''Makamisa'' (English language, English: After Mass) is an unfinished novel written by Filipino people, Filipino Patriotism, patriot and writer José Rizal. The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth Ocampo in 1987 while going through a 245-page collection of papers. This draft is written in pure, vernacular Laguna (province), Lagueño Tagalog language, Tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of inscription.
The novel has only one chapter. It runs for only ten pages and is hand-written in the old Orthography, orthographic diacritic marks, ancillary glyphs. Although written in a different language, its style, characterization and setting mirror those of Rizal's two previous works, ''Noli me tangere'' and ''El filibusterismo'' which he wrote in Spanish.
The chapter ends with a short unfinished sentence:
which in English is equivalent to:
which therefore satisfies the theory of it being unfinished. The novel explores the mysterious ill-temperament of the curate, town curate, ''Padre'' Agaton.
Rizal later restarted work on ''Makamisa'', using Spanish language, Spanish.
However, the novel remained unfinished. The draft in Spanish was later translated to Filipino language, Filipino (under the name ''Etikang Tagalog: Ang Ikatlong Nobela ni Rizal'') by Nilo S. Ocampo,
of the University of the Philippines Diliman University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters, College of Arts and Letters.
Characters
Seven characters are mentioned in this 10-page unfinished novel:
* ''Padre'' Agaton (Father Agaton) - the parochial curate of the fiction, fictitious setting (literature), town of Tulig, described as a cheerful, approachable and powerful man who loves the town and is not known for his bad temper. In the story, he has a sudden, unexpected display of anger, the reason for which is yet to be revealed.
* ''Kapitan'' Lucas (Town captain Lucas) - the ''gobernadorcillo'' of Tulig and is in danger of losing his government position if he does not please ''Padre'' Agaton on the upcoming Easter festival, fiesta.
* ''Aleng'' Anday (Miss Anday) - female friend of ''Padre'' Agaton and the only person whom the curate loves. She is an extremely disciplined woman whom everybody admires for her generosity.
* Marcela - Manila-raised daughter of ''Kapitan'' Lucas, who returned to Tulig for her aunt's funeral.
* ''Tenyente'' Tato (Lieutenant Tato) - lieutenant-general of the Guardia Civil, guardia civil.
* Don Segundo - the ''Juez de paz'' or peace officer of the town.
* ''Kapitan'' Tibo - next-in-line to the ''gobernadorcillo'' office.
References
{{Jose Rizal
Unfinished novels
Works by José Rizal