El Filibusterismo

• Ferdinand Blumentritt is the one who asked about the Meaning of Filibuster
• Filibuster - Dangerous Patriot, Presumptuous Fellow, One who want to render revolutionary activities
• Filibuster = Pasaway
• Pasaway will be killed regardless of evidence
• Filipino doesn`t want to be associate to Filibuster
• Red Tagging - If you are activist and you have complain to government, they will tag you as a part of rebel group
• GomBurZa. No concrete evidence that they are connected to Cavite Mutiny but still marked as Filibuster
• Filibustero

  • Does not raise his hat to Spaniards (Do = Raise Hat)
  • Only greet Friars but doesn`t kiss their hand (Do = Kiss the Hand)
  • Who read books other than miracle, stories, biographies of saints (Do = Should read only about Miracle, Story and Biographies of Saints)
  • Gives vote to someone that is not recommended by the Priest (Do = Should vote the recommended)
• The only candidate that will set to the position is only the one recommended by the Priest
• PLOT

  Revolt or Assimilation

  Revolt = Simoun

  Assimilation = Basilio

  Simoun will encourage the Spanish government to commit injustices to Filipino so Filipino will realized oppressions of Spanish and fight back

  Basilio advocates for Assimilation through learning Spanish Language (Built Spanish Academy)

  Simoun and Basilio is not on the same Team
• PLOT

  Failed Uprising

  First Attempt of Simoun to conduct Uprising but failed because Maria Clara died resulting to NO SIGNAL

  Failed Assimilation

  Assimilation Goal of Basilio was also failed because it is not approved and other student including basilio was Prison and sided with Simoun
• PLOT

  Wedding Feast

  Second Attempt of Uprising happened in Wedding Feast

  Popular Scene in Movies where the bomb is Planted

  It is not conducted because Basilio informed Isagani who are inlove with the Bride.

  Isagani doesn`t want to kill his beloved Woman so when he learned the plan he throw away the Lampara in River

  News spread that there`s attempt of bomb where Simoun was accused
• Plot

  Escape and Death

  Simoun has no choice so he drank poison that led to his Death
• Issue raised by the Story

  • Rizal is a reluctant revolutionary - he thinks that reforms is no longer possible
  • Through Simoun - Rizal deliver the idea that Revolt is not possible

  The Debate between reforms or revolts was not answered by Rizal

  New Issue was raised

  • Do Filipinos deserved to be free?
  • If Yes, What is the criteria to be called free?
• Real Life Events of El FIlibusterismo

  • Cabesang Tales and the Land Problem - Cabesang Tales has a land, one day there`s unnamed order that his land is belong to others but allow him to still live there but must pay rent. Later the rent went higher so he didn`t pay it. He fought his rights to the court but he didn`t win and was evicted. Later he became Bandits and joined with Simoun as "Matanglawin"
  • This also happened to family of Rizal
• In time of Rizal, there`s no Matanglawin but there`s Bandits
• Real Life Events of El Filibusterismo

  • The unsuccessful campaign for an academy for Spanish Language - Basilio campaign is based in Marcelo H. Del Pillar, the editor of La Solidaridad. It aim for reforms, one of it is Assimilation such as Freedom of the Press, Freedom of the Speech and Representation in Spanish Cortes
• Real Life Events of El Filbusterismo

  • Simoun`s Bomb Plot

  Bombers - Self-proclaimed Anarchist, They believed that Government is Harmful and not necessary, they opposed Capitalism such as Private Ownership (You need to pay for it)

  • Ravacol - Murder and Rober with Series of Explosion in Paris
  • Paulino Pallas - Threw 2 bomb to General Aresino Martinez Campos
  • Salvador Santiago - Threw huge bomb in Barcelona Opera House to avenge Pallas
  • Auguste Vaillant - Hurled a large bomb into the French Parliament
  • Emile Henry - Conducted a series of death-dealing explosion in Paris to avenge Vaillant
• None of the five bombers fit Simoun`s Profile since they are poor and Simoun is rich

  However, they have same belief against ruling class
• The Bomber`s Argument "Poor People also Die of Poverty, There are also Women who are poor who only has a choice of Prostitution, There are also Poor Old People who died of exhaustion" Is the fault of Government. So, If they kill rich people it doesn`t matter.
• Simoun has no plans after the vengeance, He only had a dream of "liberty", formless and utopian. No Plan after the Revolt, Waste of Time and Life
• Comparison of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

  Noli Me Tangere - Romantic Novel that is Dedicated to Rizal`s motherland that consist 64 chapters

  El Filibusterismo - Political Novel that is Dedicated to GomBurZa that consist 38 chpaters

  Similarities

  • Awake the Filipinos National Consciousness
  • Seeking Reforms during Spanish Regime
  • Depict the Condition of Philippines during Rizal
  • Instrumental to awakening Filipino Nationalism
• Characters like Simoun, Ibarra, Elias, Basilio, and Sisa are the mouthpieces of Rizal
• Rizal`s message delivered by Simoun

  • What is the man to do when he is denied justice - The government encourages opposition, subversion, and rebellion due to their bad attitude
  • Corrupt Officials and Friars will lead to the downfall of the Philippines which will return to them through violence
• Messaged of the El Fili

  Spanish Government - Arbitrary, lack a sense of justice, and no interest in the people of colony

  Friars - Abusive Power and focus on Gaining Control

  Fellow Filipinos - They are Greed and Corrupt like Elites that is silence because they are protecting their illegal business. Cowardice is for Filipino who are not willing to sacrifice.
• Rizal is Reluctant Revolutionary

  Through Simoun - Independence was the Solution and his meaning of Independence, you must be worthy and deserving

  Through Fr. Florentino - If Filipinos are not courageous enough to protest, sacrifice, and speak up against oppressions and tyranny. They don`t deserve Freedom
• In order for Filipino to be deserving

  • Education
  • Exemplary Lives
  • Willingness to Sacrifice
• Rizal had to moved to Ghent to look for cheaper printing cost
• Noli Me Tangere = Maximo Viola (300 pesos for 2,000 copies)

  El Filibusterismo = Valentin Ventura
• Rizal gave to Valentin Ventura the Original Manuscripts as a token of Gratitude
• Main Antagonist of the Novel - Padre Damaso
• Padre Damaso - Epitome of hypocrisy and moral corruption
• Rizal challenged the youth through Basilio to recognize their role in Society
• In El Filibusterismo, Rizal warned the Spain for its corrupt and self-seeking colonial government
• In Noli Me Tangere, Basilio lost Crispin his sibling and his Mother
• In El Filibusterismo, Basiolio once again lost Juli and Kapitan Tiyago
• Rizal illustrate contempts through Doña Victorina and Paulita Gomez
• Rizal was not asking immediate independence but gradual change
• The Original Manuscripts of Noli Me Tangere was acquired for 32,000 PHP from Soledad Rizal de Quintero

  The Original Manuscripts of El Filibusterismo was acquired for 10,000 PHP from Valentin Ventura.
• Both manuscripts were kept in Manila City Hall of Safekeeping