Rizal and El Filibusterismo Presentation PDF

RIZAL and EL FILIBUSTERISMO  Objectives: 1. Recall experiences Rizal had when written El Filibusterismo. 2. Familiarize the characters, settings, and plot of El Filibustrerismo. 3. Describe the context in which Rizal wrote El Filibusterismo. 4. Appraise how El Filibusterismo con...

RIZAL and EL FILIBUSTERISMO  Objectives: 1. Recall experiences Rizal had when written El Filibusterismo. 2. Familiarize the characters, settings, and plot of El Filibustrerismo. 3. Describe the context in which Rizal wrote El Filibusterismo. 4. Appraise how El Filibusterismo contributed to national consciousness and the revolution. 5. Compare and contrast El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere.  Belgium In January 1890, Rizal decided to leave Paris for Brussels (Belguim’s capital) for two reasons. (1) the high cost of living, and (2) because of too many invitations to social gatherings, which hampered his literary works, particularly his second novel, EL Filibusterismo.  Aside from writing his second novel, he also contributed some articles to La Solidaridad and when to engage physical recreation. Rizal, regularly went to engage physical recreation such gymnastics, fencing and shooting. In a letter to Luna, he said; “ I am sending you a target containing ten bullet holes; it was seven and half members from me, at twenty-five meters I can pull all my shots into twenty-centimeter target.”  While in Brussels, letter from home made him worried. (1) filing of suit in court against his father, For Don Francisco failed to pay high rentals imposed by the Dominicans, a friar’s land. (2) worsening of Calamba agrarian problem; (3) deportation of Paciano and brothers-in-law, Antonio Lopez and Silvestre Ubaldo to Mindoro; and (4) Manuel T. Hidalgo’s (Saturnina husband) banishment in Bohol. On hearing the appaling situation of his family, he wanted to go back to the Philippines and and ignored the warnings of Blumemtritt, Jose Ma. Basa, Mariano Ponce and all of his friends for possible danger awaited back home. In Spain, Rizal sought the legal advice of MarceloH. Del Pillar and also sought help with some members of Associacion Hispano-Filipino in seeking justice for his family and tenant farmers in Calamba Madrid days: 1. the death of fellow compatriots Jose Ma. Panganiban and Feliciano Gonzales Timbang; 2. The eviction of his parents from their home; 3. December 1890, Rizal received a letter from Leonor Rivera, announcing her coming marriage to Henry Kipping.  The story began with the Tagalog-named steam ship, Tabu, struggling to navigate upstream along winding the Pasig River going to Laguna. Some of the characters of the novel were introduced and discussed on any subject came to mind. The social stratification of the Philippines was depicted in the passenger’s arrangement which was divided into two; upper deck and lower deck.  Simoun, a man of wealth and mystery, because of his political influence, he encouraged the Spanish government and the governor-general to promote oppression of the masses so that the people may become desperate and revolt.  Determined to take revenge and save Maria Clara from nunnery he systematically plots with various characters including the medical student, Basilio. After all the circumstances that hampered his plan to overthrow the government, he considered the wedding of Paulita Gomez and Juanito Pelaez as the perfect occasion, were Simoun gave them a lamp as a gift, which was mechanically manipulated to blow up the entire house.  At the end of the novel, Simoun confessed his identity, his plan to use his wealth in destroying people who had caused him pain and misery. Padre Florentino watched Simoun died peacefully with a clear conscience and at peace (Rizal, reprint 2011).  Rizal started to write his second novel in October 1887, while he was in Calamba and finished it in Biarritz on March 29, 1891. it took him three years to write his second novel and the next thing on his mind was to publish the novel. Owing to his generous friend Valentin Ventura, he was able to print the novel on September 18, 1891, at Ghent, Belgium (“Jose Rizal: Correspondence with Fellow Reformist”, 2011).  The book was dedicated to the memory of the three priests executed on the 17th of February 1872. Rizal, in all the years of his studies, travels, and labors had not forgotten the martyrdom of Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora.  The EL Filibusterismo expressed the theme of Philippine nationalism in a most profound and dramatic manner to arouse the spirits of frustrated people. The novel presented an anti-clerical and out-spoken fiction over the anarchy and greed in the Philippines.  The original copy of El Filibusterismo is now preserved in the Bureau of Public Libraries, Manila. The novel was acquired by the Philippine government from Valentin Ventura.