Basilio, now all grown up, is at first reluctant to join in on Simoun’s idea but ends up being part of the plan. He encourages the government to make bad decisions and to abuse their power so that it would spark a revolution among the masses. Simoun is a confidant of the Captain-General. And near the end of the novel, when he discovers that his lover, Maria Clara, died in the convent, he becomes all the more furious. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the misfortune our country has suffered under the tyranny of the Spaniards. He seems to have long abandoned his once vision of ending the despotism of Spain with words and peace. He came back to the Philippines as Senor Simoun, disguised with a beard. During the period in between the story line of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra left the Philippines and became a wealthy jeweler. El Filibusterismo Summary Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as Simoun.
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