What is the problem of the story el filibusterismo
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El Filibusterismo Summary Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as Simoun. During the period in between the story line of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra left the Philippines and became a wealthy jeweler. He came back to the Philippines as Senor Simoun, disguised with a beard. He seems to have long abandoned his once vision of ending the despotism of Spain with words and peace. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the misfortune our country has suffered under the tyranny of the Spaniards . And near the end of the novel, when he discovers that his lover, Maria Clara, died in the convent, he becomes all the more furious. Simoun is a confidant of the Captain-General. He encourages the government to make bad decisions and to abuse their power so that it would spark a revolution among the masses. Basilio, now all grown up, is at first reluctant to join in on Simoun’s idea but ends up being part of the plan. Simoun started planning uprisings and stashed guns in the shop of an ally. At the wedding reception of newlyweds (the bride being the ex-girlfriend of one of the friends of Basillo—Isagani), Simoun tells Basilio that his plan was to conceal an explosive which contains nitroglycerin inside a pomegranate-styled Kerosene lamp that Simoun will give to the newlyweds as a gift during the wedding reception. The reception will take place at the former home of the late Captain Tiago, which was now filled with explosives planted by Simoun. According to Simoun, the lamp will stay lighted for only 20 minutes before it flickers; if someone attempts to turn the wick, it will explode and kill everyone—important members of civil society and the Church hierarchy—inside the house. Simoun leaves the reception early and leaves a note with the words: “Mene Thecel Phares” which means “the future is predetermined” and is generally implied that a bad event is going to happen. Simoun signed it with his real name “Juan Crisostomo Ibarra”. The people at the reception were shocked because Ibarra is supposedly dead. One of the priests who knew Ibarra before the ending of Noli Me Tangere confirmed to the people that it was the writing of Ibarra. The lamp started to dim… Outside the house, Basilio was about to walk away because he knew the lamp was going to explode anytime soon when he saw Isagani, the still heart-broken ex-boyfriend of the bride whose reception was still going on in the house of Capitan Tiago. Isagani said that he just wanted to congratulate the newly-weds. Basilio who then feared for the safety of his friend told him about the plan of Simoun. Isagani ran to the house. A priest was about to fix the lamp but once Isagani got in, he found the lamp and threw it out the window into the river outside the residence. Since the guards were chasing Isagani, he himself jumped out of the window into the river as well. There was an uprising planned by Simoun during the time of the reception. The band got caught and confessed that Simoun lead them. Ibarra was now wanted both as himself and as Simoun. Days passed and a good priest found Simoun walking along the shore, wounded and weak. The noble priest tended to Simoun while the latter explained that he is Ibarra and that he was greatly saddened and angry due to the failure of the revolution and that he was questioning God as to why he was the one who is suffering and not the ones who have forsaken the people of the Philippines. The priest explains that all punishments will come in due time. Ibarra died as he weakly held the hand of the priest. The latter blessed the former and threw away all the remaining jewels of Ibarra in the hopes that they may always be used for good.
In the story El filibusterismo the problems and living standards of phillipino people during Spanish colonial period are described. This story tells about the greed of the Spanish conquistadors.
Explanation:
- It is the second novel written by José Rizal as the sequel to Noli Me Tangere in Spanish. It consists of 38 chapters.
- It shows how greedy, evil and corrupt the officials are.
- The content of this book was considered subversive and it created awareness to the Filipinos which consequently led to an uprising.
- The main objective of the story is to defend Filipino people from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of knowledge.
- The story of El Filibusterismo gives off a societal message that the citizens should be the leaders of its governing body and not the other way around.
- It teaches that strength lies in the numbers of people who want to change something inappropriate or give voices to those who suffer injustices.
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