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Returning to the present narrative, Rizal states that María Clara and her aunt Isabel went to mass that morning. While Ibarra was away, however, his father and Tiago agreed that the two should marry, which thrilled both María Clara and Ibarra. Crisóstomo Ibarra was her only friend during childhood, but around thirteen or fourteen, she entered a convent and was separated from him.
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Unlike Tiago, María Clara has pale skin and “semi-European” features, and she is adored by others. Her child, however, was a girl, María Clara, who was cared for by her aunt Isabel. Doña Patrocinio is, in fact, Tiago’s second wife his first wife, Doña Pia, died in childbirth after years of praying for a son to be their heir. His wife, Doña Patrocinio, is devoted to him, however, since he lavishes her with extravagant gifts.
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Many poor people see him as a cruel exploiter, while his subordinates find him tyrannical, and rumors swirl about his involvement with younger women. Tiago isn’t popular with everyone, however. He pays priests and poorer people to pray for him, while his own beliefs are similar to polytheism, since he is devoted to several saints and often promises things to them. (“Mestizos” are people who have mixed native Filipino and other heritage, typically Filipino and Spanish.) Nonetheless, he is a social leader, and well-liked by authorities. Rizal describes him as “the secretary-general of a rich society of mestizos,” though he notes that just as Tiago doesn’t consider himself one of them, most others do not either. As alluded to earlier, he does not consider himself a native Filipino and joins in others’ criticisms of them. He then cries himself to sleep.Īuthor José Rizal focuses in on Captain Tiago for a moment and describes him in more depth, characterizing him as “rich,” “at peace with God,” and “as happy as a man with a small head in that country can be.” Tiago is even at peace with the government, obeying it with ease. Ibarra has a brief vision of his father dying in a jail cell while Ibarra himself laughs and drinks wine.