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Criminology
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Gain Attention
Directions: Write what event in El Filibusterismo made an impression on you
and why?
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Inform Learners of objectives

Cognitive
Discuss about the impact of El Filibusterismo in the lives of the Filipino
Affective
Appreciate the published novel on its impact of the economy in Rizal’s time
Psychomotor
Compose the relevance of the novel in the present time
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Stimulate Recall of Prior Learning

Presentation of Final Output: Character Interpretation in both novels: Noli Me Tangere

and El Filibusterismo

Before we start our lesson, here’s an activity to assess what

you already know and what you want to know about the
characters in Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

What I know What I want to know

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SEGMENT 1 : NOLI ME TANGERE CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Crisostomo Ibarra

A wealthy young man of mixed Spanish and

Filipino ancestry who has recently returned to the
Philippines from Europe after spending seven
years studying abroad. Ibarra is cultured and
well-respected, though the friars in his hometown
of San Diego are suspicious of him. This is because
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his father Don Rafael was recently imprisoned and labeled a subversive and
heretic, a sentence that eventually led to his death in jail. Ibarra learns of this on
his first night back in the Philippines. Hoping to carry out his father’s dreams, he
later decides to build a secular school in San Diego, one that remains
uninfluenced by overzealous friars like Father Dámaso and Father Salví, Ibarra’s
two primary adversaries. Unfortunately, building the school proves a difficult task
due to the fact that Father Salví works together with a number of Ibarra’s
enemies to frame him as a conspirator against the government, ultimately
forcing him to flee San Diego as an outlaw revolutionary. This means leaving
behind the love of his life, María Clara, whom he was originally supposed to
marry. Ibarra is a politically important character because Rizal uses him to voice
ideas regarding colonialism and the nature of power in the Philippines. For the
majority of the novel, Ibarra believes that, although the Catholic friars and the
Spanish government are corrupt, they provide the Philippines with valuable
support. In contrast to his friend Elías (a more drastic revolutionary who wants to
overthrow the country’s prevailing power structures), Ibarra insists upon
reforming the Philippines from the inside out, working with the friars and Spanish
officials to bring about positive change without dismantling the system entirely.
However, by the end of the novel, once Ibarra is branded a heretical
subversive, his ideas about reform and revolution begin to align with Elías’s more
radical theories.

Father Damaso

A Spanish friar living in the Philippines, Father

Dámaso is an arrogant and pedantic priest who,
despite having lived amongst Filipinos and hearing
their confessions for over twenty years, is barely able
to speak or understand Tagalog, the country’s native
language. A shameless loudmouth, he is unafraid of
slandering nonreligious citizens who he thinks
undermine his power. Ibarra learns that this is exactly
what happened between his father, Don Rafael, and
Dámaso—because Rafael refused to go to
confession and supported secular means of empowering Filipino citizens,
Dámaso jumped at the opportunity to cast Rafael as a heretic and a subversive.
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As such, Dámaso is Ibarra’s most evident and outspoken rival, a fact Dámaso
seems to leverage by taunting the young man at a dinner party one night,
making allusions to Rafael’s death and insulting Ibarra’s project to build a
school. Unfortunately, Ibarra is unable to ignore these provocations, and his
violent response leads to his own excommunication. To make matters worse for
Ibarra, Father Dámaso is very well-connected in San Diego, and he is María
Clara’s godfather, which puts him in a position of power over Ibarra’s
engagement (indeed, he forbids her from marrying Ibarra). María Clara later
discovers that Dámaso is her real father, a fact she hopes to keep quiet at all
costs because it would disgrace her deceased mother’s honor and her father’s
respectability, so Dámaso gets away with his corruption.

