Topic 2: El Filibusterismo Flashcards
Objectives of Rizal in writing the Novels
To depend on Filipino people from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of knowledge
To show how the Filipino people live during the Spanish colonial period and the cries and woes of their countrymen against abusive officials
To discuss what religion and belief can really do to everyday lives
To expose the cruelties, graft, and corruption of the false government and honestly show the wrongdoings of Filipinos that led to further failure
To depend on Filipino people from _____ _______ of foolishness and lack of knowledge
To depend on Filipino people from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of knowledge
To show how the Filipino people live during the Spanish colonial period and the cries and woes of their countrymen against ______ ______
To show how the Filipino people live during the Spanish colonial period and the cries and woes of their countrymen against abusive officials
To discuss what _____ and _____ can really do to everyday lives
To discuss what religion and belief can really do to everyday lives
To expose the c______, g____ and c_______ of the false government and honestly show the wrongdoings of Filipinos that led to further failure
To expose the cruelties, graft and corruption of the false government and honestly show the wrongdoings of Filipinos that led to further failure
First homecoming in Calamba.
October 1887
Revisions of El Fili
London 1888
savior of El Fili
Valentin Ventura
Crisostomo Ibarra in disguise left for dead at the end of Noli me Tangere. Ibarra has resurfaced as the wealthy jeweler, Simoun, sporting a beard, blue-tinted glasses, and a revolver. Fueled by his mistreatment at the hands of the Spaniards and his fury at Maria Clara’s fate, Simoun secretly plans a revolution to seek revenge against those who wronged him.
Simoun
Son of Sisa and another character from Noli Me Tangere. After his mother’s death, he became a vagabond until Captain Tiago took him in out of pity and hired him as a houseboy in exchange for sending, him to school.
Basilio
In the events of the book, he is a graduating medical student who discovered Simoun’s true identity and befriended him. His girlfriend is Juli.
Basilio
the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales. To claim her father from the bandits, she had to work as a maid under the supervision of Hermana Penchang.
Juliana de Dios
she was freed but committed suicide after Father Camorra attempted to rape her.
Juliana de Dios
Basilio’s friend and one of the students who planned to set up a new school. He is very idealistic and hopes for a better future for the Philippines. His girlfriend was the rich and beautiful Paulita Gomez, but they broke up once he was arrested.
Isagani
his love for her still endured. He sabotaged Simoun’s plans by removing the lamp that contained explosives and threw it in the waters.
Isagani
The son of Don Timoteo Pelaez, a Spanish businessman, he is also one of the members of Macaraig’s gang who wish to have the Academia de Castellano built.
Juanito Pelaez
He is considered by Isagani as his rival to Paulita Gomez, the woman whom he fell in love wed in the end. Placido Peninte considers him as a “good for nothing” classmate.
Juanito Pelaez
One of Isagani’s classmates at the University of Santo Tomas. He is a rich student and serves as the leader of the student’s yearning to build the Academia de Castellano.
Makaraig
The lustful parish priest of Tiani, San Diego’s adjacent town has longtime desires for young women. He nearly raped Juli causing the latter to commit suicide.
Father Camorra
The pseudonym of Abraham Ibanez, a journalist who believes he is the “only” one thinking in the Philippines. An anagram of Ybanez, an alternate spelling of his name.
Ben Zayb
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.
Custodio de Salazar y Sánchez de Monteredondo,
