Simoun goes from town to town presumably to sell his jewels. After a thirteen-year absence from the country, a more revolutionary CrisГіstomo has returned, having taken the identity of Simoun, a mysterious wealthy jeweler whose objective is to drive the government to commit as much abuse as possible in order to drive people into revolution. ElГas, his friend who was also a reformer, sacrificed his life to give CrisГіstomo a chance to regain his treasure and flee the country, and hopefully continue their crusade for reforms from abroad. In the events of the previous novel, CrisГіstomo Ibarra, a reform-minded mestizo who tried to establish a modern school in his hometown of San Diego and marry his childhood sweetheart, was falsely accused of rebellion and presumed dead after a shootout following his escape from prison. Throughout the Philippines, the reading of both the novel and its predecessor is now mandatory for high school students throughout the archipelago, although it is now read using English, Filipino, and the Philippines' regional languages.

These novels later on indirectly became the inspiration to start the Philippine Revolution. Both the novel and its predecessor, along with Rizal's last poem, are now considered Rizal's literary masterpieces.Д«oth of Rizal's novels had a profound effect on Philippine society in terms of views about national identity, the Catholic faith and its influence on the Filipino's choice, and the government's issues in corruption, abuse of power, and discrimination, and on a larger scale, the issues related to the effect of colonization on people's lives and the cause for independence. These novels, along with Rizal's involvement in organizations that aimed to address and reform the Spanish system and its issues, led to Rizal's exile to Dapitan and eventual execution. The novel, along with its predecessor, was banned in some parts of the Philippines as a result of their portrayals of the Spanish government's abuses and corruption. The novel's dark theme departs dramatically from the previous novel's hopeful and romantic atmosphere, signifying Ibarra's resort to solving his country's issues through violent means, after his previous attempt in reforming the country's system made no effect and seemed impossible with the corrupt attitude of the Spaniards toward the Filipinos. The novel centers on the Noli-El fili duology's main character CrisГіstomo Ibarra, now returning for vengeance as 'Simoun'. It is the sequel to Noli Me TГЎngere and, like the first book, was written in Spanish. The filibusterism The Subversive or The Subversion, as in the LocsГn English translation, are also possible translations), also known by its alternative English title The Reign of Greed, is the second novel written by Philippine national hero JosГ© Rizal.

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