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Makaraig is a wealthy Filipino student and one of the leaders of the movement for a Spanish-language academy. Makaraig’s house is used as a meeting place, and he generously supports the other students with loans when needed. After the students’ petitions are denied and their moment is suppressed, however, Makaraig chooses to leave for Europe rather than reenroll in university in Manila.
Makaraig Quotes in El Filibusterismo
The El Filibusterismo quotes below are all either spoken by Makaraig or refer to Makaraig. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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22. The Performance Quotes
“The French language really doesn’t have the rich sonority or the varied and elegant cadences of the Castilian language. I cannot fathom, I cannot imagine, I cannot formulate an idea of French orators and I doubt they have ever existed, nor could they exist in the true sense of the word, in the strict sense of the idea.”
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25. Laughter and Weeping Quotes
“Get rid of them and the indio will cease to exist. The friar is the father, the indio is the word! The friar is the sculptor, the indio the statue, because everything we are, everything we think, and everything we do we owe to the friars, to their patience, to their work, to their three centuries of modification of what Nature afforded us. And in a Philippines without friars or indios, what will happen to the poor government, in the hands of the Chinese?”
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Makaraig Character Timeline in El Filibusterismo
The timeline below shows where the character Makaraig appears in El Filibusterismo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
14. A Student House
The rich student Makaraig’s house serves as a gathering place for other students during breaks and after class. Students...
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Makaraig arrives and informs the other students that Father Irene has taken their side, though most...
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15. Señor Pasta
...his request. Pasta has already resolved to stay out of it; he also knows that Makaraig’s account is incorrect, and it was actually Sibyla who proposed the committee in order to...
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21. Typical Manilans
...falsely claiming that the high society guests are friends or associates of his. He spots Makaraig, Pecson, Sandoval, and Isagani, who invite him to join them in Basilio’s place. Tadeo accepts,...
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22. The Performance
...breaking out between concertgoers. The students sit together in a box facing Pepay, who on Makaraig’s behalf encouraged Don Custodio to support the Spanish-language school. The students are increasingly optimistic, except...
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...it comes to tradition, masterpieces, and poetic force. This conversation is cut short, however, when Makaraig arrives with a note from Don Custodio. Custodio has approved the Spanish-language academy, but only...
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26. Broadsides
Basilio gets up early to visit Makaraig, whom he will ask for a loan to procure his medical license, as he has...
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Basilio goes to see Makaraig anyway, learning on the way that the students who attended the banquet will be arrested....
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32. The Effect of the Broadsides
...their families not to return to the university. Juanito Peláez joins his father’s business, while Makaraig leaves for Europe. Father Fernández keeps Isagani in his course, allowing him to stay at...
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