"Attention, all higher-ups please report to the meeting hall," announces the scratchy PA system. Juan and Alejandro develop a sly grin and stir up a conversation. "Old Paco finally figured how to use that intercom." "It´s a real burden.” "Let´s go get Hector and Adolfo to see what 's up. I think I have an idea of what it is." "These rumours remind me of grade school, it´s really getting out of hand." “Yeah, it’s a joke.” The men casually stroll into the dinky mess hall, which is really more of an empty room with picnic tables. Adolfo is leaning against a scuffed-up wall that emits a pungent odor of rotting meat and old wood. He’s in a slumped position with his grubby hat lazily placed across his forehead and eyes. “Wake up …show more content…
“I thought we were an elite group of military leaders, not a bunch of chit-chatting slackers! We have a huge crisis on our hands, and it demands our immediate attention!” Bright purple veins pop out of the General’s head, and his loud steady breathing is the only thing that can be heard throughout the cafeteria. “There are rumours…” starts the General. “That Mercenaries are reeking havoc throughout the mountain towns of Chile. No one knows who they are, or where they’re from, but they exist. We are supposed to be the only group that’s dominant, and we need to prove it by finding, and eliminating these abominations. Pack your bags folks, we’re going on an adventure!” General Davola leads the group in front with an immense backpack and a grim face. He can’t get over the fact that his power may be threatened. “Who would dare go up against me and my troop?” he ponders aloud. Meanwhile, Juan and Alejandro take up the back, behind Hector and Adolfo. “Do you think Davola will have us do any of his dirty work?” asks Juan. “We haven’t done anything shady in a while, but I do wonder sometimes which side we are on,” answers Alejandro. “What do you mean by that?” “It seems that we do more assignments for criminals, than we do for the actual government.” “I think you 're exaggerating a bit, but money talks, dude. Besides, it’s not like we do anything that can harm Chile itself, we
I believe that the author tries to lead the reader in to sympathizing for the people when the author wrote, “The rebels swept into town like a stampeding herd…. Chickens took wing, dogs ran for their lives, women and children scurried out of sight, until the only living soul left in the market was Belisa Crepusculario.” Because this quote from the story shows how everyone’s scared of both the Colonel and El Mulato except for Belisa.
Chile is now part of something called the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) from 2011-2016 (worldbank.org). The Country Partnership Strategy works off the successful experience of the World Bank group strategy. Chile’s demand of the World Bank focuses solely on the provision of technical assistance and other knowledge products. The World Bank has an advantage in these areas and can help Chile achieve its long term goals. The
This quote from Dave Kelly shows many of the issues with the United State’s criminal justice system today. The prison population is increasing because prisoners are being taken in at a higher rate than they are released.
Dante raised a single brow, eyeing them with the utmost suspicion as was possible of a ten year old. “What’s going on?”
The beginning of the uprising, and the motives which sprouted the event are mired with controversy. In Colonel
“Over 40,000 collateral consequences for people that come through our criminal justice system. They can't get many business
The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela is arguably the most important novel of the Mexican Revolution because of how it profoundly captures the atmosphere and intricacies of the occasion. Although the immediate subject of the novel is Demetrio Macias - a peasant supporter of the Mexican Revolution -, one of its extensive themes is the ambivalence surrounding the revolution in reality as seen from a broader perspective. Although often poetically revered as a ‘beautiful’ revolution, scenes throughout the novel paint the lack of overall benevolence even among the protagonist revolutionaries during the tumultuous days of the revolution. This paper will analyze certain brash characteristics of the venerated revolution as represented by Azuela’s
The character of Demetrio Macias proves to be quite ironic. One facet of his character reveals his determination to find Pancho Villa’s army,
Staring at the map and planning his next course of action, Nightburn had called a meeting of all his high-ranking officers, Sir Faine, Lady Sara, General Zhousbek, Ject, Ace, his assassination squad and personal bodyguards. His officers trailed into the room over the next few minutes with a group gathered near the door engaged in idle conversation, but all grew quiet when Nightburn directed his question to Ject. “Is everyone here?”
Chile’s economy was effectively owned by US corporation’s, and these corporation’s controlled the country's resources. When Allende nationalized copper the two main American corporation were financially hurt severely and lost a lot of profit. This concerned the US and Nixon worried that Chile was falling under soviet control and communism. One of Nixon’s fears was that the Soviets would have total control in Americas backyard. However, the major reason that the US instigated the overthrow was because the corporations did not want Chile to take over their own resources and use them for their own benefit. The corporations were able to exercise leverage over Allende because Chile was in the middle of an economic depression and Chile was receiving loans from American banks. Once Allende was in power these loans were stopped by US foreign policy and of course Chile suffered economically . At this point,
“’I love the revolution like a volcano in eruption; I love the volcano because it’s a volcano; the revolution because it’s the revolution!’” cries a revolutionary soldier in Azuela’s The Underdogs (159). The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was aimed to overthrow the dictatorship of the Mexican government, which was in constant turmoil as presidents were constantly toppled from power. Porfirio Diaz, the president at the time the uprising began, was removed from power when revolutionary generals, Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa, answered Francisco Madero’s call for rebellion. After Madero took power, he was defeated by Victoriano Huerta. Venustiano Carranza seized power from Huerta, and Alvaro Obregon gained control after Carranza was deposed. The revolution lasted a decade and ended with the new Mexican Constitution of 1917. These events are told in The Underdogs, by Mariano Azuela, in which a native Indian, Demetrio Macias, is forced to side with and aid the rebels when his home is destroyed and his loved ones are put in danger. Throughout the battles, Macias becomes hardened by war, which eventually leads him into Villa’s army as a general. Yet, his original gang of rebels and newly recruited men begin to lose battle after battle. The soldiers go to war and some do not come back. Written from the revolutionaries’ point of view, The Underdogs, by Marino Azuela, is a historically accurate novel that argues that the ideals of
Mariano Azuela’s The Underdogs, is about a brotherhood of the Mexican people taking a journey with only one thing on their mind; revenge against Huerta and the Federales. In this story, we as the reader are confronted with characters, such as Demetrio Macias, who is destined to lead his people into the depths of retaining an incorrupt lifestyle and hopes to find peace from the effect of war. Although Demetrio is seen as one of the main characters in the novel, we are also briefly engaged in the other revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa, Carranza, Obregon, and by peasants under Zapata. These appositional forces gain strength against the Huerta government as well. The Underdogs almost symbolizes a Robin Hood story, in which, Demetrio and
Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs tells the story of a dauntless Indian farmer who almost unintentionally rises to a generalship in Pancho Villa's rebel army during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Though the events that occur throughout the book are not actual events that took place during the revolution, Azuela is able to paint a very realistic picture of the revolution and leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of the reader as one witnesses the failure of the rebels. This novel is a great teaching tool that reveals truths of the revolution that would not have been given justice through the traditional historical scholarship. Through fictional characters, Azuela's The Underdogs
Battles in the Desert, written by Jose Emilio Pacheco, tells a story about how a young man named Carlos encounter social and political changes. Carlos narrates his own experiences during his childhood when social and political problems are happening. The time period is during the regime of the government of Miguel Aleman. Carlos’ experiences demonstrate the changes of his own personal life, and the impact of the American culture on Mexico. I believe Carlos is reflecting his personal childhood lived at México, and also the unwilling changes of his personality. How Carlos enjoys a moment that is never happening again, and how Carlos feels about his society.
General Antonio Luna is a hero that chose to undertake the journey because he intentionally set out to fight his country’s