Basilio El Filibusterismo

Background. Basilio is a character who was first introduced in Noli Me Tangere as a child. In El Filibusterismo, he is an orphan following the deaths of his mother, Sisa, and brother, Crispin. Chapter 6 of El Filibusterismo explains what happened to him after Noli Me Tangere, revealing that he went to Manila and, while searching for a master, …

He is the only remaining member of his family due to the turn of events thirteen years ago. In Noli Me Tangere, his brother was tortured until death by the Head Sacristan, his mother gone crazy and his father died after joining the rebellion. In the start of El Filibusterismo, he is a student of medicine.

Jose Rizal, El Filibusterismo (Reign of Greed), written in Spanish and a sequel to Noli Me Tangere, was published in Ghent, Belgium. Rizal, who began writing El Filibusterismo in October 1887 in Calamba, Laguna, revised some chapters while he was in London and completed the book on March 29, 1891.

Basilio. Tasio symbolizes the learned Filipinos who had once embraced the culture of the Spanish regime. They eventually became disenchanted when they return to the Philippines and observe the stark contrast their countrymen receive from their colonizers.