Created By: Danica Fe C. Garcia

FILIBUSTERIS
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CREATED BY: DANICA FE C. GARCIA
EL FILIBUSTERISMO
 Second novel written by Jose Rizal Sequel to Noli Me Tangere Written in
Spanish Consists 38 chapters
 The Title The Reign of Greed (in English)
 Rizal had to define the word filibustero to his German friend, Ferdinand
Blumentritt, who did not understand his use of the word in Noli Me Tangere.
In a letter, Rizal explained: “The word filibustero is little known in the
Philippines. The masses do not know it yet. I heard it for the first time in
1872 when the tragic executions took place. “
 “I still remember the panic that this word created. Our father forbade us to
utter it, as well as the word Cavite, Burgos, etc. The Manila newspapers and
the Spaniards apply this word to one whom they want to make a
revolutionary suspect."
Characters
Simoun
Crisóstomo Ibarra reincarnated as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a revolution
Basilio
Sisa's son, now an aspiring doctor
Isagani
poet and Basilio's best friend; portrayed as emotional and reactive; Paulita Gómez'
boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Peláez
Kabesang Tales
Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) who resurfaced
as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin (Tagalog for Hawkeye); his father, Old Man Selo,
dies eventually after his own son Tano, who became a guardia civil, unknowingly shoots
his grandfather in an encounter
Characters
Don Custodio
Custodio de Salazar y Sánchez de Monteredondo, a famous journalist who was asked by the
students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano. In reality, he is quite an ordinary
fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a member of Manila's high society
Paulita Gómez
the girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina, the old India who passes herself off
as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadaña. In the end, she and
Juanito Peláez are wed, and she dumps Isagani, believing that she will have no future if she
marries him
Father Florentino
Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose the priesthood
instead, the story hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a
remote place, living in solitude near the sea.
Characters
Father Fernandez
the priest-friend of Isagani. He promised to Isagani that he and the other priests will give in to the
students' demands
Attorney Pasta
one of the great lawyers of mid-Hispanic Manila
Captain-General
(no specific name) the powerful highest official of the Philippines
Padre Sibyla
Hernando de la Sibyla, a Filipino friar and now vice-rector of the University of Santo Tomas
(U.S.T.)
Characters
Huli
Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales
Ben Zayb
Abraham Ibañez is his real name. He is a journalist who thinks he is the only one thinking in the
Philippines
Placido Penitente
a student of the University of Santo Tomas who is always miserable, and therefore controls his temper
Quiroga
a Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of a Consulate of China in the Philippines. He
hid Simoun's weapons inside his house
Old Man Selo
father of Kabesang Tales. He raised the sick and young Basilio after his mother Sisa had died
SUMMARY
El Filibusterismo Summary Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as Simoun. During the period in
between the story line of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra left 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 despotism
of Spain with words and peace. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the misfortune our
country has suffered under the tyranny of the Spaniards . 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 Basillo—
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 the 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 priests 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 heart-broken ex-boyfriend of the bride whose reception was still going
on in the house of Capitan 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 it
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 the 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 explains 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.
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