El FIli

• Jose Rizal made the draft of his second novel, El Filibusterismo


  October 1887
• Rizal defended his first novel, Noli Me Tangere against the accusations of the Spanish Friars like Fr. Gregorio Echavarria, Fr. Salvador Font, and Fr. Jose Rodriguez
• Rizal studied the agrarian problem in Calamba, investigated by Civil Governor of Laguna upon the direction of the Governor General Emilio Terrero on December 30, 1887
• Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere and his involvement in the agrarian problem provoked the Spanish Friars who exerted pressure to Malacanan Palace to eliminate or deport Rizal
• In 1888, Rizal searched the work of Dr. Antonio de Morga, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in the bibliotechque nationale of London and he also made changes on the plot and corrected some chapters of the novel, El Filibusterismo
• Rizal finished his annotation on the work of Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas and he likewise wrote more chapters of the novel, El Filibusterismo during his travel in Paris and Brussels


  1890
• In Biarritz France, Rizal finished writing his second novel, El Filibuterismo


  March 29, 1891
• Filibustero


  Obstruction and in the historical context, a person who engages in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country
• Rizal's second novel, El Filibusterismo is dedicated to the three Filipino priests, Mariano Gomez, Jacinto Zamora, and Jose Burgos who had been executed in Bagumbayan on February 28, 1872
• The novel, El Filibusterismo represents Rizal's more mature judgment on political and social conditions in the islands, and in its graver and less hopeful tone reflects the disappointments and discouragements which he had encountered in his efforts to lead the way to reform
• Simoun


  The protagonist who disguises as a jeweler and returns to San Diego to take revenge
• Simoun's plan


  1. Smuggles arms

  2. Looks for followers, mainly from the exploited and abused natives

  3. Recruits Basilio, the son of Sisa

  4. Makes an alliance with the revolutionary group of Kabesang Tales

  5. Encourages corruption, decadence, and more oppressive government policies so that the citizens may become more infuriated

  6. Plans a revolt one night but decides not to give the signal after hearing that Maria Clara died

  7. Plans another attack at the wedding reception of Juanito Pelaez and Paulita Gomez by planting explosives in a kerosene lamp gift
• Simoun's revolutionary plot was known


  He is hunted by the law enforcers
• Simoun takes poison so he would not be caught alive
• Padre Florentino: 'God will forgive you Señor Simoun. He knows that we are fallible. He has seen that you have suffered … He has frustrated your plans one by one … first by the death of Maria Clara, then by a lack of preparation, then in some mysterious way. Let us bow to His will and render Him thanks!'
• The priest throws Simoun's treasures into the sea so that they would not be used by the greedy, hoping that when the right time comes, they would be recovered and used only for the good