Noli Me Tangere

Ang Noli Me Tangere ay salitang Latin na ang ibig sabihin sa wikang Inges
ay Touch Me Not o Huwag Mo Akong Salingin sa Filipino. Ito ay hango sa
Ebanghelyo ni Juan at isinulat ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal noong 1884 sa Madrid
habang siya ay nag-aaral ng Medisina. Nang makatapos ng pag-aaral ay
nagtungo sa Paris si Rizal at doon ipinagpatuloy ang pagsusulat ng Noli Me
Tangere. Sa Berlin na niya natapos ang huling bahagi ng nobela.
Ilan sa mga kilalang tauhan ng Noli Me Tangere ay sina Crisostomo Ibarra,
Kapitan Tiyago, Tinyente Guevarra, Padre Damaso, Sisa, Basilio at Crispin,
Maria Clara at marami pang iba.

Chapter 1:
A Social Gathering
(The Summary of 109
“Noli Me Tangere”)
Capitan Santiago de los Santos, or Capitan Tiago, hosts a dinner in his house at Calle Anloague. While
waiting for the meals to be served, the guests converse with one another. In these conversations, the
readers are introduced to some of the novel’s characters, such as Padre Damaso, Padre Sibyla,
Lieutenant Guevara, Laruja, Doña Victorina de Espadaña, and Don Tiburcio de Espadaña.

