EL FILIBUSTERISMO

La
Novela
SYNOPSIS

Simoun, a Only Basilio, He tries to

wealthy jeweler now a young convince
has recently medical Basilio to
come to the student, join him.
Philippines. recognizes his
true identity.

Simoun’s first Then Basilio, His sweetheart

attempt at along with Juli goes to
revolution other students, plead with an
fails is arrested influential friar.
SYNOPSIS
When Simoun He offers his full Basilio’s
arranges for support to consicience
Basilio’s Simoun’s second starts to bother
release... attempt him

Isagani had been Paulita had been The arrest of

working toward charmed by his students
reform and with poetic nature convinced her
his idealism, but she was that it would be
more practical
intelligence and bored by his
to marry
eloquence patriotic ideals Juanito
SYNOPSIS
Basilio feels Simoun takes Before he dies,
compelled to refuge in the Padre Florentino
tell Isagani of home of a hears his last
the plot. kind Filipino confession.
priest, Father
Florentino.
Upon Simoun’s
death, the priest
takes his jewels
and commends
them to the sea.
CHARACTERS
SIMOUN BASILIO ISAGANI
He is Juan Crisostomo The son of Sisa and a Nephew of Padre
Ibarra of Noli Me Tangere very promising Florentino and the
in disguise. He fled to medical students. At lover of Paulita
Cuba where he become first he refuses to Gomez. Once a
rich and consequently join Simoun's plan person full of hope
befriended many Spanish but Juli's death and aspirations for
officials. makes him join. his country.

MARIA CLARA JULI PAULITA GOMEZ

Ibarra's girlfriend. She Basilio's sweetheart. The beautiful niece of
enlisted in the nunnery Choose death over Doña
when she learned that the loss of honor Victorina. Chooses
Ibarra was already and dignity. Juanito Palaez over
dead. Isagani
CHARACTERS
SEÑOR PASTA
PLACIDO PENITENTE
An old Filipino lawyer FATHER IRENE
AND PECSON
who refuses to help the A kind friar who is a
They are the students
Filipino students in friend of the Filipino
who asked for
their clamor for students
educational reforms.
educational reforms.

DOÑA VICTORINA
FATHER KABESANG TALES The ridiculously pro-
FLORENTINO Juli's father. The Spanish woman who is
A retired scholarly and friars dispossessed going to Laguna in
patriotic Filipino priest. him of his land. search of her
henpecked husband.
ANTECEDENTES
Históricos
 The
Reign
of
Greed
 October 1887 1888

September 18, 1891 March 29, 1891

Brussels, Belgium
 Sequel
of Noli Written
Second Me
Novel in
Tangere Spanish

3 years EL March
to FILIBUSTERISMO 29,
finish 1891

279 38
pages Chapters
 Filipiniana
Valentine Division of
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EL
FILIBUSTERISMO

The Count of
Subversive/
Monte Cristo
Filibuster
by Alexander
Dumas
 Education

Decent lives

Willingness to
sacrifice
OBJECTIVO
DE RIZAL AL
ESCRIBIR LA
NOVELA
1. To defend Filipino people from foreign
accusations of foolishness and lack of
knowledge.

2. To show how the Filipino people live

during Spanish colonial period and the cries
and woes of his countrymen against abusive
officials.
3. To discuss what religion and belief can
really do to everyday lives.

4. To expose the cruelties, graft and

corruption of the false government and
honestly show the wrong doings of Filipinos
that led to further failure.
SIMILITUDES Y DIFERENCIAS
 DIFFERENCES
 Romantic novel, a
work of the heart and  Political novel, work
a book of feeling of the head, a book of
 Dedicated to the thought
motherland  Dedicated to the
 It is longer that memory of
consists of 64 chapters GOMBURZA
 Used Crisostomo  Shorter as it consists
Ibarra to seek for of 38 chapters
peaceful reforms  Used Simoun for
 There is aspiration, revolutionary reform
beauty, romance, and  Feeling of bitterness,
mercy hatred, and antipathy
 SIMILARITIES

 To awake the flipinos to the idea that

they belong to one nation
 To make them realize they have
motherland to love
 They focused towrds the seeking
reforms in our society duringspanish
regime
GRACIAS