Elias

An outlaw and vagabond revolutionary who

resents the power the Catholic church and
Spanish government have over the Philippines.
After Ibarra saves his life from a vicious
crocodile, Elías swears to protect the young
man from his enemies, which are legion.
Lurking in the town in the disguise of a day
laborer, Elías discovers plots against Ibarra and
does everything he can to thwart them. He
also tries to convince Ibarra to join him and a
band of disenchanted revolutionaries who
want to retaliate against the abusive Civil
Guard that empowers the church and
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oppresses the people it claims to govern. He and Ibarra engage in long political
discussions throughout the novel, each character outlining a different viewpoint
regarding the nature of national growth and reform. Elías urges his friend to see
that nothing productive will come of working within the existing power structures,
since the church and government are both so corrupt and apathetic when it
comes to actually improving the Philippines. Ibarra is more conservative and
doesn’t agree with Elías’s drastic opinions until he himself experiences
persecution at the hands of the country’s most powerful institutions, at which
point he agrees with his friend and accepts his fate as a committed subversive
revolutionary.

Kapitan Tiago

A Filipino socialite and well-respected

member of the country’s wealthy elite. Close
with high-ranking clergy members like Father
Salví and Father Dámaso, Captain Tiago is
one of the richest property owners in Manila
and San Diego. He is concerned with
making sure his daughter, María Clara,
marries an affluent man with ample social
capital, which is one of the reasons he so
quickly abandons his support of Ibarra when
the friars disgrace the young man’s name.
As for his own disgrace, Captain Tiago is not actually María Clara’s biological
father—rather, his wife had an affair with Father Dámaso before dying in
childbirth. This is perhaps why he is so concerned with keeping up the
appearance of respectability, for his own wife dishonored him. As such, he is
blind to the vapid posturing of people like Doctor de Espadaña, a fraudulent
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doctor for rich people, and his wife, Doña Victorina, an obvious social climber.
When they present their nephew Linares as a possible new match for María
Clara, Captain Tiago is quick to assent, thinking that such a pairing will ensure
respectability.

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Maria Clara

A woman well-regarded in San Diego for her high social station. Having grown
up together as childhood friends, María Clara and Ibarra are engaged to be
married, though Father Dámaso—her godfather—is displeased with this
arrangement and does what he can to interfere. When Ibarra is
excommunicated after almost killing Dámaso at a dinner party, arrangements
are made for María Clara to marry a young Spanish
man named Linares. She doesn’t speak up against this
idea because she doesn’t want to cross her father,
Captain Tiago, a spineless socialite who disavows
Ibarra to stay in the good graces of friars like Father
Dámaso. Later, María Clara discovers that Captain
Tiago isn’t her real father—rather, Father Dámaso
impregnated her mother, who died during childbirth.
When Ibarra is put on trial after being framed as a
subversive by Father Salví, María Clara is blackmailed
into providing the court with letters Ibarra has sent her
—letters his prosecutors unfairly use as evidence of
malfeasance. She does so in order to keep secret the fact that Dámaso is her
biological father, since she doesn’t want to disgrace her mother’s name or
compromise Captain Tiago’s social standing. Still, she feels intense remorse at
having sold Ibarra out. When the newspapers eventually falsely report his death,
she calls off her marriage with Linares, instead deciding to enter a convent
because she can’t stand to exist in a world that doesn’t contain Ibarra.
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Don Rafael Ibarra

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Ibarra’s father, who has died before the

novel’s opening pages. Ibarra learns from a
sympathetic friend of his father’s, Lieutenant
Guevara, that Don Rafael perished in prison after
Father Dámaso accused him of heresy and
subversion. These accusations surfaced because
Don Rafael refused to attend confession, thinking it
useless and instead trying to live according to his
own moral compass, which was, Lieutenant
Guevara says, incredibly strong and respectable. As
such, Father Dámaso started making allusions to Ibarra’s father while preaching.
Not long thereafter, Don Rafael came across a government tax collector
beating a little boy. When he intervened, he accidentally killed the collector
and was subsequently imprisoned. This is when Father Dámaso and a handful of
Don Rafael’s other enemies came forward and slandered his name. Lieutenant
Guevara hired a lawyer, but by the time he’d cleared the old man’s name, Don
Rafael had died in his cell. He was buried in San Diego’s catholic cemetery, but
Ibarra eventually learns that Father Dámaso ordered a gravedigger to exhume
his body and transport him to the Chinese cemetery in order to separate him
from non-heretical Catholics. Not wanting to haul his body all the way to the
Chinese cemetery and thinking that the lake would be a more respectable
resting place, the gravedigger threw Don Rafael’s body into the lake.

