Direction: Discuss the impact Of Jose Rizals novels to the Filipinos and Spaniards.

Jose Rizals two distinct novels, Noli e !an"ere and #l Fili$usterismo, had a "reat
impact in the in ever% patriotic Filipino. !hese two novels had $een famed throu"hout the
countr% durin" the Spanish colonization.
&is first novel, entitled Noli e !an"ere was first pu$lished in '(() in *erlin, +erman%.
&is o$,ectives in producin" this novel were:
to defend Filipino people from forei"n accusations of foolishness and lac- of -nowled"e.
to show how the Filipino people lives durin" Spanish colonial period and the cries and
woes of his countr%men a"ainst a$usive officials.
to discuss what reli"ion and $elief can reall% do to ever%da% lives. and
to e/pose the cruelties, "raft, and corruption of the false "overnment at honestl% show the
wron"doin"s of Filipinos that led to further failure.
Nolime!an"ere is considered to $e romantic $ut more socio0historical $ecause of its nature.
1fter pu$lication, Noli me !an"ere was considered to $e one of the instruments that initiated
Filipino nationalism that led to '(23 4hilippine Revolution. !he novel does not onl% awa-ened
sleepin" Filipino awareness, $ut also esta$lished the "rounds for aspirin" an independence. Noli
was ori"inall% written in Spanish, so the li-elihood that Spanish authorities will read it first is
ver% hi"h5which, Rizal actuall% wanted to happen. 6opies of $oo-s were redirected to churches,
man% have $een destro%ed, man% anti0Noli writers came into the picture, 6atholic leaders in the
4hilippines that time re"arded the $oo- as heretical, while Spanish colonial authorities declared
it as su$versive and a"ainst the "overnment. 7hile the Spaniards $anned his novel, under"round
copies were distri$uted.
8mpact also include the e/pulsion of Rizal9s clan in 6alam$a, :a"una. #/tradition cases were
filed a"ainst him.
!his led to his decision to write the se;uel of Noli me !an"ere, the #l fili$usterismo which he
dedicated to the three mart%r priest. <nli-e #l fili, as what the% called it, Noli me !an"ere is
more delicate and does not invo-e re$ellion. #l fili do so. So to ensure revolutionar% ideas and
out$urst patriotism, Rizal redefined his careful concepts in Noli to a""ression in #l fili. !he
Spaniards were terrified that these ma% lead to a ma,or revolution of the Filipinos. &owever, the%
still didnt suppress his ideals to unite the Filipinos. Rizals novels served as the lamp of the
Filipinos desire for freedom.