El Filibusterismo is Jose Rizal's second novel, written as a sequel to his first novel Noli Me Tangere. It has a darker and more political tone compared to the first book. The novel continues the story of Crisostomo Ibarra who returns to the Philippines under a new identity as Simoun. His goal is to instigate a revolution and enact revenge against the Spanish for past injustices. The book served to inspire Filipinos to fight for independence and what is right through its portrayal of oppression and corruption under Spanish colonial rule.

1. GROUP 1

2. Second novel written
by Jose Rizal
Sequel to Noli
Me Tangere
Written in
Spanish
Consists 38
chapters

3. The Title
The Reign of Greed
(in English)

4. 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. “

5. “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."

6. “The Filipinos belonging to the educated class
fear the reach of the word. It does not have the
meaning of freebooters; it rather means a
dangerous patriot who will soon be
hanged or well, a presumptuous
man.”

7. 5 Characters
who are in
Noli Me Tangere
and El
Filibusterismo

8. Crisostomo Ibarra
 Spanish Mestizo
 Young man who studied
in Europe for seven years
 Fiance of Maria Clara
 Believed in the
importance of education
to the youth
 Has liberal mind
 Outspoken
 Idealist
Simoun
 A disguised Crisostomo Ibarra
 infamous wealthy jeweler
 Referred to as the Brown Cardinal
as his influence over the Captain-
General is undeniable
 A tall, dark man with white hair
and a thin black beard
 Wears European clothing
 Speaks a strange mix of English
and South American accents
 Poses himself as a supporter of
Spanish government when in fact,
he is against them
 Still in love with Maria Clara
 Mission: To get revenge from the
injustice he received from the
Spanish government through
instigating revolution

9. Basilio
 oldest son of Sisa
 A 10-year old boy
 Has a brother named
Crispin
 one of the young
sacristans of San Diego
 Protective of both his
mother and brother
 Despises his father
immensely for making
their life miserable
Basilio
 A 23-year old medical
student
 Taken in by Kapitan
Tiago
 Was able to study in
San Juan de Letran
 Wears an all black
outfit
 Respectable
 Persevering and
studious
 Introspective
 Calm and composed

10.  a short, fat man with
clear complexion
 looks young
 chewing
of tobacco and buyo
are his vices
 one of the affluent
landlords of Binondo
 owns businesses (e.g.
opium monopoly)
 considers himself one
of the Spaniards and
never one from
the natives
 Adopted and sent
Basilio to school
 Wallows in loneliness
due to the loss of his
daughter, Maria Clara,
who entered the
convent
 Gambler
 Got addicted to opium
Kapitan Tiago

11.  replaced Padre
Damaso as San Diego’s
parish priest
 described as having
poor health, sickly
 secretly pining for
Maria Clara
 planned the structure
of the school which
nearly cost the life of
Ibarra
 still the slender,
unhappy friar
 manages the
convent of Sta.
Clara
 sent a letter
containing the story
of the death of
Maria Clara
Padre Salvi

12.  a young, good looking
and graceful Dominican
priest with an air of
maturity
 curate of Binondo
 former professor
at Colegio de San Juan de
Letran
 has thin, refined lips that
would plainly show
disdain when needed
 weighs his words and
speaks little
 good in resolving
different views
 often cool and intelligent
 nothing much
changed in his
personality
 became rector of
the University of
Santo Tomas
Padre Sibyla

13. Why Crisostomo Ibarra came back to San
Diego and changed his name
to rescue his sweetheart, Maria Clara,
from the nunnery
 to instigate a revolution as a way of
exacting revenge and righting the wrongs
of the Spaniards

14. Main Theme
ideal means of
achieving
social reform

16. A romantic novel
A book of the heart
A book of feeling
It has freshness, color,
humor and intelligence
Contains 64 chapters
A political novel
A work of the head
A book of thought
It has bitterness, hatred,
pain, violence, and sorrow
Contains 38 chapters
Noli and El Fili compared

17. Reason why
change the
plot and
theme

18. Reason why change the plot and theme
 El Filibusterismo was written about four
years after Noli Me Tangere. In it, Rizal
reveals a more mature and less hopeful
outlook regarding the political and social
situation in the Philippines.
 The frustrations he had experienced in
his efforts toward social reform in those
years account for the book's graver tone.

19. Rizal himself considered
El Filibusterismo to be a
better, more profound
novel than Noli Me
Tangere.
His biographer, Retana,
agrees that as a political
novel, it is superior.

20. Upon completing El Filibusterismo Rizal wrote to
Blumentritt:
"I have not written in it any idea of
vengeance against my enemies, but only
for the good of those who suffer, for the
rights of Tagalogs...."

22. El Filibusterismo serves as an inspiration to
the Filipino people. It brings a profound effect
on Philippine society in terms of views about
national identity, the Catholic faith and its
influence on Filipino's choice, and the
government's issues of corruption, abuse, and
discrimination, and on a larger scale, the issues
related to the effect of colonization on people's
lives and the cause for independence.
The book awakened the Filipinos in the past
and is still awakening the Filipinos of today, to
fight for what we believe is right. We may not
be the victor always in every battle but the most
important is, we continue to fight until our very
last breath, just like Rizal.

23. THE END