# Tadeo — El Filibusterismo character guide

> Tadeo in El Filibusterismo by José Rizal.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the imperturbable Tadeo

**First appearance:** 0015-xiii-the-class-in-physics

## Who they are

A lazy and mischievous student who avoids studying.

## In the story

### [XII: Plácido Penitente](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xii-pl-cido-penitente)

A student who feigns illness to skip class and follows Paulita Gomez into the church.

### [Manila Types](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxi-manila-types)

Present at the theater with a novice, he comments on various attendees and later joins Makaraig's group.

### [Smiles and Tears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxv-smiles-and-tears)

Gives a version of Simoun's mysterious illness and suggests Basilio has secrets.

### [XXVIII: Tatakut](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxviii-tatakut)

Rumored to have been shot; a student comments on his unpaid debt.

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