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Crisipin

A very young boy studying to be a sexton, or a

caretaker of the church. Crispín and his brother Basilio
work tirelessly to send money home to their mother,
Sisa, who is married to a drunk gambler who provides
nothing in the way of financial or even emotional
support. Unfortunately, the chief sexton falsely accuses
Crispín of stealing money from the church. This means
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that the boy has to work extra hard to make up his debt, though his elders are
constantly fining him for minor or invented infractions. One night, he and his
brother are supposed to go home to visit their mother for the first time in a week,
but the chief sexton interferes with their plans, ordering that they stay past dark
and past the town’s curfew. When Crispín points out that this will make it
impossible for them to visit Sisa, the sexton hauls him away and beats him
severely. This is the last time he is seen, and one can presume he died at the
hands of a merciless sexton or priest, though a church member tells Sisa that
Crispín stole from the church and escaped in the night.
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Basilio
Crispín’s older brother, who is also training to be a sexton.
When Crispín is dragged away, Basilio tries to find him
unsuccessfully. Despite the town’s curfew, he runs home
to his mother and spends the night there, telling her that
the next day he will seek out Ibarra and ask if he can work
for him instead of training to be a sexton. This never
transpires, though, because the Civil Guard comes
looking for him and his brother. Basilio escapes from this
mother’s house and into the forest, where he lives with a
kind family until Christmas Eve, when he goes looking for
Sisa. Upon finding her, he discovers that she has gone
crazy with grief and is unable to recognize him. He follows
her back into the woods, where she eventually dies after
finally understanding that he is her son.
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El Filibusterismo Character Analysis

Simoun

Simoun is originally Ibarra, a character thought to

have died at the end of Noli Me Tangere, which took
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place thirteen years ago. He had 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.

Ibarra created a new identity and named himself “Simoun”, moving to

North America. He stayed there for a long time, becoming a jeweler in Cuba. In
Havana, he met the future Capitan General, who was a comandante then.
Simoun befriended him by lending him money, and helped him hide his crimes.
Capitan General eventually was appointed to rule the Philippines, with Simoun
manipulating him as a “blind instrument” in order to commit injustices. Simoun
currently lives on Escolta street in Manila, and is well-known as Capitan
General’s most trusted advisor and friend. He continues to sell jewels and has
become very wealthy, while encouraging Capitan General (and everyone in
the country) to be as greedy as possible.

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Basilio

Basilio is a character who was first introduced in Noli

Me Tangere as a child. In El Filibusterismo, he is an
orphan following the deaths of his mother, Sisa, and
brother, Crispin. Chapter 6 of El Filibusterismo explains
what happened to him after Noli Me Tangere,
revealing that he went to Manila and, while
searching for a master, saw Capitan Tiago in a
carriage. He followed them, and because that was
the day that Capitan Tiago’s daughter (Maria Clara)
entered the cloister, Capitan Tiago was depressed
and accepted Basilio as a servant. Basilio studied in
San Juan de Letran, but because of his dirty attire his
classmates and teachers disliked him. In his second
year, because he was able to take care of a fighting cock for Capitan Tiago
and help it win, Capitan Tiago gave him a tip and Basilio bought shoes and a
hat. By his third year, Basilio could afford shirts and boots. Eventually, because of
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his good grades, Capitan Tiago convinced Basilio to transfer to Ateneo
Municipal. Basilio was able to finish five years of the secondary course in a single
year. Although Capitan Tiago wanted him to take up law, Basilio chose
medicine instead, which Capitan Tiago still supported because he believed
Basilio would also learn to treat his fighting cocks. At the beginning of El
Filibusterismo, Basilio is currently in his last year of medical school and living in
Anloague Street, Manila. He is stated to be older than students such as Isagani.

