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summary of el filibusterimo
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After 13 years being away from the Philippines, Crisostomo Ibarra returned under the guise of Simoun, a rich jeweler and a confidant of the Captain-General. Simoun is influencing every decisions of the Captain-General to mismanage the country’s affair so that a revolution will break out. Simoun has reasons for instigating a revolution. First is to rescue Maria Clara from the convents and to get rid of the corruption and evil of the society through revolution. His true identity was discovered by a now-grown Basilio while visiting his mother’s grave, Sisa, as Simoun was digging near the grave site for his remaining treasures. Simoun spared Basilio’s life and ask him to join in his planned revolution against the government. Basilio refused the offer as he still hope that the country’s condition will improve. Basilio, at this point, is a graduating student taking up medicine at Ateneo Municipal. Basilio was adopted by Captain Tiago after Maria Clara enters the convent. With Captian Tiago’s help, Basilio was able to go to Letran and Ateneo. Captain Tiago’s confessor, Father Irene is making Captain Tiago’s health worse by giving him opium even as Basilio made Captain Tiago stop smoking it. He and other students want to establish a Spanish language academy so that they can learn to speak and write Spanish despite the opposition from the Dominican friars of the University of Santo Tomas. With the help of a reluctant Father Irene as their mediator and Don Custodio’s decis...
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