Chapter 11

In this chapter it shows that whoever is the riches and powerful and well known are the ones
who are being acknowledge as leaders of the community.

Still this way is being rendered in our society , we elect the well-known people in the
government and richest . Sometimes the government is starting to be like a family business
by those infamous family.

Chapter 12

In this chapter we can see that the real leader and ruler of san diego were never Kapitan tyago
nor Don Rafael but the church leader , friars and Guwardiya sibil.

Now a days the church were not recognize by the government , the government alone is
responsible of the country.The church is just some guide and advisor of government but
they have no total power towards the country.

Chapter 17

In this chapter Sisa saw his son almost half dead and this destroys her heart and made her crazy.

Too much depression and sadness does really causes you to loose your head but in the case
of sisa pitty, sadness and anger that causes her to go crazy.

Chapter 18

In this chapter shown how cruel the friars to the indio , they pledge false accusations to crispin and
his sibling.

Nowadays this still happens , the poor and powerless individual dont get the true justice
and the powerful individuals and rich get away with their punishments.

Chapter 20

In this chapter all the leaders and powerful individuals gather to disscuss the plans in their festival
but even though the said date is near they still dont have concrete plan.

We filipinos love festivals so even though its still far from happening , weeks before we
already plan on what are we going to prepare and serve.

Chapter 23

In this chapter we can see that maria clara and her friends enjoy quality time together in a form
of picnic

Still today picnic never get out of style , we still gather and eat together on picnic grounds it
shows how filipino family value their solidarity and love for each other.

Chapter 25

In this chapter it explains the belief of Mang Tasyo towards the government that the
government cant stand alone without the church guiding them.

Today church and the government are independent by themselves the government alone is
capable of handling its people without the guidance of the church , thats why sometimes
the church and the government argue with its way of leading because its contradicting to
the church teachings.
Chapter 29

In this chapter shows how brilliant filipino dresess in their parade in their festival.

Still this way is still apply in our modern age and even more extravaggant because we have
floats and different styles and unique way of parade.

Chapter 30

This chapter show the night shows of filipinos way of festivals .

Still this way is rendered by us modern filipino we held contest and some raffles for our
barangay festivity and such.

Crisstomo Ibarra
Also known in his full name as Juan Crisstomo Ibarra y Magsalin, a Filipino who
studied in Europe for 7 years, the love interest of Maria Clara. Son of the deceased Don
Rafael Ibarra; Crisostomo changed his surname from Eibarramendia to Ibarra, from his
ancestor's surname.

Crisostomo Ibarra exemplified the vision that Jose Rizal had aimed for the youth of the
Philippines during his time. Others attribute Ibarra as Rizals reflection of himself.

Kaptain Tiago
Also known in his fullname as Don Santiago de los Santos the known father of Mara
Clara but not the real one; lives in Binondo.

Capitan Tiago was a typical character during the time of Jose Rizal. He is a rich native-
born Filipino who rubbed elbows with the powers that be during that time. He symbolizes
the rich Filipinos who oppress their fellow countrymen in exchange for the influence and
the riches that they might gain from their powerful associations.

Don Tiburcio
Spanish husband of Donya Victorina who is limp and submissive to his wife; he also
pretends to be a doctor.

Don Tiburcio is a caricature of ignorant Spaniards who wreak havoc in the provinces
during the colonial era. His countrymen condone his actions for they do not want him to
become a burden to them.

Mara Clara
Mara Clara de los Santos, Ibarra's sweetheart; the illegitimate daughter of Father
Dmaso and Pa Alba.

Maria Clara symbolizes the purity and innocence of a sheltered native woman during the
time of Spanish occupation. She does not value material things that were abundantly
bestowed upon her by admirers and family alike but holds in high esteem her parents
honor and the promise she had given to her sweetheart.

Pilosopo Tasyo
Also known as Don Anastasio, portrayed in the novel as a pessimist, cynic, and mad by
his neighbors.
 Tasio symbolizes the learned Filipinos who had once embraced the culture of the
Spanish regime. They eventually became disenchanted when they return to
the Philippines and observe the stark contrast their countrymen receive from their
colonizers. The more they turn to learning, the more they become eccentric to the
masses they seek to enlighten.

