STORY ANALYSIS

EL FILIBUSTERISMO

Being a reader of this story everyone agrees on the fact that El Filibusterismo is far
more dark and brutal that the Noli Me Tangere. With many events of murder, sexual abuse
and suicide, El Filibusterismo is massive turning point not only for the plot but also for the
characters. Crisostomo Ibarra really did grow as a character in this book. He is obviously
not the idealistic and open man he was once before. He became vengeful, angry and in
somewhat way, cunning. And in my opinion, this transformation of his is very much human
and real. After everything he went through in Noli Me Tangere, it seems only fitting that
he becomes the man who is Simoun I believe that when Ibarra went under alias Simuon,
he did not just strip himself of his birth name but he stripped himself of all of what was left
of Juan Crisostomo Ibarra. The way I see it, is that Ibarra is not Simuon and Simoun is
not Ibarra. They may share the same face, but if we are not speaking about physical
attributes, then the only thing they truly did have in common was love for the dear Maria
Clara. But besides that, they do not share the same mind, the same plans, the same soul
the same heart. And the terms of moral lesson, El Filibusterismo is what I’d choose over
Noli Me Tangere. El Filibusterismo showed us how anger and vengeance can take over
a person’s being. I also find very much delight in the conversation between Ibarra and
Father Florentino.
In El Filibuusterismo or literally the regime of greed. This was the second novel that
Rizal wrote and dedicated for his country specifically the three martyr friars, namely
Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora. The three priests were accused by the Spaniards on being
a traitor to the government and were sentenced to death. Also, this noel was continuation
of Noli Me Tangre. But, even though Noli tasks about romance and love, El Filibusterismo
talks about the politics and governmental issues in our country. It targets the Spanish
government in indirect way. This novel tell l us how cruel and how purely evil the Spaniard
was. Nevertheless, it also tackles the bravery of the Filipino community. It shows the
unimagined bravery of our countrymen on fighting the greediness and cruelty of the
Spaniards
At last I am thankful not only for Jose Rizal but also for the people who fight for
freedom in a war of words and thoughts. Even though it is not directly into war, but the
effect was very unburden to the enemy. El Filibusterismo, a novel about the word war for
freedom.