Chapter 2:
Crisostomo Ibarra
(The Summary of “Noli
31
Me Tangere”)
Capitan Tiago enters the sala and introduces Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin to the
guests. Crisostomo, he informs them, is the only son of the late Don Rafael Ibarra, and he has recently
arrived from his studies in Europe. Crisostomo is puzzled when Padre Damaso, whom he thought was
a friend of his father, arrogantly denies that he was ever a friend of Don Rafael Ibarra.
Chapter 3:
The Dinner
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
At dinner over Tinola , the conversation of the guests centers on Crisostomo’s travels to several
countries. Padre Damaso belittles Ibarra’s trips, saying that what he has learned from them can be
learned even without leaving the country. Embarrassed, Ibarra excuses himself from the guests and
leaves, even after Capitan Tiago informs him that Maria Clara is coming to dinner.
Chapter 4:
Heretic and Filibuster
(The Summary of “Noli
33
Me Tangere”)
While walking towards Plaza Binondo, Crisostomo is approached by Lieutenant Guevara, to whom
Ibarra expresses lament that he himself does not know how his father died. The Lieutenant narrates the
event to him, saying that Don Rafael Ibarra was imprisoned for killing a Spanish tax collector, for not
going to confession, and for subscribing to the newspaper El Correo Ultramar. He also mentions that
Don Rafael was branded as a heretic, a filibuster, and a subversive. Because of these accusations, he
dies while in prison.
Chapter 5:
A Star in a Dark Night
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Ibarra goes to the Fonde de Lala hotel. He is troubled by the visions of his father being unjustly
imprisoned and dying without seeing him. He imagines the anguish and grief suffered by his father
while he is studying and traveling in Europe. In the house of Capitan Tiago, meanwhile, Maria Clara
arrives, and is admired by all guests, especially Padre Damaso.
Chapter 6:
Capitan Tiago
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Capitan Tiago is one of the richest landowners in Binondo, Pampanga and Laguna. Aside from
owning large tracts of lands, he also provides zacate, monopolizes the opium business, and holds a
contract for feeding the prisoners in the Bilibid prison. Since he has had no child with his wife, Doña
Pia, Padre Damaso advises the Doña to attend the mass at Obando. She eventually conceives a child,
whom they name Maria Clara, in honor of the Virgin of Salambao and Sta. Clara. Capitan Tiago and
the late Don Rafael later agree to arrange the marriage of their children.
Chapter 7:
An Idyl on an Azotea
(The Summary of “Noli
22
Me Tangere”)
Crisostomo Ibarra visits Maria Clara at Calle Anloague. They speak privately at the azotea, about the
years that they have not seen each other. Ibarra strives to prove his love for Maria Clara by showing
her the old leaves that had been given by the girl seven years earlier, while they had gone swimming
with his mother. Maria Clara, in return, reads an old letter written by Ibarra before leaving for abroad.
Chapter 8:
Recollections
(The Summary of “Noli
18
Me Tangere”)
Ibarra’s carriage passes through the busiest district of Manila, and what he sees disturbs him. He
observes that the country’s condition remains unchanged from when he left it seven years ago. He
finds no progress achieved and reforms implemented by the government. He sees that the roads have
not been paved and that the Puente de Barcas has been destroyed by neglect. Afterwards, seeing the
Arroceros Cigar factory, the Botanical Garden, and the Bagumbayan bring back fond memories.
Chapter 9:
Local Affairs
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
This chapter features the three conversations between Padre Damaso and Capitan Tiago, between
Padre Sibyla and an unmanned priest, and between the the Governor-General and his men. Angry at
not being informed of the arranged marriage between Crisostomo and Maria Clara, Padre Damaso now
wants to stop the marriage planned for the lovers. Capitan Tiago obeys the priest, and extinguishes the
candles that were lit for Ibarra’s journey to San Diego. Padre Sibyla and an unnamed priest discuss the
dangerous implication to the country of Crisostomo Ibarra’s foreign education. The Governor-General
reveals to his men that he is unhappy with the situation in the Philippines but that he is helpless in
changing the conditions of the country.
Chapter 10:
The Town
(The Summary of “Noli
20
Me Tangere”)
San Diego, a town along the Laguna Lake, produces sugar, rice, coffee, and fruit, which are sold to
Chinese merchants. Aside from its meadows and paddy fields, the town has a forest with old trees and
tropical vegetation that had been purchased by a Spaniard who was the great grandfather of Juan
Crisostomo Ibarra.
chapter 11:
The Rulers
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Two persons virtually rule the town of San Diego: Padre Bernardo Salvi and the Alferez of the Guardia
Civil, Padre Salvi is described as a thin, sickly, and silent friar and,unlike Padre Damaso, he is more
inclined to impose fines on his subordinates. The Alferez has a wife named Doña
Consolacion. Because of his bad marriage to the doña, he is frequently drunk and compels his soldiers
to drill under the hot sun.
Chapter 12:
All Saints
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Two gravediggers converse in the San Diego cemetery. One of them mentions that he was ordered by
a fat curate to dig up the body of a person buried in the cemetery, and to rebury it in the Chinese
cemetery. But since it was raining, he just dumped the body into the river. Tasio the sage arrives at
the cemetery, unsuccessfully searching for the skull of his dead wife.
Chapter 13:
Signs of Storm
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Crisostomo Ibarra and a servant arrive at the San Diego cemetery to look for the grave of his father,
Don Rafael Ibarra. After failing to locate the grave, his servant asks the gravedigger for help. The
gravedigger replies that he had dug up the body of the don and planned to bury it in the Chinese
cemetery, as instructed by Padre Damaso. Since it was raining, however, he says, he threw the body
into the river. Angered upon hearing the account, Crisostomo leaves. At the cemetery gate,
he meets Padre Salvi and attacks the Curate, whom he mistakes for Father Damaso.
hapter 14:
Tasio: Lunatic or Sage
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
After leaving the cemetery, Tasio the sage wanders about the street aimlessly. He sees two boys aged
