After thirteen years of being away from the  Philippines , Crisóstomo Ibarra returns under the guise as Simoun, a rich  jeweler  sporting a beard and blue-tinted glasses, and a  confidant  of the Captain-General. Abandoning his idealism, he becomes a cynical saboteur, the titular filibustero , seeking revenge against the  system responsible for his misfortunes  by plotting a revolution. Simoun insinuates himself into  Manila  high society and influences every decision of the Captain-General to mismanage the country’s affairs so that a revolution will break out. He cynically sides with the upper classes, encouraging them to commit abuses against the masses so that the latter would be encouraged to revolt against the oppressive  Spanish colonial regime. This time, he does not attempt to fight the authorities through legal means, but through violent revolution using the masses. Simoun has reasons for instigating a revolution. First is to rescue María Clara from the  convent  and second, t...
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