the ones who have forsaken
the people of the Philippines. The priest explain that all punishments
will come in due time. Ibarra died as he weakly held the hand of the
priest. The latter blessed the former and threw away all the remaining
jewels of Ibarra in the hopes that they may always be used for good.

2. Compare and contrast, and show continuities and/or changes in Rizal’s ideas
expressed in the Noli and Fili.
 Noli showed a softspoken, patient, compassionate and idealistic
Crisostomo Ibarra while El Fili featured a different Ibarra who
portrayed the angry and vengeful side of him and disguised himself
as the wealthy jeweller named Simoun.

3. Compare and contrast the characters, plot, and theme of the Noli and the El Fili.
 Jose Rizal wrote two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
to open the eyes of the Filipinos under the Spanish colonization.
Also, to express how unfortunate the Filipinos by their harsh law and
discriminated by their own land.
 The book focuses on the inevitable revolution and whether or not the
Philippines should rebel peacefully and diplomatically or violently.
The theme of Noli Me Tangere seems to expose the exploitations
commited by the Spanish friars and government officials.

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