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death of the tax collector. Consequently

Don Rafael was imprisoned and died in jail.
of the
Because of Don Rafael’s defiance
church rules, Father Damaso Verdolagas,
the parish priest of San Diego, refused
burial.
to give the old Ibarra a Christian
a Latin expressi ch Me Not.” It is Crisostomo was irritated by the story and
on, whic h Rizal
the Bible, Partic
lifted from left the place. However, Ibarra disregarded
ularly the Gospel
John, Chapter 20,
of St. his plan for revenge and instead worked for
Verses 13-17. The to
is dedicated to the
novel the education of his people. He proposed
motherland. The th
of the novel is the
eme build a town school as his present to Maria
Cry for reform in a Clara. Unknown to Ibarra, his enemies
nonviolent way. It rev
eals the social cancer had conspired against him. If not for the
that has long Poison
ed society. warning of Elias, a mysterious pilot whom
In the town of San Diego, a rich Ibarra had rescued from death by crocodile
man by the name of Rafael Ibar
ra owned attack during an outing on the lake, Ibarra
vast landholdings. He
had a son named could have been killed at the laying of the
Crisostomo Ibarra who traveled to Eur school’s cornerstone.
ope
for his studies. Ibarra stayed in Europe The affair of Crisostomo and Maria
for seven years, and upon his return, Clara was so perfectly developed but the
Capitan Tiago, the supposed father of his marriage could not be realized because of
sweetheart Maria Clara, set a splendid the strong opposition of Father Damaso.
dinner as an acknowledgment of his arrival. The parish priest kept on_ insulting
Crisostomo’s father. At a public dinner
The banquet was held at Capitan
after the school’s founding ceremony,
Tiago’s residence at Calle Anloague in
Ibarra almost killed Father Damaso due
Binondo, Manila. Present during the dinner
to the insults the latter had been uttering
were some Spanish officials and the clergy
against Ibarra’s father. However, Ibarra was
headed by Father Damaso. During that
calmed down by Maria Clara. As a result,
event, Ibarra heard from his trusted friend,
Ibarra was excommunicated and forbidden
Lieutenant Guevara, about the distressing
to see Maria Clara again. To put her away
incident that happened to his father. While
from Ibarra, Maria Clara’s marriage to
Crisostomo was in another country, a tragic
Alfonso Linares was arranged by Father
incident happened to his father. Don Rafael
Damaso.
had a confrontation with an arrogant
Spanish tax collector who maltreated a Rumors spread about _ Ibarra’s
little boy. That incident led to the accidental recruitment of the distressed and exploited

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 known Who
against the government. of them was killed. It was not
for a rebellion Later in the
died in that dreadful event.
Father Bernardo Salvi, who learned about
h his
the plot, immediately reported it to the forest, a man who could hardly catc

alferez. The uprising was aborted, and

breath was burying Ibarra’s treasure at the
burial place.
foot of his grandfather's
lbarra, together with the young liberals of
the town, was pursued and incriminated Believing that Crisostomo was dea,
for rebellion. To implicate Ibarra in Maria Clara planned to run away to be
the planned uprising, the Spaniards one with her beloved Ibarra. She declineg
er Damagg
blackmailed Maria Clara by convincing to marry Linares. It made Fath
the
her to surrender to Father Salvi and realize how much Maria Clara loved Ibarra.
authorities some letters of Ibarra that Because of Father Damaso’s fear that his
expressed his suspicious allegiance to the daughter would be married only to a native
government. who did not have rights and privileges, he
Ibarra was found guilty but was intensely opposed the marriage of Ibarra |

helped by Elias to escape from jail. At their and Maria Clara and persecuted Ibarra’,
last rendezvous, Maria Clara explained to family instead. Damaso
Finally, Father i
Ibarra why she gave his letters to Father agreed to send Maria Clara to the nunn ery
Salvi. She did it in exchange for some of Poor Clares just to stop her from
letters from Father Damaso, which Father attempting suicide.
Salvi had found in the parish house. It was
The convent’s chaplain was Father *
revealed in the letter that the real father of
Salvi, who was waiting for his promotion }
Maria Clara was Father Damaso.
as a prize for his role in suppressing the |
Because Ibarra really loved Maria rebellion in San Diego. The story ended
Clara, he immediately forgave his with the sight of a beautiful young nun i
sweetheart. After their brief meeting, standing on the ridge of the roof of the -
Ibarra fled with Elias up the river to the convent with arms and face raised toward |
lake, but a patrolling constabulary caught the sky as if praying to it.
them in sight. There was a chase, and one

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Filibusterismo
is the contin g
of Noli Me Tang uation was the lack of enthusiasm of the youn
ere. |t is dedica ilation of
memory of the ted to the native intellectuals for the assim
three Filipino Ma
rtyr priests: the Filipinos into the Spanish nation. They
Fathers Mari
ano Gomez, such
and Jacinto Za
Jose Burgos,: were more concerned with reforms
mora, E| Fili
a political nove
busterismo is as the establishment of an academy of the
| that advo cate
and rev Olution
s hostility Spanish language under lay control.
i as means to achieve
was to
reforms, However,
it also suggests tha Another objective of Simoun
t
victory is not certain
through a hostile and take Maria Clara away from the nunnery
rebellious Struggle for
change. It serves as
and to take vengeance for the pain and
a warning for the pos destruction he suffered. To carry out his
sible destruction of
lives and Property that may aim, Simoun made two attempts, which
result from an plan was
became unsuccessful. His first
aggressive and harsh sch
eme.
to take control of Manila with the help
Crisostomo Ibarra actually
survived of disgruntled Filipino regiments and a
the dramatic chase at the open
lake. After group of fugitives. But on the very eve of
that incident, he left the Philippines to the uprising, Simoun felt so wretched over
look for more resources in other coun
tries. the news of Maria Clara’s death. With too
After thirteen years, Ibarra returned to much heartache, he deserted his allies
the Philippines in the person of Simoun, and was almost killed by them. His second
a jeweler passing for a British Indian, a plan was the application of the radical
Portuguese, an American, a mulatto, the formula. At the wedding feast of Paulita
Brown Cardinal, his Black Eminence, or the Gomez, the richest heiress of the city, all
evil genius of the Captain-General. the government officials and influential
people, including the friars of Manila, were
Simoun returned with the new
expected to grace the occasion.
Captain-General under his influence.
Simoun’s primary objective in coming Simoun’s strategy was to send a
back was to bring down the government. wedding gift, a lamp, which was actually
Through his financial resources and a bomb that would explode at a certain
power, Simoun was able to manipulate moment. The lamp would be hung at the
the government to expand corruption. center of the house, and when the light
He thought of it so that such economic of the lamp became dimmer, someone
difficulty would push the people to take up would raise its wick, and the bomb would
arms against the government. One of the blow up. Basilio, a young intellectual, was
most difficult problems that Simoun faced instructed by Simoun to take the said lamp

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to the wedding banquet. On the night of the feast, Basilio met Isaganl, rea tter aaa
suitor. Basilio told Isagani of the plot, but instead of staying ane) t ‘he river, and y
Went into the house and grabbed the explosive lamp. He threw ne was pursued .
exploded without causing fatal damage. Because of the incident, Simouns nheeclrs y
the authorities. In the chase, Simoun was badly wounded. He took refug she authori.
mountain retreat of Father Florentino,
a virtuous Filipino eS treasure ches
could capture Simoun, he expired. The priest got a hold of the sinew ice, oF nrovok.
and threw it into the sea, where it would not work misery, beget injust’™ .
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