Comparative Analysis of Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo
Noli Me Tangere
Meaning "touch me not"
• Noli Me Tangere literally means
Touch Me Not
Title • An urgent call for the Filipinos to
see for themselves the social ills
and do something for the country
In the Noli, each figure on the cover
signifies something. The cover it
itself may serve as the synopsis of the
whole story of the novel.
Cover of the
book
The setting is 19th century in the
Philippines during the latter years of
Setting the country as Spain's only colony in
Asia.
El Filibusterismo
“The Filibuster”
• El Filibusterismo literally means The
Revolution
• It signify a movement severely
punished by the government
• It explains the reasons why revolution
takes place
The cover of El Fili depicts the three
martyred priests GOMBURZA. They were
executed in their campaign for
secularization of the parishes and were
implicated in the Cavity mutiny. They
were garroted at Bagumbayan on February
17, 1872.
The story El Filibusterismo is set in the
Philippines. It is about a wealthy Cuban
jeweler who goes to the Philippines in an
attempt to work for the governor general,
but he is planning to start a revolution
against the authorities.
 The hero of El Filibusterismo is a rich
jeweler named Simoun. He was
"Noli Me Tangere" is a 19th Century
Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli, who, with
novel by Jose Rizal that dramatically
Elias’ help, escaped from the pursuing
Plot showcases the persecution of a
soldiers at Laguna de Bay, dug up his
socialite in the Philippines by
buried treasure, and fled to Cuba where he
religious hypocrisy and corruption.
became rich and befriended many Spanish
officials.
After many years he returned to the
Philippines, where he freely moved
around. He is a powerful figure not only
because he is a rich jeweler but also
because he is a good friend and adviser of
the governor general.

Noli Me Tangere is a novel about

society. It discusses the different
diseases that the Philippines El Filibusterismo is a political novel which
About
experienced during the spanish era. discusses the reign of the greed.

Dedicated Philippines GOMBURZA

Theme “The use and abuse of power” “The greed for power”
• Tthe first edition of Noli was
• first published in 1891 in Ghent,
published in 1884 in Berlin,
Publication Belgium
German
• Valentin Ventura
• Maximo Viola
Chapters 64 chapters 38 chapters