Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
STEPHEN
The bleak winter of 1886 was memorable in the life of Rizal for
two reasons: first, it was a painful episode for he was hungry,
sick and despondent in a strange city and, second, it brought
him great joy, after enduring sufferings, because his first novel
Noli Me Tangere came off the press in March. 1887.
January 2, 1884
February 21. 1887- the novel was finally finished and ready for
printing.
March 29, 1887 - Rizal gave Viola the galley of proofs of the
Noli carefully rolled around the pen that he used in writing the
novel and a complimentary copy
The Characters:
The Plot:
The next day, Ibarra visits Maria Clara, his love, the beautiful
daughter of Captain Tiago and affluent resident of Binondo.
Their long-standing love was clearly manifested in this meeting,
and Maria Clara cannot help but reread the letters her
sweetheart had written her before he went to Europe.
Maria Clara, thinking that Ibarra had been killed in the shooting
incident, was greatly overcome with grief. Robbed of hope and
severely disillusioned, she asked D?maso to confine her into a
nunnery.
Epilogue:
Maria Clara became a nun where Salvi, who has lusted after her
from the beginning of the novel, regularly used her just to fulfill
his lust.
Moral Lesson: