San Diego was preparing for its annual

fiesta, in honor there PATRON SAINT SAN

DIEGO de ALCALA who’s feast is the 11TH
OF NOVEMBER.
•On the eve of the Fiesta, hundreds of visitors arrived
from nearby towns, and there were laughter, music,
exploding bombs, feasting and Moro- moro.
moro.
The music was furnished by:

5 Brass ( including the Famous Pagsanjan

Band owned by escribano Miguel Guverra.)
<The fiesta is over>
MARIA CLARA
Became ill
Treated by a Quack Physician “ Tiborcio de Espadana”

DOCTORA DONA VICTORINA

de LAS de ESPADANA
Wife of Tiborcio de Espadana
A vain, frustrated native woman
A frequent visitor on Capitan Tiago’s house

DON ALFONSO LINARES DE ESPADANA

•Cousin of Don Tiburocio de Espadana

•Godson of Padre Damasco’s bother in law
<A TOUCH OF COMEDY IN THE NOVEL WAS THE FIGHT
BET.>
DONA CONSOLACION- The vulgar mistress of
the Spanish Alferez
DONA VICTORIA- Flam-boyanty dresses wife of
a henpecked Spanish doctor

STORY OF ELIAS
•Tale of pathos and tragedy
•He related it to ibarra

 60 years ago his grandfather

His grandfather who was a young book keeper in a
Spanish Commercial firm in Manila.

Was wrongly accused of burning the firm’s warehouse.

Was a plogged in public and was left in the street,

cripped and almost dead.
 His Wife
Who was pregnant
Begged for alms
Become a prostitute in order to support his sick
husband and son.
 <YEARS LATER>

FIRST BOY
Became a dreaded tulisan named BALAT
He terrorized the provinces.
His head was cut off and was hung from three branch in the forest.

YOUNG BROTHER
Who was by nature kind- hearted
Fled and became a trusted laborer in the house of a rich man in TAYABAS
He fell in love with Master Daughter
 UNFORTUNATE LOVER
(ELIAS FATHER)

ELIAS
Educated in the Jesuit College in Manila

HIS SISTER
Studied in La Concordia College
 “I die without seeing the dawn
brighten over my native land. You
have it to see, welcome it and forget
not those who have fallen during the
night.’’-Elias

 <THE NOVEL WAS AN EPILOGUE WHICH RECOUNTS

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERCHARACTERS>

MARIA CLARA- Entered the Santa Clara nunnery

PADRE SALVI- Left parish San Diego and became a chaplain of nunnery.
PADRE DAMASCO- Transferred to remote province but he was found dead
in his bedroom.
CAPITAN TIAGO- Became an opium addict and a human wreck.
TIBURCIO- Wearing eye glass because weaking eyesight.
DONA VICTORIA- Still henpecking, poor Don Tiburcio
LINARES- Died of dysentery.
- Buried in Paco Cemetery.
ALFEREZ- Having his shabby mistress Dona Consolacion.

 <THE NOVEL ENDS WITH MARIA CLARA,

FOREVER LOST IN THE WORLD.>

(Noli is based on a true story)

Noli ME TANGERE
True story of Philippines conditions during the last
decades of Spanish rule.
Places, characters and situation really exist.
 <THE CHARACTERS>

Ø MARIA CLARA- Was Leonor Rivera

Ø TASIO the SAGE- Was his elder brother (Paciano)
Ø IBARRA and ELIAS- Reprensented Rizal himself
Ø PADRE SALVI- Identify by Rizalist as Padre Antonio
Piernavieja
Ø CAPITAN TIAGO- Was Capitan Hilario Sunico of San Nicholas
Ø DONA VICTORINA- Was Dona Agustina Medel
Ø BASILIO and CRIPIN- Were Crisostomo brother of Hogonoy.
 THAT'S ALL,
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