# Don Anastasio — Noli Me Tangere character guide

> Don Anastasio in Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anastasio

**First appearance:** 0016-ix-local-affairs

## Who they are

Old man who comments on the town's affairs.

## In the story

### [A Schoolmaster's Difficulties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xix-a-schoolmaster-s-difficulties)

Old Don Anastasio is quoted as saying, 'So the parents want floggings? Why not inflict them on themselves?'

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