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Isagani

Isagani grew up an orphan. His parents are

not mentioned, as he was adopted as a child by
his uncle Padre Florentino. Their precise family
relationship remains unclear. There are rumors that
Isagani is the son of Padre Florentino’s first love, or
a son of Padre Florentino’s cousin. Isagani lived in
Padre Florentino’s house, which is in a remote
location in the province surrounded by mountains,
rivers, forests and the sea. He spent most of his
childhood exploring the vast lands and would often watch clouds while sitting
on a cliff overlooking the sea. He did it so often that Padre Florentino threatened
to bring him to a physician, afraid that Isagani would become a
hypochrondriac. Isagani moved to Manila to study medicine at the Ateneo de
Municipal.

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Kabesang Tales

Telesforo, nicknamed “Tales” was the son of the

woodcutter, Tandang Selo. They lived in the forests
of San Diego, and eventually Tales had a wife and
three children: Lucia, Tano and Juli. Originally,
Tales worked as a tenant on someone else’s farm
but he decided that he wanted his own. Because
of this, the family cut down trees to clear lands
that they could farm. One by one, they got sick,
and Tales’ wife and eldest daughter Lucia died
from illness. The family believed that the forest
spirits cursed them and were getting revenge.
However, Tales had a successful first harvest. But
right after that, a religious order claimed the
family’s fees and began charging them an annual fee of twenty to thirty pesos.
Tandang Selo advised Tales not to complain, so Tales did not protest. His farm
became successful and he was able to build a house in Sagpang barrio in Tiani.
Tales wanted to send his youngest daughter Juli to school but over time, the
friars kept raising the annual fee. Tales eventually became cabeza de
barangay, then earning the nickname “Cabesang Tales” but ended up paying
any costs out of his own pocket. Combined with the increasing rental fees for his
farms, Cabesang Tales could no longer send Juli to school. He protested the
annual fees but a friar administrator sent servants to possess the land. Cabesang
Tales stopped listening to Tandang Selo’s advice to not protest, and instead
finally rebelled, saying he would only surrender his fields to “the first man who
would water them with blood from his own veins.” Cabesang Tales used up his
savings trying to get lawyers and officials to help him, and started patrolling his
fields with a shotgun. The judges sided with the friars despite knowing that
Cabesang Tales was right. Cabesang Tales refused all negotiations from then
on, and his son Tano soon left him to join the army. Everyone became afraid of
Cabesang Tales, and Capitan General ordered all firearms be confiscated so
Cabesang Tales started using a bolo instead. After his bolo was confiscated, he
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used an axe. The tulisanes managed to capture Cabesang Tales and at the
beginning of El Filibusterismo (El Fili), are holding him for ransom, threatening to
kill him if his family doesn’t give 500 pesos within two days.

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Don Custodio

Don Custodio is implied to have been born in

the province because it is stated that he came
to Manila when he was young. After getting a
good job, he married a mestiza from a rich
family. Due to his skill and personality, he got
involved with the government through many of
his contracts. Eventually, he became a
councilor, then a mayor. Don Custodio became
very well-connected and well-known, to the
point that he was appointed to many positions.
Among them include being director of the
Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais;
counsilor to the Administration; president of the administrative board of the
Obras Pias; director of the Misericordia; advisor of the Banco Espanol Filipino;
vice-president of the Board of Health of Manila; member of the Central
Vaccination Board; brother of confraternities and archconfraternities; ponente,
member-arbitrator of the Superior Commission of Primary Instruction. At the time
he took his job seriously but would sometimes make decisions just to spite people
he did not like. Later on, Don Custodio had to go to Spain for liver treatment. He
became a member of the Spanish court but felt inferior to everyone there,
because he was mocked by Conservatives. Because of that, he declared
himself part of the Liberal Party and returned to the Philippines. Believing he
learned a lot about politics in Spain, Don Custodio decided to use his
knowledge to help Manila. It is not known how many positions and which other
ones Don Custodio currently holds. However, his current most famous role is
being one of Capitan General’s advisors and friends.
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Paulita Gomez

