The Underdogs By Mariano Azuela

Beginning with his participation in the Mexican Revolutionary War as a young soldier embracing Marxist ideals bent on overthrowing the established, corrupt political structure in place, The Death of Artemio Cruz details the gradual rise in political and economical influence of our character in the aftermath of a successful revolution. The main plot underlines a striking contradiction, as the protagonist eventually espouses principles he has long eschewed, becoming the exploiter instead of the champion of the downtrodden, betraying the principles he had fought so long and hard for. The narrative begins while he lies helplessly on his deathbed, in the throes of drug and disease-induced delirium, and through a series of flashbacks features his somewhat addled reminiscences of a (n) (in)

How do you build to the next issue she addresses, though? Surprisingly, you meet it head on the way the author chooses to, but unlike the Mexican culture works up to it. Anzaldúa has no qualms in exploring her homosexuality and the male/female identity. Raised a Catholic, she made the choice to be homosexual, she declares. She recognizes that in some it is genetically inherent and that can be understood, but her Catholicism makes it a choice.

Author Mariano Azuela's novel of the Mexican revolution, The Underdogs, conveys a fictional representation of the revolution and the effects it had on the Mexican men and women who lived during that time. The revolutionary rebels were composed of different men grouped together to form small militias against the Federalists, in turn sending them on journeys to various towns, for long periods of time. Intense fighting claimed the lives of many, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves. Towns were devastated forcing their entire populations to seek refuge elsewhere. The revolution destroyed families across Mexico, leaving mothers grieving for their abducted daughters, wives for their absent husbands, and soldiers for their

The Underdogs is a gritty look at the Mexican Revolution. The story shows many facets of the life of the rebels including extreme violence, repression and little regard for their countryman. Azuela does an amazing job creating characters that are multidimensional and complex. There are stark contrasts between various revolutionaries. In addition, the treatment of the women is interesting for many reasons. The use of violence towards women, the theme of motherhood and the creation of two extremely contrasting female characters has allowed Azuela to explore women in a number of

The Mexican Revolution, unlike the French or American Revolution, created disillusionment because there was never a common motive for the various rebel factions to unify under and for average Mexicans to understand why a revolution was necessary. This absence is a notable issue in Azuela’s The Underdogs, where the lack of purpose is evident in Marcías’ band of rebels. After Luis Cervantes is captured by Marcías’ men, he introduces himself as a

The Mexican Revolution was a period in Mexico’s history that sought to overthrow one of the most long standing tyrannical presidents, Porfirio Diaz, and to do so rebel alliances were formed to fight for economic and social reforms of the middle class. Among the celebrated men of the Revolution who fought for or against the cause are Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza and Alvaro Obregon. Unfortunately, However, The Mexican Revolution is a series of battles often eclipsed by The American or French Revolution. Few, can recall the purpose or the names and roles of the men who contributed to the Mexican Revolution and fewer still can recall the influence female had. These women are known as Soldaderas, who served in military positions during a time of chaos from commanding officers to combatants.

The narrator, of Under Fire, is Henri Barbusse, the author, who is recalling events from the day in his person diary. He is a French poet and journalist, who volunteered for the French army when the war started in 1914, at the age of 41 (History.com Staff). The reading is an excerpt from Barbusse’s novel Le Feu (Under Fire), which is written during his time in the war; but, was published in 1915 (History.com Staff). Therefore, it is a contemporary text because it was written at the time of the event in the author’s diary.

In comparison, the author of The Underdogs characterized Demetrio Macias with a wrinkled face. Demetrio was a masculine leader with military experience, who held wisdom and honor in his name. Demetrio’s motivation was clear from the beginning of the novel: his family. The Federalist armies were expanding across the country, ransacking each town they roamed through. When they came to Demetrio’s home in Limon, Mexico, the Federalists shot his dog, demanded food, and made his wife uncomfortable. Consequently, Demetrio ordered his wife to take their child and head to her father’s residence, while he commenced on the opposite path to assemble a group of insurgents. Furthermore, the clinching moment of following through with the revolution was when Demetrio glanced back after trekking for a few hours to witness flames and smoke billowing from his house below in the canyon.

The main theme of Mariano Azuela's The underdogs is civil war and has other minor themes accompany it,some of this themes include power,social class,corruption,justice and morality,Just like other authors in the modern literary era Azuela has a major theme other minor themes in his book . There is civil war between Demetrio a poor farmer with the caciqu,the leader after demetrio went against him. Demetrio is forced to abandon his wife and son to flee to the forest. In the forest demetrio joins a group of rebels who fight the federals,the cacique soldiers,who were so brutal they raped women,killed men and also robbed villages. Demetrio during the rebellion rises in ranks and finally goes to the highest rank and becomes the rebels general who

Abandoning his family was the fuel to the fire that set Demetrio Macias against Huerta’s forces, and into the revolution. Knowing they would be in danger, he set off over the hills, where each step could be felt as great effort up the steep ravines. At this time, he seeked to change his

In the story, Azuela uses short bursts of prose and covers large period of time by using the succinct narrative passages and moving rapidly from one ill to another. Much of the book is fatalistic as Demetria cannot understand what he is doing or his reasons for doing it. He simply keeps fighting up until he is the only man standing. He just does without questioning depicting the path that was followed by

In order to inform others of the truth in his book, The Feast Of The Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa includes intimate details of the characters as well as Trujillo. In his book, Vargas states, “No sweat, no sleep, never had a wrinkle in uniform, morning coat or lounge suit” (118). It can be concluded, that Trujillo aimed for perfection and as a result he was paranoid on keeping everything under what he considered to be order. Vargas uses how Trujillo presents himself as a symbol of how he rules the Dominican Republic. Furthermore, Vargas is able to capture in his writing Trujillo’s paranoidness and then, he gets the message across to the Latin American audience. In addition, Vargas’ work give a voice to those lived under oppression.

The Liberator, directed by Alberto Arvelo, is a historical biographical film documenting the life of Simon Bolivar and his struggle against the Spanish for equality in South America. Somewhat surprisingly, the cast is an incredibly gifted cast in comparison with other Latin American produced films with smaller budgets. Édgar Ramírez was the main actor who played the role of Simon Bolivar in the film. Erich Wildpret played the critical role of Antonio Jose de Sucre. This prominent general was murdered near the conclusion of the film. The third major character in the film was actress María Valverde. She played the supporting role of Maria Teresa Bolivar, Simon’s early wife (IMDB, The Liberator 2013).

This paper was influenced through Laura Esquivel’s, Like Water for Chocolate, a tragic romance novel that is denied of love by family tradition. The key topics of this paper that analysis will be touching on are over main characters, theme, and symbolism. This paper explains the importance and the analysis of each main character by their description the author is providing a visual image for the readers to picture. Tradition is not only the theme of the novel but it shows how Mexican tradition is a hard and sensitive subject to deal with back in the revolutionary days. Finally, how symbolism plays a huge part in this novel and the different meanings. With much research the reader can see that the author uses her own experience to influence this story.

The short story “My life with the wave” written by Octavio Paz is about a man, that is presented as the narrator in the story, that goes trough several events in the story, he first meets what is represented in the story as a “wave” and from there the story focuses on the relationship he develops with this wave, and how it affected his life from making him commit crimes to making him swing his mood with all the sudden mood changes the wave suffer due to all the external factor that could affect her. Another short story is “It’s Because We’re So Poor” by Juan Rulfo that focuses on the tragedy a family is living due to the fact that, because of the excessive rain and rivers flooding, they may lose the daughter’s cow, this meaning that the only