Reflection Paper about Noli Me Tangere

The characters in Noli Me Tangere Novel represent the actions of Filipinos in the generation of
today as the individuals in the background of Rizal depict the various aspects of gaining independence.
We focus on social climbers/ abusive forces, family loyalty, self-sacrifice, and purity and faithfulness.
This novel gave us strength. As we need an idea to avoid being ignorant, it ignited our need for
independence and liberty. As Filipinos before today's generations, this independence and rights from the
novel is affected in terms of obtaining what we must have as individuals. In traditional terms, masculinity
and femininity characterize men and women on the basis of their physical and moral attributes. Strong
people, greedy, weak, honest, cruel, unwelcome, treacherous, hypocrisy, servility, dictatorship, and
corruption that some people have actions like this somehow up to now. It was a message for the people in
disguise as a novel, the use of real-life obstacles made it intriguing and moving for the Filipinos. Also, as
a sub-genre it had romance, a convention of it is about Ibarra and Maria Clara as they portrayed the image
of a star-crossed lovers, their love was tested against the friars and other mishaps, and lastly, both were
separated, as their love for each other was doomed to fail. Some of our Filipino leaders were eaten by the
glory, money and power which blinded them. One concrete example from the book was Doña Victorina;
how she disowned her country and chose to be "one of them". It simply means that Filipinos before was
unaware and not knowledgeable enough on how blessed they were in different aspects. However, in our
time today, the audience or the readers might understand some of the things written in the book that it's
just about how corrupt and abusive the Spaniards are. For some people, especially those who really
sympathized

Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin also known as Crisostomo Ibarra a Filipino-Spanish, he is the
protagonist in the story. Ibarra is a politically significant character since he is used by Rizal to convey
ideas about colonialism in the Philippines and the existence of power. Ibarra argues that, for much of the
book, while the Catholic friars and the Spanish government are corrupt, they offer important help to the
Philippines. Without fully dismantling the structure, Ibarra focuses on reforming the Philippines from the
inside out, collaborating with the friars and Spanish officials to bring about meaningful change. By the
end of the book, however, his thoughts about change and revolution begin to converge with Elias's more
extreme theories once Ibarra is branded a heretical subversive.