Paulita Gomez resides in Manila, having lived

there since birth. She is well-known as a rich
heiress, the niece of Dona Victorina and the
girlfriend of Isagani. Her parents died when
she was young, making her an orphan who
was raised instead by her aunt. Because her
family was always very wealthy, she had a
sheltered upbringing and was used to having
servants and slaves. She is said to be well-
educated, although in El Filibusterismo (El Fili)
she is never seen going to school. Therefore,
she might have been taught at home. Paulita
Gomez is almost always seen with her aunt Dona Victorina, even when she is out
with a friend or with Isagani.
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Father Florentino

Padre Florentino is the only Indio priest

mentioned in El Filibusterismo, since most Indios
end up as priests’ assistants. He used to be
considered charming and happy, and was part
of a rich family and his mother forced him to
enter the seminary (because of her friendship
with the archbishop). While in school, he
became classmates with Senor Pasta. Padre
Florentino became a priest at 25 years old, and
when his mother died, she left him his fortune.
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It is said that weeks before Padre Florentino’s first mass, the woman he
loved married someone else. Because of this, Padre Florentino devoted himself
to the church. He became a well-respected cleric, but retired in 1872 to avoid
attention. Since then, he has been living on the family estate, “on the shores of
the Pacific”, in an unidentified province, with many servants. At some point,
Padre Florentino adopted and raised a nephew (Isagani). There are rumors that
Isagani is the son of Padre Florentino’s first love, or a son of Padre Florentino’s
cousin, but the exact relationship between Isagani and Padre Florentino is never
confirmed.

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SEGMENT 2
Here is an article by Clarisse, A. 2019 about the relevance of the novel Noli
Me Tangere by Dr, Jose Rizal.
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Noli Me Tangere: A Wake up Call Book of Revolution

By: Clarisse, Amber

There is a saying that, “Literature is a mirror of our culture”. Literature is one

of the priceless treasures that will change our lives and we uncover ourselves to
the things around us. The characters in different literary pieces represent their
stand in the current issues of the society, especially the symbolic representation
of the writer’s use. Philippine literature explains the reflection of our lives as
Filipinos and how we interact with our society.

Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere was all about the description of the Spanish
colonization here in the Philippines and how the Spanish treated Filipinos badly.
It followed the story of Crisostomo Ibarra who came from Europe to study and
returned to the Philippines after his seven years of journey. He reunited with his
acquaintances including his nemesis, Padre Damaso at Kapitan Tiago’s house.
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He also visited his love, Maria Clara whom he missed for so long. He was
shocked to learn about his father’s death. Lieutenant Guevarra, his father’s
friend, told the story behind his father’s death. He was told that Padre Damaso
ordered the gravediggers to transfer Rafael Ibarra’s body to the Chinese
Cemetery. Although the gravediggers did not follow Padre Damaso’s order,
they threw the body into the river. This made Crisostomo Ibarra angry that made
him start a revolution against Padre Damaso and the Spanish government.

This novel has a lot of symbolism and real-life events that opened the eyes
of the Filipino people during the Spanish colonization to start the revolution and
overthrow the Spanish colonizers. Every character in Noli Me Tangere has a role
that depicts different roles in Philippine society to fight for the freedom of the
country. Jose Rizal represented his persona as Crisostomo Ibarra who was a rich
character yet he was rebellious who fought for the freedom of the Spaniards
while Elias who was poor and oppressed by the Spaniards but he sacrificed his
life so that Crisostomo can escape because he believed that Crisostomo has a
better chance to fight against the Spaniards. Elias’ sacrifice paved the way to
Crisostomo Ibarra’s revenge against the Spaniards in the sequel of the novel “El
Filibusterismo”.

