El FIlibusterismo

• El Filibusterismo means The Reign of Greed.
• Compared to the book cover of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo's cover is plain.
• The plain cover conveys a fresh start for the Philippines and Filipinos without the trace of symbols from the events and situations in Noli Me Tangere.
• Don Mariano Gomez is 73 years old.
• Don Jose Burgos 35 years old.
• Don Jacinto Zamora is 37 years old.
• GomBurZa was executed in the Bagumbayan Field on the 17th of February, 1872.
• Published in Ghent

  Sept. 18, 1891
• Rizal immediately sent on September 18, 1891 two printed copies to Hong- Kong, one for Basa and other for Sixto Lopez.
• Rizal gratefully donated the original manuscript and an autographed printed copy to Valentin Ventura
• Acquired by Philippine government from Valentin Ventura for 10,000 pesos.
• Consists of 279 pages of long sheets paper
• Simoun


  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.
• Basilio


  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. 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.
• Juli


  Juliana de Dios, 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. Eventually, she was freed but committed suicide after Father Camorra attempted to rape her.
• Isagani


  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. Despite this, his love for her still endured. He sabotaged Simoun's plans by removing the lamp that contained explosives and threw it in the waters.
• Juanito Pelaez


  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. 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.
• Paulita Gomez


  The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Dona Victorina, the old Indio who passes herself off as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadana. In the end, she and Juanito Pelaez are wed, and she dumps Isagani, believing that she will have no future if she marries him.
• Father Camora


  The lustful parish priest of Tiani, San Diego's adjacent town who has longtime desires for young women. He nearly raped Juli causing the latter to commit suicide.
• Kabesang Tales

  Cabeza Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) of Sagpang, a barangay in San Diego's neighboring town Tiani, who resurfaced as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin. He is the son of Tandang Selo, and father of Juli and Tano.
• Father Florentino


  Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose to be a priest after being pressured by his mother, the story hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a remote place, living in solitude near the sea. He took in Don Tiburcio de Espandaña when he was hiding from his wife, Donya Victorina.
• Hermana Penchang


  Sagpang's rich pusakal (gambler). She offers Juli to be her maid so the latter can obtain money to free Kabesang Tales. Disbelieving of Juli and her close friends, she considers herself as an ally of the friars.
• To whom did Rizal gave the two copies of El Fili

  Basa and Sixto Lopez