death of the tax collector.

Consequently,
Don Rafael was imprisoned and died in jail.
Because of Don Rafael’s defiance of the
church rules, Father Damaso Verdolagas,

the parish priest of San Diego, refused

to give the old Ibarra a Christian burial.
ch Me
a Latin expressi .” It is Not Crisostomo was irritated by the story and
on, whic h Rizal
the Bible, Partic
lifted from left the place. However, Ibarra disregarded
ularly the Gospel for
John, Chapter 20,
of St. his plan for revenge and instead worked
Verses 13-17. The to
is dedicated to the mo
novel the education of his people. He proposed
therland. The theme build a town school as his present to Maria
of the novel is the
cry for reform in a Clara. Unknown to Ibarra, ‘his enemies
nonviolent way. It rev
eals the social cancer had conspired against him. If not for the
that has long Poisoned
society. warning of Elias, a mysterious pilot whom
In the town of San Ibarra had rescued from death by crocodile
Diego, a rich
man by the name of Rafael attack during an outing on the lake, Ibarra
Ibarra owned
vast landholdings. He had a son
named could have been killed at the laying of the
Crisostomo Ibarra who traveled to school’s cornerstone.
Europe
for his studies. Ibarra stayed in Europe The affair of Crisostomo and Maria
for seven years, and upon his return, Clara was so perfectly developed but the
Capitan Tiago, the supposed father of his marriage could not be realized because of
sweetheart Maria Clara, set a splendid the strong opposition of Father Damaso.
dinner as an acknowledgment of his arrival. The parish priest kept on_ insulting
Crisostomo’s father. At a public dinner
The banquet was held at Capitan
after the school’s founding ceremony,
Tiago’s residence at Calle Anloague in
Ibarra almost killed Father Damaso due
Binondo, Manila. Present during the dinner
to the insults the latter had been uttering
were some Spanish officials and the clergy
against Ibarra’s father. However, Ibarra was
headed by Father Damaso. During that
calmed down by Maria Clara. As a result,
event, Ibarra heard from his trusted friend,
Ibarra was excommunicated and forbidden
Lieutenant Guevara, about the distressing
to see Maria Clara again. To put her away
incident that happened to his father. While
from Ibarra, Maria Clara’s marriage to
Crisostomo was in another country, a tragic
Alfonso Linares was arranged by Father
incident happened to his father. Don Rafael
Damaso.
had a confrontation with an arrogant
Spanish tax collector who maltreated a Rumors spread about _ Ibarra’s
little boy. That incident led to the accidental recruitment of the distressed and exploited

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 not known who
for a rebellion against the government.
of them was killed. It was
nt. Later in the
Father Bernardo Salvi, who learned about
died in that dreadful eve
ch his
forest, a man who could hardly cat
the plot, immediately reported it to the
’s treasure at the
breath was burying Ibarra
alferez. The uprising was aborted, and
burial place.
foot of his grandfather's
Ibarra, together with the young liberals of
was deag
the town, was pursued and incriminated Believing that Crisostomo
away to be
for rebellion. To implicate Ibarra
in
Maria Clara planned to run
declineg
the planned uprising, the Spaniards one with her beloved Ibarra. She
Damasg
blackmailed Maria Clara by convi
ncing to marry Linares. It made Father
her to surrender to Father Salvi and
the
realize how much Maria Clara loved Ibarra.
his
authorities some letters of Ibarra that Because of Father Damaso’s fear that
expressed his suspicious allegiance to the a natiye
daughter would be married only to
s, he
government.. who did not have rights and privilege
Ibarra was found guilty but was intensely opposed the marriage of Ibarra

helped by Elias to escape from jail. At their and Maria Clara and persecuted Ibarra’s
to family instead. Finally, Father Damaso
last rendezvous, Maria Clara explained
Ibarra why she gave his letters to Father agreed to send Maria Clara to the nunnery ~
Salvi. She did it in exchange for some of Poor Clares just to stop her from ~
letters from Father Damaso, which Father attempting suicide.
Salvi had found in the parish house. It was
The convent’s chaplain was Father }
revealed in the letter that the real father of
Salvi, who was waiting for his promotion |
Maria Clara was Father Damaso.
as a prize for his role in suppressing the |
Because Ibarra really loved Maria rebellion in San Diego. The story ended q
Clara, he immediately forgave his with the sight of a beautiful young nun
sweetheart. After their brief meeting, standing on the ridge of the roof of the _
Ibarra fled with Elias up the river to the convent with arms and face raised toward_
lake, but a patrolling constabulary caught the sky as if praying to it. |
them in sight. There was a chase, and one

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e Tangere.
uation was the lack of enthusiasm of
It is dedicate of
memory of the three Filipi
d to the native intellectuals for the assimilation
no martyr priests: the Filipinos into the Spanish nati
on. They
Fathers. Mariano Gomez,
and Jacinto
Jose Burgos were more concerned with reforms such
Zamora.
as the establishment of an academy of the
El Filj busterismo is
a politif
cae
l nove! that ad
vo Cates hostility Spanish language under lay control.
and Olution as means to achieve was to
pate However, it also Another objective of Simoun
that suggests
nunnery
victory is not certain take Maria Clara away from the
through a hostile and
rebellious Struggle for
change. It serves as
and to take vengeance for the pain and
a warning for the Pos destruction he suffered. To carry out his
sible destruction of
lives and property that may resu aim, Simoun made two attempts, which
lt from an
aggressive and harsh sch became unsuccessful. His first plan was
eme.
to take control of Manila with the help
Crisostomo Ibarra actually
survived of disgruntled Filipino regiments and a
the dramatic chase at the open
lake. After group of fugitives. But on the very eve of
that incident, he left the Philippi
nes to the uprising, Simoun felt so wretched over
look for more resources in other countrie the news of Maria Clara’s death. With too
s.
After thirteen years, Ibarra returned to much heartache, he deserted his allies ©
the Philippines in the person of Simoun, and was almost killed by them. His second
a jeweler passing for a British Indian, a plan was the application of the radical
Portuguese, an American, a mulatto, the formula. At the wedding feast of Paulita
Brown Cardinal, his Black Eminence, or the Gomez, the richest heiress of the city, all
evil genius of the Captain-General. the government officials and influential
people, including the friars of Manila, were
Simoun returned with the new
expected to grace the occasion.
Captain-General under his influence.
Simoun’s primary objective in coming Simoun’s strategy was to send a
back was to bring down the government. wedding gift, a lamp, which was actually
Through his financial resources and a bomb that would explode at a certain
power, Simoun was able to manipulate moment. The lamp would be hung at the
the government to expand corruption. center of the house, and when the light
He thought of it so that such economic of the lamp became dimmer, someone
difficulty would push the people to take up would raise its wick, and the bomb would
arms against the government. One of the blow up. Basilio, a young intellectual, was
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to the wedding banquet. On the night of the feast, Basilio ne Tess i, the
Paulita’s rejectay
latter quickly
suitor. Basilio told Isagani of the plot, but instead of coed ‘into the river, and i
Went into the house and grabbed the explosive lamp: seri simoun was pursued by
exploded without causing fatal damage. Because of the incide ‘ie ‘efuge in the solitary
the authorities. In the chase, Simoun was badly wounger.
ee t. Before the authoritieg
mountain retreat of Father Florentino, a virtuous Filipino eke iioun’é treasure chest
could capture Simoun, he expired. The
priest got a me : beget injustice, OF Provoke
and threw it into the sea, where it would not work misery,
greed.
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