ten and seven, and tells them that their mother has prepared a meal for them to be taken when they get
home. Don Filipo invites Tasio to his house, and a discussion on the existence of purgatory
follows. Tasio thinks that the place called purgatory does not exist since neither the bible nor Jesus
Christ mentions it.
Chapter 15:
The Sacristans
(The Summary of “Noli
13
Me Tangere”)
Crispin and Basilio are sacristans of the church at San Diego. The two are worried since the Sacristan
Mayor and the Curate has accused Crispin of stealing two gold pieces and he was to remain in the
church until the money is returned. Crispin also complains about the frequent beating and whipping
that he receives. After ringing the church bells, the Sacristan Mayor beats Crispin to make
him confess his crime.
hapter 16:
Sisa
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Sisa waits for her two sons, Crispin and Basilio. Knowing that they are hungry, she prepares a meal
consisting of duck leg, wild boar’s meat, tomatoes and five pieces of fish. Her husband arrives, and
eats all the food, leaving only three pieces of fish. She patiently waits for Crispin and Basilio and is
surprised when, during the night, only Basilio arrives.
Chapter 17:
Basilio
(The Summary of “Noli
24
Me Tangere”)
Basilio arrives home, wounded from a gunshot fired at him by the Guardia Civil. Basilio tells his
mother that Crispin has stayed behind in the convent because the curate accused him of stealing two
gold pieces. In his dream, Basilio sees Crispin being beaten up and killed by the Curate and the
Sacristan Mayor.
Chapter 18:
Souls in Torment
(The Summary of “Noli
15
Me Tangere”)
In the convent, some women converse about purgatory and the number of plenary indulgences that
they have acquired. Sisa arrives, bringing with her vegetables to appease the Curate into forgiving her
son Crispin. A sacristan tells her that Crispin is not in the church, and that the Guardia Civil are now
searching for her two sons, after the Curate reported them to the authorities for stealing.
Chapter 19:
A Schoolmaster’s Difficulties
(The Summary of “Noli
14
Me Tangere”)
Ibarra converses with a schoolmaster who was helped by his father. The schoolmaster narrates the
obstacles that he encountered in teaching the children. He informs Ibarra that the town lacks facilities
such as a school building and necessary equipment. His work is also hindered by the stubbornness of
the former town Curate, Padre Damaso.
Chapter 20:
The Meeting in the Town Hall
(The Summary of “Noli
18
Me Tangere”)
The town officials meet in the town hall to discuss the fiesta celebration. The council approves the
proposal of Don Filipo, but the Gobernadorcillo tells them that the curate’s alternate proposal must be
followed instead. Although the council objects to the Curate’s proposal, they are powerless to stop
implementation of the plan. Don Filipo and Tasio the sage go home dejected
Chapter 21:
The Story of a Mother
(The Summary of “Noli
11
Me Tangere”)
Sisa arrives at her house and finds the Guardia Civil looking for her sons. After vainly searching for
Crispin and Basilio, the Guardia Civil decide to arrest Sisa in order to compel her sons to surrender and
return the money they have stolen. Due to the anguish and public humiliation Sisa suffers, she
becomes insane.
Chapter 22:
Lights and Shadows
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Maria Clara converses with Ibarra near a window overlooking the lake. Ibarra invites Maria Clara, her
friends, and Padre Salvi to a picnic in the woods. Maria Clara is delighted, and Padre Salvi accepts the
invitation to prove that he has no ill feelings towards Ibarra.
Chapter 23:
Fishing
(The Summary of “Noli
18
Me Tangere”)
Ibarra and Maria Clara, together with their friends go fishing at the lake. To entertain them, Andeng
plays the harp, while Maria Clara sings a sad love song. In one of the fish cages, the men discover that
the fishing nets have entangled a crocodile. Elias, followed by Ibarra, jumps into the lake, successfully
killing the crocodile.
Chapter 24:
In the Wood
(The Summary of “Noli
13
Me Tangere”)
Padre Salvi passes near a stream, while going to the picnic organized by Ibarra. He hears some voices,
hides behind a tree, and spies on Maria Clara and her friends while they bathe. After the Alferez
leaves the picnic, the guardia civil arrives at the picnic, looking for Elias, the boatman who had thrown
the Alferez into a mudhole and who had assaulted Padre Damaso.
Chapter 25:
 In the House of the Sage
(The Summary of “Noli Me Tangere”)
Ibarra consults Tasio the sage about the school building that he plans to build. The sage advises Ibarra
not to pursue his project, else he incur the ire of the friars and other government officials, who would
do everything in their power to ruin him.
Chapter 26:
The Eve of the Fiesta
(The Summary of “Noli
14
Me Tangere”)
It is the eve of the fiesta, and people are busy preparing food, while Ñor Juan supervises the workmen
laying the cornerstone and building the foundation of the proposed school building. Some individuals
volunteer to contribute toward the construction of the school, some promise to pay the teacher, while
others offer their services for free. Ibarra remains optimistic that his endeavor will succeed, while
Tasio advises him to be cautious.
Chapter 27:
In the Twilight
(The Summary of “Noli
18
Me Tangere”)
Maria Clara and Ibarra, together with their friends, go for a walk. They meet a leper. In an act of
compassion, Maria Clara gives her locket to the sick man.
Chapter 31:
The Sermon
(The Summary of “Noli
15
Me Tangere”)
In his sermon, Padre Damaso reprimands some natives who, after receiving education in Manila and in
Europe, are now contented in not kissing the hands of a friar and not offering him the honor due his
rank. Padre Damaso declares that these individuals would get what they deserve and that God would
punish them for their wicked acts. At the end of the sermon, Elias approaches Ibarra, and
warns him that his life is in danger.
Noli Me Tangere (English Summary)
A summary in English of the classic Philippine novel Noli Me Tangere, written in
Spanish by Filipino national hero Jose Rizal
Juan Crisostomo Ibarra is a young Filipino who, after studying for seven years in
Europe, returns to his native land to find that his father, a wealthy landowner, has died
in prison as the result of a quarrel with the parish curate, a Franciscan friar named
Padre Damaso. Ibarra is engaged to a beautiful and accomplished girl, Maria Clara, the
supposed daughter and only child of the rich Don Santiago de los Santos, commonly
known as “Capitan Tiago.”

