CHAPTER 8 NOLI ME TANGERE PUBLISH IN IN BERLIN (1887)

1886 (winter) - Memories moment in Rizal’s life.

Two Reasons:
It was a painful episode for he was hungry, sick and despondent in a strange city.
A great joy because his novel Noli Me Tangere was published on March 1887.

IDEA OF WRITING A NOVEL IN THE PHILIPPINES

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harries Beecher Stowe – The book that inspired Rizal to
write a novel about the suffering of the Filipinos to the Spaniards.
Central University in Madrid – Where Rizal started writing the novel.
July 2 1884 – Rizal proposed the writing of a novel about the Philippines.

THE WRITING OF NOLI

Towards the end or 1884 – Rizal began writing the novel in Madrid and finished ½
of it.
1885 – He was in paris , He continued writing the novel, finishing the ½ of the 2nd
half.
Germany – He finished the ¼ of it.
Last 2 chapters – He finished t at Wilhelmsfeld in April- June 1886.
December 1886 – He was in Berlin.
Fernando Canon – Where Rizal wrote his worries about the publishing of his
novel.

MAXIMINO VIOLA, SAVIOR OF NOLI

Dr. Maximino Viola
 A rich friend of Rizal from Bulacan who financed the publishing of the Noli.
Lives at San Miguel, Bulacan.
December 25, 1887, He arrived at Berlin.

RIZAL SUSPECTED AS A FRENCH SPY

 During the printing of Noli , a rare incident happened to Rizal.
  One morning the chief police of Berlin, come to Rizal’s boarding house and
requested for his passport.
 Unfortunately, Rizal doesn’t have a passport at that time, because in those
days it is possible to travel without a passport.
 Maximino Viola, accomapanied Rizal to the spanish embassy to seek the
help of the Spanish ambassador coun of Benomar who promised to attend
to the matter.
 But the ambassador failed to keep his promise for it turned out he had no
power to issue the required passport.
 Rizal presented himself to the German police chief apologizing for his
failure to obtain a passport.
 He politely asked why he was deported when he didn’t commit any crime.
The police informed him that he received report that Rizal made frequent
visits to rural areas, thereby suspecting him that he was a French spy in a
way he entered Germanyfrom Paris.
 He explained to the police that he was not French spy but a Filipino
physician.
 The police was impressed by Rizal’s explanation and was satisfied to allow
him to stay freely in Germany.

CHAPTER OF ELIAS AND SALOME

 This chapter was deleted for some financial purposes.
Feburuary 11, 1857 – Noli was ready for printing.
Berliner Buchdruckrei action Gesellschaft - A publishing house that charged the
lowest rate for publishing Rizal’s novel.
Php 300.00 – The cost of printing for 2,000 copies.

THE PRINTING OF NOLI FINISHED

March 29, 1887 – Noli Me Tangere came off the press.
Rizal sent copies to:
 Blumentritt
 Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
 G. Lopez Jaena
 Mariano Ponce
  Feliz R, Hidalgo

THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL

Noli Me Tangere – “Touch Me Not”, from Gospel of Saint John (chapter 30,
Verses 13-17.

AUTHOR DEDICATION

 Rizal dedicated the Noli Me Tangere to the Philippines-“To My Country”.

CHARACTERS OF NOLI ME TANGERE & SYNOPSID OF THE NOVEL

Christopher Ibarra – A young Nd rich Filipino who studied in Europe/ sweetheart
of Maria Clara.
Maria Clara – Daughter of Caitan Tiago.
Padre Damaso – Franciscan friar who had been parish priest of San Diego.
San Diego – Ibarra’s native town for 20 yrs.
Padre Salvi – Young Dominician parish priest of Binondo.
Senor Guevarra – Elderly and kind lieutenant of guardian civil.
Don Tiburcio – Bogus Spanish physician.
Dona Victoria – Wife of Don Tiburcio.
Don Melchor – Captain of Cuadrillores.
Sisa – formerly a rich girl but became poor because she married a gambler.
Basillo & Crispin – Sons of Sisa/ Sacristans.
Ellas – A boatman was a strong silent, peasant yputh.
Nor Juan – Architect who constructed the schoolhouse.
November 11th – Feast day, Ibarra’s attacked Padre Damaso produced two result:
 Engagement to Maria Clara was broken
 He was excommunicated.

THE NOLI BASED ON TRUTH

Maria Clara – Leonor Rivera

Crisostomo Ibarra & Elias – Rizal
Pilosopo Tasyo – Paciano
Padre Salvi – Padre Antonio Piernavieja
Captain Tiago – Capitan Hilario Sunico of San Nicolas
Dona Victoria – Dona Agustina Medal
Basilio & Crispin – Crisostomo brother’s of Hagonoy
Padre Damaso – Are the friars
Don Alfonso Linares – Cousin of Don Tiburcio
Dona Consolation – Bulgar mistress of Spanish Alferez
 Noli Me Tangere is consist of 63 chapters and epilogue.