NOLI ME TANGERE NOLI ME TANGERE: PUBLISHED IN BERLIN IN 1887 1887: MEMORABLE IN THE LIFE OF RIZAL. WHY? 1.

. HUNGRY AND SICK AND DESPONDENT ON A STRANGE CITY 2. FIRST NOVEL NOLI ME TANGERE CAME OFF THE PRESS MARCH 1887 I. IDEA OF WRITING A NOVEL IN THE PHILIPPINES -INSPIRED FROM HARRIET BEECHER STOWES UNCLE TOMS CABIN THAT PORTRAYS BRUTALITY OF AMERICAN SLAVE-OWNERS -RIZAL WAS DETERMINED TO WROTE THE NOVEL ALONE: HIS COMPANIONS IN MADRID WANTED TO WRITE ON WOMEN JANUARY 2, 1884: REUNION OF FILIPINOS IN THE PATERNO RESIDENCE IN MADRID : RIZAL PROPOSED THE WRITING OF THE NOVEL TO OTHER FILIPINOS AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE FF.: 1. PATERNOS (PEDRO, MAXIMO AND ANTONIO) 2. GRACIANO LOPEZ JAENA 3. EVARISTO AGUIRRE 4. EDUARDO DE LETE 5. JULIO LLORENTE 6. MELECIO FIGUEROA 7. VALENTIN VENTURA II. THE WRITING OF NOLI 1884: RIZAL BEGAN WRITING THE NOVEL IN MADRID AND FINISHED ABOUT ONEHALF OF IT 1885: HE WENT TO PARIS AND CONTINUED ONE-HALF OF THE SECONDHALF GERMANY: FINISHED THE LAST FOURTH OF THE NOVEL APRIL-JUNE, 1886: HE WROTE THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS OF THE NOLI IN WILHELMSFELD FEBRUARY 1886: RIZAL MADE THE FINAL REVISIONS ON THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE NOLI RIZAL TOLD HIS GOOD FRIEND AND FORMER CLASSMATE FERNANDO CANON: I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE NOLI ME TANGERE WOULD EVER BE PUBLISHED WHEN I WAS IN BERLIN, BROKEN-HEARTED, WEAKENED, AND DISCOURAGED FROM HUNGER AND DEPRIVATION. I WAS ON THE POINT OF

THROWING MY WORK INTO THE FIRE AS A THING ACCURSED AND FIT ONLY TO DIE. III. VIOLA, SAVIOR OF NOLI DR. MAXIMO VIOLA: FRIEND OF RIZAL AND WAS A SCION OF A RICH FAMILY OF SAN MIGUEL, BULACAN AND GAVE RIZAL A TELEGRAM CHRISTMAS DAY OF 1887: VIOLA ARRIOVED AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND RIZAL LIVING IN POVERTY AND WAS SICK DUE TO LACK OF NOURISHMENT *VIOLA FINANCE THE PRINTING COST OF NOLI AND LOANED RIZAL CASH MONEY FOR LIVING EXPENSES *ELIAS AND SALOME: A CHAPTER THAT WAS DELETED TO SAVE PRINTING EXPENSES FEBRUARY 21, 1887: NOLI WAS FINISHED AND READY FOR PRINTING *BERLINDER BUCHDRUCKREI-ACTIONGESSELSCHAFT: THE PRINTING SHOP WHICH CHARGED THE LOWEST RATE THAT IS 300 PESOS FOR 2000 COPIES OF THE NOVEL IV. RIZAL SUSPECTED AS FRENCHY SPY DURING THE PRINTING OF NOLI: BERLIN POLICE VISIT RIZALS BOARDING AND REQUESTED TO SEE A LATTERS PASSPORT : HE NEEDS TO SECURE A PASSPORT WITHIN FOUR DAYS OTHERWISE HE WOULD BE DEPORTED : RIZAL WITH VIOLA SEEK HELP OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR, THE COUNT OF BENOMAR-FAILED TO HELP RIZAL AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE FOUR DAY ULTIMATUM: FAILURE TO OBTAIN A PASSPORT : RIZAL WAS SUSPECTED AS A FRENCH SPY BECAUSE 1. HE MADE FREQUENT VISITS TO THE VILLAGES AND LITTLE TOWN IN RURAL AREAS 2. ENTERED GERMANY FROM PARIS AND RESIDED FOR SOME YEARS *RIZAL EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS A FILIPINO PHYSICIAN AND SCIENTIST PARTICULARLY AN ETHNOLOGIST V. PRINTING OF NOLI WAS FINISHED MARCH 21, 1887: NOLI CAME OFF THE PRESS : HE SEND THE FIRST COPUIES TO HIS INTIMATE FRIENDS 1. BLUMENTRITT 2. DR. ANTONIO MARIA REGIDOR 3. G. LOPEZ JAENA

