ANALYSIS OF NOLI ME TANGERE and EL FILIBUSTERISMO

February 5, 2016

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Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo have similarities in terms of aim and

purpose. Both aim to enlighten the Filipinos on what is happening in the country.
They want the people to fight for their country and have the total freedom.
One of the great books written by our national hero, Dr. Jose P.
Rizal, is Noli Me Tangere. It is a Latin word meaning "Touch Me Not". This book is
a societal novel. He started writing it in Madrid, Spain on 1884, continued in
Paris, France and was finished in Berlin, Germany on February 1887. Noli Me Tangere
was dedicated to his Inang Bayan, the Philippines. The history stated in the book
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" of Hariet Beecher Stowe, that tells the suffering of Negro
slaves under the cruelty of the Americans, gave our hero the idea. in writing this
book. He saw the similarity of this to the cruelty experienced by the Filipinos
under the Spanish rule. This was published at Imprenta Lette in Berlin, Germany on
March 1887 by the help of Dr. Maximo Viola. As a thanks, Dr. Rizal gave the
original manuscript and the PLUMA he used in writing the novel to Dr. Viola.
Another important writing of our hero is the El Filibusterismo. It comes
from the word "filibustero" which means a person who is against the Roman Catholic.
This book is a political novel. He started writing it on 1890 in London, England
and was finished in Brussels, Belgium on 1891. This was dedicated to the "Three
Martyrs", GomBurZa (Fr. Mariano Gomez, Fr. Jose Burgos, Fr. Jacinto Zamora). Dr.
Rizal believed that the three martyrs was only a victim of cruelty and loss of
justice. They was blamed, with a Sgt. Lamadrid, to be the leader of Cavite Mutiny
on January 1872 and sentenced by garote on February that year. El Filibusterismo
was first published in a publication company in Ghent, Belgium. The publication of
the book were stopped because of financial problem. By the help of Dr. Valentin
Ventura, the publication resumed and was finished on September 1891. As a favor,
Dr. Rizal gave the original manuscript of the novel with an autographed copy of the
book.