Semifinal Requirement for Social Science 11

1. Legac
y
A hero’s
Insights about Jose Rizal’s masterpieces

2. Anajean Jandayan
Cherrylyn Tayobong
Clarise Agawin
Michelle Sou Niderost
Nicole Tara Uy
Vernie Grace Malmis
Kirsten Pacana
Omar Said
Jissa Mosqueda
Aiza Jane Gamil
Bernadette Aninon

3. 1.Basilio
2.Kapitan
Tiago
3.Dona
Victorina
4.Padre Sibyla
5.Crisostomo
Ibarra
5 Characters of
Noli Me Tangere
who have returned
in El Filibusterismo

4. Acoly
te
turned
Medical
Student

5. Basilio Then…
Sisa’s
10 year-
old son
Acolyte
tasked to
ring the
church bells
for Angelus

6. In Noli Me Tangere
Basilio faced the dread of
losing his younger brother
and falling of his mother
into insanity
Elías wished Basilio to bury
him by burning in exchange
of chest of gold located on
his death ground

8. Capt
ain
turned
Kapitan Tiago

9. Maria
Clara’s
stepfathe
r
In Noli Me Tangere
• Famous and is
respected by
people in Binondo
• Famous for holding
banquets
• Secretly called
“sakristan Tiago”
for being a puppet
of the friars

10. In El Filibusterismo
• He sent Basilio to
college and urged him
to take up Medicine so
as to help him make a
poison for his cocks to
win in cockfighting
• His health
disintegrates
gradually because of
his frequent smoking
of opium
Foster-
father to
Basilio

11. Dona Victorina
Overly
infected
of
Colonial

12. In Noli Me Tangere
• Married to Don Tiburcio de
Espadana who is about ten
years her junior. However,
their marriage is childless.
• Ambitious Filipina who
classifies herself as Spanish
• Feared by everyone in the
town because of her odd
appearance, her ruthless
personality, and her fierce
rivalry against Donya
Consolacion.

13. In El Filibusterismo
• She is the aunt of
Paulita Gomez
• She is searching for
her husband, who
was left and is in
hiding.

14. Padre Salvi
Aka
Father
Bernardo
Salvi
Then…
Former parish priest of
San Diego in Noli Me
Tangere
Now…
Director and chaplain of
the Santa Clara convent.

15. CRISOSTOMO IBARRA
SIMOUN

16. Noli Me Tangere
• Son of Don Rafael Ibarra
who had been living
abroad for seven years
• Rich jeweler from Cuba
El Filibusterismo
• Typically wears cravat,
coat, and vest
• Has a liberal mind,
outspoken, and
idealistic.
• Typically wears
European clothing and
huge blue sunglasses
• Poses himself as a
supporter of Spaniards
but just seeks revenge
from the injustice he
received from the
Spanish government

17. Why Crisostomo Ibarra
came back to San
Diego and why did he
change his name?

18. • The rich jeweler named
Simoun is actually
Crisostomo Ibarra in Noli
Me Tangere, who with Elias’
help escaped from the
pursuing soldiers at Laguna
de Bay, dug up his buried
treasure, and fled to Cuba
where he became rich and
befriended many Spanish
officials.

19. • Ibarra changed his name in
order to conceal his true
identity. With a newfound
character, he seems to have
long abandoned his once vision
of ending the despotism of
Spain with words and peace.
Simoun is the Ibarra who
hungered for vengeance for all
the misfortunes the country
faced under the Spanish rule.
He used his wealth to influence
the society to the point that he
became a confidant of the
governor general.

20. • He encourages the government to
make bad decisions, to resort to
drastic actions, and to abuse their
power so that it would spark a
revolution among the masses.

21. Central theme of El
Filibusterismo

22. The main theme
revolves around the
ideal means of
achieving social
reform. What makes it
different though is that
it drastically departs
from its previous
book’s hopeful and
romantic atmosphere.
This hinted us then that
this time, the
protagonist attempts to
fight the authorities
through violent
revolution using the
masses.

23. What were
the reason
of the
author to
change the
plot and
theme of
the story?

24. • Although the two books were rooted from
the same intent, the approach however,
in tackling the social cancer became
different. Thus, we came to spot some
differences and came into the following
conclusions as to why the author
changed the theme and plot of the story.

25. 1. The author showed his changed
temperament towards the fight against
Spanish exploitation.
El Filibusterismo presents a gloomier and less hopeful
attitude toward the socio-political upheaval in the
country. This might be attributed to the
persecutions and sufferings the author and his
family experienced from the Spanish friars and
officials in the years he was writing the novel.

26. 2. The plot and theme itself presents a
society in the brink of rebellion.
Jose Rizal has exposed the cruelty and
exploitation of the Spaniards towards the
Filipinos in his first book. He might have
written then the second book in order to push
the masses to manifest an act of defiance
against the Spanish abuses.

27. The bitterness and tragic mood within the pages of El
Filibusterismo are indications enough to understand
that the experiences the author had in those four
years spelled a lot of differences in the way he
treated his two novels.

28. How relevant were
the issues cited in El
Filibusterismo to the
issues we have in
the current society?

29. • It tackles considerable issues
such as national identity, the
Catholic faith and its influence
on Filipino's choice, and the
government's issues of
corruption, abuse, and
discrimination.

30. National Identity
• This has been an issue especially for
us Filipinos who have went through
the hands of various colonizers.
• In effect, we are highly susceptible to
colonial mentality.
• A mentality shown when we patronize
anything that is a product of
foreigners.

32. • The Catholic church’s influence in political matters is
also relevant until today.

33. Government issues

34. The lessons presented in the novel is a
true picture of Filipino society more
than a hundred years ago.

35. Let us therefore by all means honor Rizal,
but for the right reasons: first of all, for his
unselfish devotion to his country, and
secondly, for the depth of insight with
which he examined and analyzed our
national problems. Rising above petty
passions and prejudices, he disengaged
from the concrete complexities of his time
ideas regarding the function of
government, the well being of society, the
dignity of the individual, the necessity of
popular education, the native traits and
possibilities of the Filipino character, and
the special mission and destiny of our
nation under God; ideas which, because
of their universal and timeless validity, are
applicable even in our own times. Would
that our leaders of today and our people
as a whole might put into practice more
faithfully the the patriotic teachings

36. Thus, Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo are works of heart
and head. It utilizes characters
inspired by the events of times.
And most importantly, its
implications and lessons
transcends to future generations.
His works are documents of the
past yet relevant to the present
and in the ages to come.