1. Chapter 8: Noli Me Tangere Published in Berlin(1887)

2. “The “Noli” Based on Truth”  The Noli was based on true story.  The Characters were represented people in real life.

4. CHARACTERS OF NOLI Jose Rizal was Crisostomo Ibarra and Elias

5. Capitan Tiago was Capitan Hilario Sunico Doña Victorina was Doña Agustina Medel

6. “Missing Chapter of the Noli”  There was a chapter entitled “Elias and Salome” followed by Chapter 24 “In the Woods”.  This particular chapter on Elias and Salome was deleted by Rizal so that it was not included in the printed novel.

7.  Salome waits desperately for Elias, thinking that he would pass by the water any time soon. Elias, however, is nowhere to be seen because he is in fact hiding from the authorities who are currently patrolling the lake. When the two finally get to meet, Salome tells the youth of her plan to move to Mindoro and to live with her relatives, and requests that he go with her. Elias, however, refuses her offer because he does not want her to be entangled with the tragedies and troubles of his past. He tells the lady that she must marry an honorable and respectable man, one whom she truly deserves and who can make her happy.

8. Rizal’s Friends Praise the Noli  Rizal’s friends praised and hailed him for his wonderful novel.

9.  Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor avidly read the Noli and very much impressed to Rizal.

10.  Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor- a Filipino exile in London for his alleged participation in 1872 Cavite Mutiny. - said that the book is superior and Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere will be equal to the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes of Spain.