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Nice Mapayo

 I ACTUALLY READ El filibusterismo and the story is soooo deep and you can really feel the intense emotions of the characters to fight for their country including all their trials and problems along the way. Like for some examples, The injustice between the priest and the filipinos, the injustice of the filipinos not being able to learn spanish, most of the main characters were put in jail (except simoun who was smart enough to know when to keep his secret of the revolution) , the death and sorrows of many , including basilio who's fiance committed suicide, the heartbreak and jealousy between isagani and juanito over paulita (the niece of Dona Victorina)in the end though, simoun committed suicide rather than being found after that attack that went wrong (namel y because of isagani). I think u would like reading this blog.

Carme Sabanal

Everyone agrees on the fact that El filibusterismo is far more dark and brutal than Noli Me Tangere. With many events of murder, sexual abuse, and suicide, El Filibusterismo is a massive turning point not only for the plot but also for the characters. Crisistomo Ibarra really did grow as a character in this book. He's obviously not the idealistic and open man he was once before. He became vengeful, anger, and in somewhat way, cunning. And in my opinion, this transformation of his is very much human and real. After everything he went through Noli Me Tangere, it seems only fitting that he becomes the man whois simoun. I believe that when ibarra went under alias simoun, he did not just strip himself of his birth name but he stripped himself of all of what was left of Juan Crisistomo Ibarra. The way i see it, is that ibarra is not Simoun and Simuon is not Ibarra. They may share the same face, But if we're not speaking about physical attributes, then  the only thing they truly did have in common was love for the dear Maria Clara. But besides that, they don't share the same mind, the same plans, the same soul, the same heart.