Writings
José Rizal’s most famous works were his two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, social commentaries on the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. These books, inspired by the ideals in Cervantes, Don Quixote, Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Count of Monte Cristo, angered the Spanish colonial bureaucracy and especially the Catholic hierarchy, due to the blatant and insulting symbolism in the books. This eventually led to his execution, and the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
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