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EL FILIBUSTERISMO
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The Life and Works of Rizal: Module 15
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INTRODUCTION
After tracing the historical background of Rizal’s El
Filibusterismo in the previous chapter, it is now time to
look into its content and review its social significance
as a novel. Rizal clearly stated that he wrote the novel
to describe Philippine society and expose the injustices
that he and his fellow Filipinos were experiencing. The
novel may be written more than a hundred years ago,
but it cannot be denied that the social ills that Rizal
depicted in his novel are still present today.
This chapter will focus on the important themes tackled
by Rizal in his second novel. The national hero’s views
and ideas about the different aspects of society can be
examined through these themes.
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VOCABULARY WORDS
Reform - improvement or change to a better state (social,

economic, and political institutions)
Revolution - a violent attempt to overthrow a government
Principalia Class - the ruling and usually educated upper class in

the 19th-century Philippines
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The ills that Rizal rallied against when he wrote El
Filibusterismo that are still persisting today:
1. Inept Leadership - a government that lacks the necessary skills,

knowledge, and resources to effectively govern a country
2. Corruption - the abuse of power for personal gain
3. Abuse of women - any form of mistreatment, discrimination, or violence

against women
4. Influence of the Catholic over political and social affairs - the role of the
Catholic Church in shaping public policy and social norms
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“The importance of Rizal’s ideas for our generation has a two-fold basis – first, the applicability
to present-day problems, and second, their inspirational value. Rizal holds a mirror to our faces
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, we readily respond to his earnest desire for basic changes in our society and in
ourselves. One hand holds a mirror to shame us and the others point 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’s time”.
― Renato Constantino
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RIZAL’S VIEWS AND IDEAS
ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL ISSUES
On Leadership and Governance
• Simoun said “What is a man to do when he is denied justice? Take the law into his own hands or wait
for Spain to give him rights?
• He stressed that if the demands of the people will not be granted, they would be driven to oppose the
system and organize movements to fight for their rights.
• Rizal condemned the friar-led officials for their greed, corruption, and exploitation of the natives.
• He also criticized his fellow Filipinos who did not respond to the challenges under the abusive
leadership of the Spaniards.
• Rizal challenged Filipinos to guard their rights.
• Reforms can be achieved if the leaders have moral fiber and are ready to give up their personal
interests for the welfare of their communities
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On Education and Language
• Simoun reacted strongly against Basilio and other students fighting for the establishment of a school that
would allow natives to learn the Spanish language. Simoun convinced Basilio to join him in his plan of
revolution. He said:
• “What will you be in the future? A people without character, a nation without liberty. Everything in you
will be borrowed, even your very defects. You are asking to be Hispanized and you do not blanch with
shame when it denied you. Even if it is concealed, what would you want? What would you gain? At best,
to become a country of pronouncements, a country of civil wars, a republic of the rapacious and the
discontented, like some republics of South America. “
• Basilio, on the other hand, believed that through education, he would be able to alleviate the lives of his
fellow Filipinos.
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On the Filipino Youth
 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.
“ Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”
 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.
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Thank you for listening!
Group 15
Mendoza, Lahaina Pauline
Velasquez, Justin Paul
Villegas, Daniele
Viloria, Chantal Sophia
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EL FILIBUSTERISMO

Reform - improvement or change to a better state (social,

Revolution - a violent attempt to overthrow a government

Principalia Class - the ruling and usually educated upper class in

1. Inept Leadership - a government that lacks the necessary skills,

2. Corruption - the abuse of power for personal gain

3. Abuse of women - any form of mistreatment, discrimination, or violence

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