Ibarra resolves to forego all quarrels and to work for the betterment of his people. To
show his good intentions, he seeks to establish, at his own expense, a public school in
his native town. He meets with ostensible support from all, especially Padre Damaso’s
successor, a young and gloomy Franciscan named Padre Salvi, for whom Maria Clara
confesses to an instinctive dread.

At the laying of the cornerstone for the new schoolhouse, a suspicious accident,
apparently aimed at Ibarra’s life, occurs, but the festivities proceed until the dinner,
where Ibarra is grossly and wantonly insulted over the memory of his father by Fray
Damaso. The young man loses control of himself and is about to kill the friar, who is
saved by the intervention of Maria Clara.

Ibarra is excommunicated, and Capitan Tiago, through his fear of the friars, is forced to
break the engagement and agree to the marriage of Maria Clara with a young and
inoffensive Spaniard provided by Padre Damaso. Obedient to her reputed father’s
command and influenced by her mysterious dread of Padre Salvi, Maria Clara consents
to this arrangement, but becomes seriously ill, only to be saved by medicines sent
secretly by Ibarra and clandestinely administered by a girl friend.

Ibarra succeeds in having the excommunication removed, but before he can explain
matters, an uprising against the Civil Guard is secretly brought about through agents of
Padre Salvi, and the leadership is ascribed to Ibarra to ruin him. He is warned by a
mysterious friend, an outlaw called Elias, whose life he had accidentally saved; but
desiring first to see Maria Clara, he refuses to make his escape, and when the outbreak
page occurs, he is arrested as the instigator of it and thrown into prison in Manila.

On the evening when Capitan Tiago gives a ball in his Manila house to celebrate his
supposed daughter’s engagement, Ibarra makes his escape from prison and succeeds
in seeing Maria Clara alone. He begins to reproach her because it is a letter written to
her before he went to Europe which forms the basis of the charge against him, but she
clears herself of treachery to him. The letter had been secured from her by false
representations and in exchange for two others written by her mother just before her
birth, which prove that Padre Damaso is her real father. These letters had been
accidentally discovered in the convento by Padre Salvi, who made use of them to
intimidate the girl and get possession of Ibarra’s letter, from which he forged others to
incriminate the young man. She tells him that she will marry the young Spaniard,
sacrificing herself thus to save her mother’s name and Capitan Tiago’s honor and to
prevent a public scandal, but that she will always remain true to him.

Ibarra’s escape had been effected by Elias, who conveys him in a banka up the Pasig to
the Lake, where they are so closely beset by the Civil Guard that Elias leaps into the
water and draws the pursuers away from the boat, in which Ibarra lies concealed.

On Christmas Eve, at the tomb of the Ibarras in a gloomy wood, Elias appears,
wounded and dying, to find there a boy named Basilio beside the corpse of his mother,
a poor woman who had been driven to insanity by her husband’s neglect and abuses on
the part of the Civil Guard, her younger son having page disappeared some time before
in the convento, where he was a sacristan. Basilio, who is ignorant of Elias’s identity,
helps him to build a funeral pyre, on which his corpse and the madwoman’s are to be
burned.

Upon learning of the reported death of Ibarra in the chase on the Lake, Maria Clara
becomes disconsolate and begs her supposed godfather, Fray Damaso, to put her in a
nunnery. Unconscious of her knowledge of their true relationship, the friar breaks down
and confesses that all the trouble he has stirred up with the Ibarras has been to prevent
her from marrying a native, which would condemn her and her children to the oppressed
and enslaved class. He finally yields to her entreaties and she enters the nunnery of St.
Clara, to which Padre Salvi is soon assigned in a ministerial capacity.

