EL FILIBUSTERISMO

The writing of the novel

Dedicated to the GOMBURZA

Reaction to the book

The main characters

• a man shrouded in mystery, a rich jewelerfrom Cuba and befriended Spanish officialsSimoun

• a funny native woman who act like a SpaniardDoña Victorina

• a medical student whose studies was financed by Capitan TiagoBasilio

• became a nun inside a conventMaria Clara

The main characters

• dispossessed of his land in Tiani by the friars, became the chief of the outlaws. AKA Matanglawin

Cabesang Tales

• a student from Batangas who became discontented with the method of instruction and the oppressive treatment of his teachers

PlacidoPenitente

• the Spaniard who supported the cause of Filipino studentsSandoval

• a good Dominican friar who was a friend of Isagani

Padre Fernandez

Noli and El Fili

END

The Hong Kong Sojourn

1891-1892

Activities in Hong Kong

• Practice his profession as a doctor

• He was visited by his family member

on by one

• On December 23, 1891, he wrote to

the Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol that

he wanted to return to the Philippines

Other activities

• Tried to finish his third novel in Tagalog

• Translated “The Rights of Man” of the French Revolution to Tagalog

• Wrote A la Nacion Espaňola

• Wrote Sa mga Kababayan explaining the agrarian situation in Calamba

• Una Visita a la Gaol (A Visit to the Victoria Gaol)

• Wrote the Colonization of North Borneo by Families from the Philippines

The Borneo Project

A plan by Rizal to move the displaced families from Calamba to Borneo

The British North Borneo Company offered 100, 000 acres free for 999 years but Mr. Cook later charged his 5,000 acres for P3 each

Rizal communicated this plan to the Gov.Gen but was replied by a Spanish consul in Hong Kong that it was unpatriotic

Return to Manila

• The silence of the governor made Rizal more determined to return home

• He left for Manila and left two letters, one for his family and the other for his countrymen, to his Portuguese friend

• When he and Lucia reached Manila in June 21, 1892, cases were filed against him

Thank you!!