El Filibusterismo Script Kabanata 17 [repack] -

I became what they made me. You study medicine, Basilio. You study the disease to cure it. I studied my oppressors. The bandits took me, yes. But do you know what they offered me? A gun. A way to take back what was stolen. Not through courts that are bought, but through the law of the wild that these friars have forced upon us.

Although Simoun speaks few lines in Chapter 17, he is the hidden director. He pays Leeds to expose specific scandals (e.g., the missing funds from the San Diego convent). This mirrors Rizal’s own strategy: using fiction (the novel) to unmask reality. Simoun’s dialogue to Leeds—”I enjoy making them confess without knowing it”—is a meta-commentary on El Filibusterismo itself. The novel is a talking head: a dead voice that speaks the truth to a living crowd. El Filibusterismo Script Kabanata 17

Sa Kabanata 17 ng El Filibusterismo, nakikita ang mga kritika ni Jose Rizal sa mga abuso ng mga Espanyol sa Pilipinas. Ang pag-uusig at pagtaratiba sa mga nagnanais ng pagbabago ay patuloy na nagpapakita ng mga problema ng mga Pilipino noong panahon ng kolonyalismo. I became what they made me

(Laughs softly, tapping his chest) The gallows? Look at me, Doctor. I am already dead. The Tales who smiled, the cabeza de barangay who served the town... he died the day the friars raised the rent on his clearing. What stands before you is a shadow. A shadow named "Tales" that is now called "Tegno"... the clever one. I studied my oppressors

Rizal deliberately chose a perya —a chaotic, transient space—as the setting. Like colonial society, the fair is:

The Shadow of the Fair Scene: Quiroga’s warehouse. Boxes and large clay jars (Banga) are stacked high. Distant carnival music and shouts of fairgoers are heard off-stage.

| Device | Example from the Chapter | Effect | |--------|--------------------------|--------| | | The sinking boat → the fragility of the colonial regime. | Reinforces the theme of impending collapse. | | Foreshadowing | The glittering gold trail → later revolutionary upheavals. | Hints at the explosive plot that will erupt later. | | Irony | Simoun, a merchant , hides a weapon in a jewelry piece. | Shows how commerce can be a cover for insurgency. | | Allegory | The wave that capsizes the boat = Divine justice against oppression. | Gives the narrative a moral dimension beyond politics. | | Pathetic Fallacy | The stormy river mirrors the turbulent political climate. | Heightens tension and mirrors internal turmoil. |