buod ng noli me tangere

Si Crisostomo Ibarra ay isang binatang Pilipino na pinag-aral ng kanyang ama sa Europa. Pagkatapos
ng pitong taong pamamalagi roon ay nagbalik ito sa Pilipinas. Dahil sa kanyang pagdating ay
naghandog si Kapitan Tiyago ng isang salo-salo kung saan ito ay dinaluhan nina Padre Damaso, Padre
Sibyla, Tinyente Guevarra, Donya Victorina at ilang matataas na tao, sa lipunan Kastila. Sa hapunang
iyon ay hiniya ni Padre Damaso na siyang dating kura ng San Diego, ang binata ngunit ito'y hindi na
lamang niya pinansin at magalang na nagpaalam at nagdahilang may mahalagang lalakarin.
Si Ibarra ay kasintahan ni Maria Clara. Siya kilala bilang anak-anakan ni Kapitan Tiyago, isang
mayamang taga-Binundok. Ang binata ay dumalaw sa dalaga kinabukasan at sa kanilang pag-uulayaw
ay di nakaligtaang gunitain ang kanilang pagmamahalan simula pa sa kanilang pagkabata. Di
nakaligtaang basahing muli ni Maria Clara ang mga liham ng binata sa kanya bago pa man ito mag-
aral sa Europa. Bago tumungo si Ibarra sa San Diego ay ipinagtapat sa kanya ni Tinyente Guevarra ng
Guardia Sibil ang tungkol sa pagkamatay nga kanyang amang si Don Rafael, ang mayamang asendero
sa bayang yaon.
Ayon sa Tinyente, si Don Rafael ay pinaratangan ni Padre Damaso, na Erehe at Pilibustero, gawa ng di
nito pagsisimba at pangungumpisal. Nadagdagan pa ng isang pangyayari ang paratang na ito. Minsan
ay may isang maniningil ng buwis na nakaaway ng isang batang mag-aaral, nakita ito ni Don Rafael at
tinulungan ang bata, nagalit ang kubrador at sila ang nagpanlaban, sa kasamaang palad ay tumama
ang ulo ng kastila sa isang bato na kanyang ikinamatay. Ibinintang ang pagkamatay na ito ng
kubrador kay Don Rafael, pinag-usig siya, nagsulputan ang kanyang mga lihim na kaaway at
nagharap ng iba-ibang sakdal. Siya ay nabilanggo at ng malapit nang malutas ang usapin ay
nagkasakit ang matanda at namatay sa bilangguan. Di pa rin nasiyahan si Padre Damaso sa
pangyayaring iyon. Inutusan niya ng tagapaglibing na hukayin ang bangkay ni Don Rafael sa
kinalilibingan nitong sementeryo para sa katoliko at ibaon sa libingan ng mga Intsik at dahil umuulan
noon at sa kabigatan ng bangkay ay ipinasya ng tagapaglibing na itapon na lamang ito sa lawa.
Hindi binalak ni Ibarra ang maghiganti sa ginawang kabuktutang ito ni Padre Damaso at sa halip ay
ipinagpatuloy ang balak ng kanyang ama na magpatayo ng paaralan.
Sa pagdiriwang ng paglalagay ng unang bato ng paaralan ay kamuntik nang mapatay si Ibarra kung
hindi siya nailigtas ni Elias. Sa paglagpak ng bato habang ito'y inihuhugos ay hindi si Ibarra ang
nasawi kundi ang taong binayaran ng lihim na kaaway ng binata.
Sa pananghaliang inihandog ni Ibarra pagkatapos ng pagbabasbas ay muling pinasaringan ni Padre
Damaso ang binata, hindi na lamang niya sana ito papansinin subalit nang hamakin ang alaala ng
kanyang ama ay hindi na siya nakapagpigil at tinangkang saksakin ang pari, salamat na lamang at
napigilan ito ni Maria Clara.
Dahil sa pangyayaring ito ay itiniwalag o ineskomonyon si Ibarra ng Arsobispo ng simbahang Katoliko
Romano. Sinamantala ito ni Padre Damaso upang utusan si Kapitan Tiyago na sirain ang kasunduan sa
pagpapakasal nina Ibarra at Maria Clara. Nais ng pari na ang mapangasawa ng dalaga ay si Linares na
isang binatang kastila na bagong dating sa Pilipinas.
Dahil sa pagkasindak sa gumuhong bato noong araw ng pagdiriwang si Maria Clara'y nagkasakit at
