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What Is The Theme Of Amigos Mexicanos

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Amigos Mexicanos & Mayan Dusk – By Juan Villoro “Amigos Mexicanos” and “Mayan Dusk” are fictional stories written by Juan Villoro. Both stories had many similarities mainly with both of them having unnamed protagonists as well as both being written in first person. These stories show a different side of Mexico and Mexican people. This approach taken by Villoro as well as his style of writing and use of humor gives quite some insight into Mexican life and Culture. One of the first things that I’ve noticed whilst reading these short stories was Villoros interesting use of pronouns. Which was evident more so in “Mayan Dusk”. The author starts of by using “we” which gives a sense of unity. However, as the story progresses the pronouns seem …show more content…

Cinema of Latin America – By Deborah Shaw “Contemporary Cinema of Latin America” by Deborah Shaw explores two contrasting genres of Mexican film; in the extract Shaw was able to give critical insights as well as reasons to “ Like Water for Chocolate” and “Amores Perros” success in national and international box offices. Shaw then goes on to describing the somewhat unpredictable success of these films as well as the responsiveness of international audiences, by giving great historical and cultural insight. “Like water for chocolate” and “Ameros Perros” were some of the first internationally acclaimed Mexican films. Shaw was able to equate the success of these films to the new and unconventional approaches taken by the directors, which mainly showed a more watered down version of Mexico and its culture in order to attract international audiences. This was seen in “Like water for chocolate” in its portrayal of Mexico as an “ideal” and “tourist- friendly” Mexico. However, in “Amores Perros” Shaw believed the vast success was also attributed to the director’s focus on making the characters relatable and …show more content…

Monsivai goes into great detail whilst describing the fragile, yet important structure that religion gives Mexican people. Monsivai also stresses in many occasions that the biases of religion stems from the underling issues with Mexican people and their imminent feeling of suffering and hopelessness. Monsivai then uses his historical insight as well as a gradual, and almost chronological series of events that help shaped an understanding of Mexico’s religion and utopian aspirations. Monsivai’s goes into great detail whilst describing the construct of utopia as theses ever changing ideas that somehow always seem impossible to reach. The way the author was able to construct interesting visuals of how these utopias ought to be, but as not to let the readers get far into this ‘mythical’ idea he would follow these constructs with what made them irrational and simply concepts the Mexican people can aspire to but will never

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