NOLI ME TANGERE

AND EL

FILIBUSTERISMO

PAJAC, LOVE A. 1C3

CAMILLE CIDRO
Instructions: Complete the chart below by recording details in Rizal’s novel. 

TASK I. 
1. If you are not familiar with the character, you are ALLOWED to change the
character being given. 
2. The description- you will describe the character based on the Novel. 
3. Values Represented- What is the value of the character portraying in the novel and
integrate the value in our generation now. 

Characters Description Values Represented

Noli Me Tangere
Juan Crisostomo Full name: Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y He is the kind of person who from
Ibarra Magsalin the wealthy family but still has a
Name frequently used in the story: care to all people who surround
Ibarra him.
Father: Don Rafael Ibarra
Grandfather: Don Saturnino
Eibarramendia

Physical description:
Phiscally healthy and fit, with
Spanish-looking features but
Filipino-colored skin. Carries
himself with an air of prestige and
confidence, but he is humble,
respectful, and well-educated.
Maria Clara Full Name: Maria Clara de los Santos She is the kind of woman that
Nickname: Clarita everyman man to be marry with the
Name frequently used in the story: cause she has a personality can
Maria Clara respect by her simplicity, gentle
Father (known): Kapitan Tiago movement in everything and can
Father (real): Padre Damaso give you unconditional love.
Mother: Donya PIa Alba

Physical description:
Very beautiful, lady-like, and
charming. She is said to have a
delicate, sweet smile, long, dark hair,
and porcelain skin. Her eyes are
always filled with tenderness.
Padre Damaso Full Name: Damaso Verdoglasgas He represents the kind of person
Name frequently used in the story: using his power to manipulate the
Padre Damaso others. And he is kind of person
who easily judge the other person
Description: because the status of life.
A Franciscan priest who is always
 frank and sharp with his words. He is
also very talkative.

Other Facts:
Has been in the Philippines for 20
years (when the story begins).
At the latter part of the story, it will
be revealed that Maria Clara is his
daughter, indicating that he had an
affair with her mother.
Kapitan Tiago Full Name: Don Santiago de los In our generation, he is the kind of
Santos trying to change everything about
Name frequently used in the story: him to impress the eye the other
Kapitan Tiago people who surround him.
Wife: Donya PIa Alba
Daughter: Maria Clara

Physical description:
A short, stocky man with a round
face. He has black hair and white
skin. He also has a sharp nose and
small eyes.

Other Facts:
He is a businessman.
His wife died when Maria Clara was
born.
El Filibusterismo
Simoun Simoun is originally Ibarra, a He is the of person who suffered a
character thought to have died at the lot from his past and he make this
end of Noli Me Tangere, which took inspiration to be succeed and came
place thirteen years ago. He had back to take a revenge.
come back from Europe to marry
Maria Clara. But after the events of
Noli Me Tangere, Ibarra had to fake
his death. After that, he swore to get
revenge on his enemies. He dug up
the family wealth in a forest and went
abroad.
Isagani The best friend of Basilio, he is a He is has a big dream in life even
poor law student and poet. He has he the only one left from his family
little fear of authority and speaks because his father and mother died
openly of his patriotic ideals, early, but he using this as a
becoming the leader of a group of motivation to keep going and to
students who plan to set up a school achieve his dream.
for the teaching of Spanish to natives.
 With his idealism, he clashes with the
cynical Simoun. He is in love with
the spoiled, flirtatious Paulita Gomez,
against the advice of his uncle and
guardian Padre Florentino.
Paulita Gomez A beautiful girl who is admired by all She is a beautiful woman but
the students, she at first shows ambitious in life, she choose the
preference for Isagani. But she is luxury life than to the person she
thrown into the company of Juanito love.We can she has a big dream
Pelaez because her aunt, the for her self and practical in life
ridiculous Doña Victorina Noli Me
Tangere, has taken an interest in the
young heir, even contemplating
marrying him if her runaway husband
were found to be dead. Eventually
the self-centered Paulita chooses to
marry the amusing Juanito rather
than the serious Isagani. Her
romantic dilemma is similar to that
faced by Rizal's real-life sweetheart
Leonor Rivera.
Juli Juliana, Kabesang Tales's daughter Her represented as a person willing
and Basilio's sweetheart is known by to take a risk or sacrifice her own
the nickname Juli. Devoted to self for her family or love of her
Basilio, when her family falls into life.
debt she decides to become a servant
rather than sell the locket he had
given her, once a possession of Maria
Clara's that had fallen into his hands.
Pure and innocent, she is nevertheless
aware of the curate's reputation as a
womanizer. But she is made to feel
by a devout, busybody neighbor
woman that she has no other recourse
but to ask his help in freeing Basilio.
After much hesitation she approaches
the friar, only to end up getting
fatally injured running from him.
TASK II. 
I. Select ONE chapter of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. 
II. Guided Questions 
1. What is the salient point/s of the chapter? 
2. Integrate the message of the specific chapter to the recent event/happenings in our
generation now. 

Noli Me Tangere
Chapter I: A Social Gathering
1.The salient point of the chapter is I think that “According to Project Gutenberg License
translated by Pascual H. Poblete (2006)”, we can see already how Padre Damaso dominates the
conversation in gathering, Furthermore, Father Damaso is openly prejudiced against indigenous
Filipinos, indicating a disconnect between him and perhaps the church as a whole. Rizal also
portrays Father Dámaso as ignorant, not caring to learn Tagalog despite spending two decades
living in small communities in the Philippines because he thinks Filipino is just an Indio. But
Tinyente provides a powerful counterpoint to Father Damaso’s views, pointing out that the
backwardness of the Philippines could also be blamed on the Spanish and may he right because
the way how they treat Filipino is like kind of person that doesn’t have known in this world, they
treat them a lower kind of human being.

2.In our generation Padre Damaso character still exist especially to those people in higher
positon status in life, they think they can control everything because they have a power. Example
there are some person that I know using their power and money to drag other people, they think
they are intelligent enough to treat the other people like no one, they think they know everything
but the truth is they more ignorant than to those persons who they dragging down.

El Filibusterismo
Chapter 1: On the Upper Deck
1. According to Project Gutenberg License translated by Charles Derbyshire (2005) I
think the salient of this chapter is about the division of status in life. The steamship Tabo is
sailing on the Pasig River to Laguna. Passengers on the upper deck talk about the lake and the
long journey. If we see the steamship is there is two divisions and that is “Upper Deck” that for
elite and “Lower Deck” for the ordinary people. We can see into this chapter their barrier
between elite and indios, they can’t be in one place because of the status in life, most of people
in upper deck is Spaniards, they all known have a power and wealth but they have an own
personality.
2.Upper deck for my interpretation is representing the high quality of status in life. We
can see the upper deck still nowadays not literally in the steamship that we didn’t notice,
Example in this scenario the justice system here in our country, based on my observation if you
are well known person and have a power you can easily get it but if are a poor it takes a time to
get that, on the other side if you are powerful you manipulate the justice specially your opponent
is more lower than you.