naglubha. Dahil sa ipinadalang gamot ni Ibarra na siya namang ipinainom ni Sinang gumaling agad
ang dalaga.
Sa tulong ng Kapitan Heneral ay napawalang-bisa ang pagkakaeskomulgado ni Ibarra at ipinasya ng
arsobispo na muli siyang tanggapin sa simbahang Katoliko. Ngunit, nagkataon noong sinalakay ng
mga taong pinag-uusig ang kwartel ng sibil at ang napagbintangang may kagagawan ay si Ibarra kaya
siya ay dinakip at ibinilanggo. Wala talagang kinalaman dito ang binata sapagkat nang kausapin siya
ni Elias upang pamunuan ang mga pinag-uusig ay tahasan siyang tumanggi at sinabing kailanman ay
hindi siya maaring mamuno sa mga taong kumakatawan sa bayan.
Napawalang-bisa ang bintang kay Ibarra sapagkat sa paglilitis na ginawa ay walang sino mang
makapagsabi na siya'y kasabwat sa kaguluhang naganap. Subalit ang sulat niya kay Maria Clara na
napasakamay ng hukuman ang siyang ginawang sangkapan upang siya'y mapahamak.
Nagkaroon ng handaan sa bahay nina Kapitan Tiyago upang ipahayag ang kasunduan sa
pagpapakasal ni Maria Clara kay Linares at samantalang nagaganap ito ay nakatakas ni Ibarra sa
bilangguan sa tulong ni Elias.
Bago tuluyang tumakas ay nagkaroong ng pagkakataon si Ibarrang magkausap sila ng lihim ni Maria
Clara,. Anya'y ipinagkaloob na niya rito ang kalayaan at sana'y lumigaya siya at matahimik na ang
kalooban. Ipinaliwanag ni Maria Clara na ang liham na kanyang iniingatan at siyang ginamit sa
hukuman ay nakuha sa kanya sa pamamagitan ng pagbabanta t pananakot. Ippinalit sa mga liham na
ito ang dalawang liham na isinulat ng kanyang ina bago siya ipanganak na nakuha ni Padre Salvi sa
kumbento at dito nasasaad na ang tunay niyang ama ay si Padre Damaso.
Sinabi niya kay Ibarra na kaya siya pakakasal kay Linares ay upang ipagtanggol ang karangalan ng
kanyang ina subalit ang pag-iibig niya saa binata ay di magbabago kailanman.
Samantala, tumakas na si Ibarra sa tulong ni Elias. Sumakay sila ng bangka, pinahiga si Ibarra at
tinabunan ng damo at pagkatapos ay tinunton ang ilog Pasig hanggang makarating sa Lawa ng Bay.
Ngunit naabutan sila ng mga tumutugis sa kanila. Inisip ni Elias na iligaw ang mga ito kaya naisipan
niyang lumundag sa tubig kung saan inakalang si Ibarra ang tumalon kaya hinabol at pinaputukan
siya ng mga sibil hanggang mahawi ang bakas ng pagkakalangoy at magkulay-dugo ang tubig.
Nakarating sa kaalaman ni Maria Clara na si Ibarra'y napatay ng mga Sibil sa kanyang pagtakas. Ang
dalaga'y nalungkot at nawalan ng pag-asa kaya't hiniling niya kay Padre Damaso na siya'y ipasok sa
kumbento ng Santa Clara upang magmadre. Napilitang pumayag ang pare sapagkat tiyakang sinabi
ng dalaga na siya'y magpapakamatay kapag hindi pinagmadre.
Noche Buena nang makarating si Elias sa maalamat na gubat ng mga Ibarra, sugatan at nanghihina
na doon niya nakatagpo si Basilio at ina nitong wala nang buhay.
Bago siya nalagutan ng hininga ay sinabing, namatay siyang hindi nakikita ang pagbubukang-
liwayway ng kanyang bayan at makakikita ay huwag sanang kalilimutan ang mga nangamatay dahil
sa pagtatanggol sa bayan.
 Repleksyon:
nalaman ko na ang noli me tangere ay hango sa totoong buhay ni Rizal at ito rin ay nakatuon
tungkol sa pangaapi ng mga kastila sa mga pilipino na kagaya ni Rizal na nilabanan niya ang mga
kastila.Parehas din sila na naapi ang mga mahal sa buhay
masaya ako dahil kaya ni Rizal na pamulatin ang mga pilipino laban sa mga kastila gamit ang
nobelang Noli Me Tangere.