The novel’s second protagonist and returning character, Basilio, is below deck. When first introduced, Simoun is aboard a steamship with other characters from the first novel, notably several clerics, and advises draconian means for dealing with insubordinate Filipinos. The protagonist from the first novel, Noli Me Tángere, Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra, returns to the Philippines in the guise of Simoun, a suspected American jeweler who is close to the Captain-General, the Spanish governor of the colonial Philippines. The novel also includes instances of racism, a mention of child death, and deaths by suicide. The guide recreates this language only in chapter titles and direct quotes. This guide is based on the 2011 Penguin Books Edition.Ĭontent Warning: One of the characters in El Filibusterismo is addressed using a term for a Chinese national that is now widely considered offensive.
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