Noli Me Tangere Essay

During the gloomy winter of Berlin -Rizal was famished, sick, and despondent. -Notwithstanding his empty stomach, his painful coughing, and his despairing spirit, he continued writing his first novel. -He finished the novel on February 21, 1887 It was the Noli Me Tangere. His first novel. *Idea of Writing A Novel on Philippines* – His reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s uncle Tom’s Cabin. which portrays the brutalities of American slave-owners and the pathetic conditions of the unfortunate negro, slaves, inspired Dr. Rizal to prepare a novel on the Philippines. -He was then a student in the Central University of Madrid. -In a reunion of Filipinos in the house of the paternos in Madrid on January 2, 1884. -Among whom were the paternos (Pedro, Maximino, and Antonio), Graciano Lopez Jaena, Evaristo Aguirre, Eduardo do de lete, Julio Llorante, and Valentin Ventura. *The Writing of the †Noli.†* -Toward the 1884, Rizal began writing the novel in Madrid and finished about one –haft of it. -He went to Paris in 1885, after completing his studies in the Universidad Central de Madrid. -He wrote the last fourth of the novel in Germany. -During the dark days of December, 1886. -He wrote to his friend, Fernando Canon; â€Å"I did not believe that the Noli Me Tangere would ever be published when I was in Berlin, heart-broken weakened, and discouraged from hunger and deprivation. -In mid-December, a telegram Barcelona arrived. -It was sent by Dr.Maximo Viola. *The Man who Saved the â€Å"Noli.†* -The first edition of the Noli was printed in Berlin in 1887. -The cost of printing was 300 pesos (advance by Vioa) for 2,000 copies. – A dedicatory autograph as follows: â€Å"To my dear Friend, Maximo Viola , the first to read and appreciate my work – Jose Rizal, March 29, 1887, Berlin.† -This Date- March 29, 1887, is a significant date for it was when the Noli Me Tangere came off the press. *The Title of the Novel.* -The title Noli Me Tangere, isa a latin phrase which means â€Å"Touch me Not.† -Rizal, writing to Felix R. Hidalgo in French in March 1887. -It should be the Gospel of st. John (chapter 20, Verses 13 to 17). *The author’s Dedication.* -Rizal dedicated the Noli Me Tangere to the Philippines – â€Å"To My Country.† *Synopsis of the â€Å"Noli†* -The Novel Noli Me Tangere contains 63 chapters and an epilogue. -It Begins with a reception given by Capitan Tiago (Santiago de los Santos) -at his house in Calle Analoague ( now Juan Luna Street) on the last day of October. -This Reception or dinner was given in honor of Crisostomo Ibarra. -Among the guests during the reception were Padre Damaso, a Franciscan friar who had been parish priest of San Diego (Calamba). -Padre Sibyla, a young Dominican parish Priest of binondo. -Senior Guevara, an elderly and kind lieutenant of the Guardian Civi. -Don Tiburcio de Espadania, a bogus spanish Physician , lame, and henpecked husband of Donia Victorina; and several ladies. -During the dinner the conversation on Ibarra’s studies and travels abroad. -Padre damaso was in bad mood because he got a bony neck and hard wing of the chicken tinola. -Ibarra left capitan tiago’s house to return to his hotel. -Don Rafael’s father was a rich and brave man. -He visited Maria Clara, his childhood sweetheart. -Ibarra was angered by the grave-digger’s story. -Ibarra’s left the cemetery . on the way, he met padre salvi, Franciscan parish priest of san Diego. -In his town, Ibarra met several interesting people , such as the wise old man Tasio the sage. â€Å"Tasio the Lunatic.† -Governadoroillo, who catered to wishes of the Spanish parish priest; Don Filipo Lino, teniente mayor and leader. -Don Melchor, the captain of the cuadrilleros (town Police). -Capitan tiago, Maria Clara and aunt Isabel who took care of Maria Clara, after mother’s death arrive in san diego. -Ibarra and his friends gave a picnic in the lake. -Among those present in the picnic, were Maria Clara and her four girl friends, â€Å"the merry sinang, the grave Victoria, the beautiful Iday, and the thoughtful Neneng.† –