4. MARIANO PONCE 5. FELIX HIDALGO MARCH 29, 1887: RIZAL GAVE VIOLA TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE *THE GALLEY PROOFS OF NOLI CAREFULLY ROLLED AROUND THE PEN THAT HE USED IN WRITING IT AND A COMPLIMENTARY COPY: TO MY DEAR FRIEND, MAXIMO VIOLA, THE FIRST TO READ AND APPRECIATE MY WORK. VI. THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL NOLI ME TANGERE TOUCH ME NOT: NOT ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED BY RIZAL AND WAS TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE MARCH 5, 1887: RIZAL WRITING TO FELIX HIDALGO IN FRENCH NOLI ME TANGERE, WORDS TAKEN FROM THE GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE, SIGNIFY DO NOT TOUCH ME BUT RIZAL MADE A MISTAKE, IT SHOULD BE THE GOSPEL OF SAINT JOHN (CHAPTER 20, VERSES 13-17) *ACCDG TO ST. JOHN: ON THE FIRST EASTER SUNDAY, ST. MARY MAGDALENE VISITED THE HOLY SEPULCHER, AND TO HER OUR LORD JESUS JUST ARISEN FROM THE DEAD SAID TOUCH ME NOT.AND TO MY GOD AND YOUR GOD. VII. THE AUTHORS DEDICATION: RIZAL DEDICATED HIS NOLI TO THE PHILIPPINES TO MY FATHERLAND *RIZAL COMPARED HUMAN SUFFERINGS AS CANCER SO MALIGNANT. VIII. SYNOPSIS OF NOLI

E. CAPITAN TIAGO: CAPITAN HILARIO SUNICO OF SAN NICOLAS F. DONA VICTORINA: DONA AGUSTINA MEDEL G. BASILIO AND CRISPIN: CRISOSTOMO BROTHERS OF HAGONOY H. PADRE DAMASO: DOMINEERING FRIAR DURING THE DAYS OF RIZAL, ARROGANT, IMMORAL AND ANTIFILIPINO X. MISSING CHAPTER OF NOLI A CHAPTER ENTITLED ELIAS AND SALOME WHICH FOLLOWS CHAPTER XXIV-IN THE WOODS: DELETED BY RIZAL REASON: ECONOMIC, TO REDUCE THE COST OF PRINTING

XI. RIZALS FRIENDS PRAISE THE NOLI FRIENDS: PRAISED THE NOVEL IN GLOWING COLORS 1. BLUMENTRITT: SENT RIZAL A CONGRATULATORY LETTER 2. DR. ANTONIO MA. REGIDOR: A FILIPINO PATRIOT AND LAWYER AND WAS EXCILED DUE TO HIS COMPLICITY IN CAVITE MUTINY OF 1872 ENEMIES: CONDEMNED IT *ON MAY 3, 1887: DR. REGIDOR FELICITATED RIZAL

IX. THE NOLI BASED ON TRUTH NOLI WAS A TRUE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINE CONDITIONS DURING THE LAST DECADES OF THE SPANISH RULE. PROOFS: 1. THE CHARACTERS: A. MARIA CLARA: LEONOR RIVERABECAME UNFAITHFUL UNLIKE THE HEROINE IN THE NOVEL AND MARRIED AN ENGLISHMAN B. IBARRA AND ELIAS: JOSE RIZAL HIMSELF C. TASIO: PACIANO D. PADRE SALVI: PADRE ANTONIO PIERNAVIEJA-THE HATED AGUSTINIAN FRIAR IN CAVITE WHO WAS KILLED BY THE PATRIOTS DURING THE REVIOLUTION

Always let your conscience be your guide. -Pinocchio *group8/rizal2010