Noli Me Tangere and

El Filibusterismo
 Noli Me Tangere El Filibusterismo
• Noli is a romantic novel • Fili is a political novel –
– it is a work of the it is a work of the head
heart ‘ a book of “ a book of the thought
feelings” • It contains bitterness,
• It has freshness, color, hatred, pain, violence
humor, lightness and and sorrow
wit. • Filibusterismo is shorter
• Noli Me Tangere is than the Noli Me
longer than the El Tangere, 38 chapters
Filibusterismo, 64
chapters
• Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are purely
academic. Both are good novels, depicting the actual
conditions of the Philippines and Filipinos during the
Spanish rule.
• Both novels are instrumental in awakening the spirit
of Filipino nationalism and both are responsible in
paving the ground for the Philippine revolution that
brought about the downfall of Spain
Characters of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

• Crisostomo Ibarra • Simoun

• Maria Clara • Isagani
• Capitan Tiago
• Paulita Gomez
• Pia Alba
• Padre Damaso
• Father Florentino
• Elias • Matanglawin “Cabesang
• Sisa Tales”
• Pedro • Padre Camorra
• Basilio • Huli
• Crispin
• Victorina
• Consolacion
• Taong Madilaw
“Yellowish Man”
• Tasio
• Rafael Ibarra
• Padre Sibyla
• What are the main aims of the Novels?
a. To awaken the Filipinos to the idea that they
belong to a nation, to make them feel that they
have a country to love and to make them
promote its welfare.
b. Both novels were aimed towards reform but they
were treated differently.

Noli Me Tangere
The novel projects Rizal’s thoughts on peaceful
reforms.
• Ibarra said to Governor – General
“ Sir, my dearest wish is the happiness of my
country, a happiness which I desire to see owed to
the mother country, and to the efforts of my fellow
citizens, the two united by eternal bonds of common
aspirations and common interests. What I should
request can only be given by the government by
years of unceasing toil and after the introduction of
definite reforms.

Ibarra chose reform when he decided to follow his

father’s wishes by having a school built in San Diego