Other characters that significantly represent Filipinos were like Doña

Victorina was a social climber who did not want to be known as an Indio. All
Filipinos were called Indios during the time of the Spaniards which means that
Filipinos were foolish, not smart, and poor. There are characters that have the
symbolic meaning of the novel like Sisa was a mother of Crispin and Basilio who
took care of her children and became an outcast when her sons were missing.
Sisa represents the Inang Bayan or Motherland who became an outcast
because of the ill-treatment of the Spaniards to the Filipinos while Maria Clara
represented the Filipino women who were oppressed and abused by the
Spaniards.
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The novel depicted real-life events during the Spanish colonization in the
Philippines like the Friars’ command decisions were more powerful than the
Governor-General’s decisions, social issues, injustice, and the Philippines as a
backward country. The conflicts in the novel exist until today’s generation that it
affects our society and the country that needs to learn and read Noli Me
Tangere. The conflicts that were dominant in the novel like corruption, injustice,
poverty, and abuse remain the same problem up to this day.

Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere tells us that we should reflect on our actions
and beliefs for our country. The theme of the novel is to promote nationalism
and to accept change in ourselves still applies to us today. We must patronize
our country by respecting the law, promoting Philippine culture, and realizing
the true goal of the country by helping each other towards the improvement of
the country. It teaches us the values of wisdom, fighting what is right, and loving
our country. This novel is being taught in school in order to not repeat the history
itself by learning how to love our country and to empower the youth as the
catalyst of change for our country. Being a true Filipino is what Jose Rizal wants
us to be, to know who we are and what our true goals will make the country
flourish.

Noli Me Tangere is a novel that was an advisory for the Filipinos to fight
against the colonizers and today’s reminder of our history. The characters and
the events in the story resemble our life, culture, and beliefs of Filipino people.
This literary piece will mark in our hearts the values that the novel tells us to be a
good role model that will benefit our country. Reading this literary piece will
make us realize the true meaning of nationalism and be a catalyst for change.

Relevance of El Filibusterismo
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The importance of Rizal’s ideas for our generation has a twofold basis: first
the applicability to present –day problems, and second ,their inspirational value.
Rizal holds a mirror to our face and we see ourselves, our vices, our defects ,our
meanness, because the conditions he describes are the very conditions we see
around us,and the characters he portrays are people we continue to meet.
One hand holds a mirror to shame us and the other points the way to our
regeneration.Yet the truth is that the mirror was not meant to reveal our image,
but the image of the people and the society of Rizal time. Through the
character of Padre Florentino, a patriotic Filipino priest in El Fili.Rizal saw the
youth as the future of the country because this generation would one day lead
the nation. Their actions today would shape the path of tomorrow. Rizal stressed
the important role of the youth in challenging the government as seen in the
efforts of students like Basilio and Isagani to organize themselves and unite to
call for reforms.

Elicit Performance
Defend your answer in the topic: Is it justifiable to face the full force of the law for
those who defy the law? Yes or No? Explain your answer in the space provided.

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Assess performance

Answer the table below:

Noli Me Tangere

Character Role in Real Life Role in the novel

1.Crisostomo Ibarra

2.Padre Damaso

3.Elias

4.Kapitan Tiago

5.Maria Clara

El Filibusterismo

Character Role in Real Life Role in the Novel

1. Simoun

2. Basilio
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3. Isagani

4. Kabesang Tales

5. Don Custodio

Write the significance of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in societal

issues today. Give examples.

Noli Me Tangere

Cognitive Emotional Values

El Filibusterismo

Cognitive Emotional Values

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Module: MIDTERM
Title: RIZAL LIFE,WORKS,AND WRITINGS

Search for a current societal issue and relate it in the two novels: Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterimo written by Dr. Jose Rizal. Do not forget to cite
the sources of the chosen issue. (500 words)

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Write a reflection in the youtube video entitled: News@6: Aklat na

naglalaman ng propesiya ni Dr. Jose Rizal, inilunsad || Nov. 25,
2014
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBWsiqkk9fI

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Enhance retention and transfer

DIRECTIONS : Write a reflection and relate it to the two novels: Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo of Dr. Jose Rizal about the current issues stated below:

Societal Issues Reflection

West Philippine Sea

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Module: MIDTERM
Title: RIZAL LIFE,WORKS,AND WRITINGS

Corruption in the
Philippine Health
Insurance Corp.

Dolomite Issue in
Manila Bay