The Alfrez
Chief of the Guardia Civil ; mortal enemy of the priests for the power in San Diego.

Alferez symbolizes the cruel officials of the government.

Tenyente Guevarra
Si Tenyente Guevarra ay isang sundalong Kastila sa nobela ni Jose Rizal na Noli Me
Tangere. Siya ang nagtapat kay Crisostomo Ibarra ng lahat ng kinahinatnan ng kanyang amang
si Don Rafael Ibarra. Siya rin ang nagpakita kung saan inilibing ang kanyang ama at
nagsalaysay ng lahat ng pighating naranasan ng huli sa kamay ng mga guardia sibil.
Tenyente guevarra symbolizes the honest and truthful first lieutenant .

Paano ginawa

The first half of Noli me Tangere was written in Madrid, german from 1884-1885 while
Dr. Jos P. Rizal was studying for medicine.
While in Spain, Rizal wrote the second half of Noli me Tangere from time-to-time starting
February 21, 1887. After he read the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, he
had an inspiration to write his own novel with the same topicto expose Spanish colonial abuse
in print. Beecher Stowe's novel describes black slavery abuse done by white men. Rizal
suggested to his fellow Filipino friends in Europe, through writing, to have a meeting and plan
for writing a novel similar to that of Beecher Stowe's. (At this moment, Rizal planned not to write
the novel himself, but through collective efforts done by other Filipinos who shared ideals with
him.) In 1884, Rizal and his friends including the Paterno brothersPedro, Maximo, and Antonio;
Graciano Lpez-Jaena, Evaristo Aguirre, Eduardo de Lete, Melecio Figueroa, Valentn Ventura
and Julio Llorento; decided to meet at the Paternos' house in Madrid. Each of them agreed to
write a unified novel. Suddenly, when the writing began, most of them wanted to change the
topic from Spanish abuse to somehow related to women. Rizal walked-out of the hall and
decided to write the novel himself.
The title of Noli Me Tangere is not Spanish, nor Tagalog, but Latin. Rizal, in his letter to his
friend and Czech scientist Ferdinand Blumentritt, admitted that he obtained the title from the
Bible. Rizal took the passage in John 20:17 where Jesus said to Mary Magdalene "don't touch
Me!" when she recognizes him after his resurrection. The passage, when translated in Latin, is
equivalent to noli me tangere.
At the time when the novel is ready for printing, he ran out of fund. He contacted his friend,
Maximo Viola, who agreed to lend him money for publishing. According to accounts, Rizal is
about to throw Noli manuscripts to the fireplace when he received Viola's telegram agreeing for
lending him.
Viola gave him an amount equal to three hundred pesos as preliminary payment for the first
2,000 copies of Noli. In 1887, the first edition of Noli was published in Berlin, Germany. To
express his gratitude, he gave the original manuscript plus the plume he used to Viola. Rizal
also signed the first print and gave it to Viola with dedication.

Para kanino ito ginawa

 In the Noli Me Tangere I started to sketch the present state of our Fatherland: the effect
which my attempt produced made me realize, before proceeding to develop before your eyes
other pictures to follow, the necessity of first giving an understanding of the past in order the
better to judge the present and measure the path traversed during the tree centuries.
Born and reared in ignorance of our past like almost all of you: without voice nor authority to
speak of what we have not seen nor studied I deemed it necessary to invoke the testimony of
an illustrious Spaniard who controlled the destinies of the Philippines at the beginning of its new
era and personally witnessed the last days of our ancient nationality. It is, therefore, the shadow
of our ancestors' civilization which the author now shall call before you. I transmit to you
faithfully his words without changing them nor mutilating them, adapting, only in so far as
possible, to modern orthography and introducing greater clearness in the rather defective
punctuations of the original, to facilitate its reading. The office, the nationality, and the virtues of
Morga, together with the date and testimonies of his contemporaries, Spaniards for the most
part, commend the work to your serious consideration.
If the book succeeds in awakening in you, the consciousness of our past blotted from memory,
and in rectifying what has been falsified and calumniated then I shall not have labored in vain,
and with this basis, slight though it be, we can all devote ourselves to the study of the future.