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The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes      The Old Gringo is a fiction novel written by one of Latin America's most renowned and eloquent authors, Carlos Fuentes. Filled with war, adventure, love and more, this novel takes you back to the Mexican revolution fought in 1912. This contemporary fiction is based on many themes found and experienced by the main characters in this novel. The relationship between Mexico and the United States, the drive to find one's true self and the different ways two men

garrisoned, Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa ordered what remained of his army to attack the small farming town. His well-earned reputation had been seriously damaged by this point considering recent losses that devastated his army, having both the Mexican and American governments after him, and by crossing into the United States he unknowingly made it certain that an end to his leadership within Mexico was inevitable. Why did Villa cross the border to attack Columbus? President Woodrow

important because Mexico stopped the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and they established a constitutional republic. During that time a lot of major people were involved in establishing a good government like Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho villa, and Emiliano Zapata. All of these people had a major role in the revolution and also in changing the future of Mexico. Each and everyone one of them had an impact as revolutionists. The Mexican revolution began November 20, 1910, but the question

people began to call for the deposition of Díaz as ruler. Several different groups were involved in the fight for social reformation, but the most notable are known as the ‘Big Four’. These four warlords were Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatistas, Pancho Villa and the Villistas, Venustiano Carranza and his Constitutionalist Army

known as Pancho Villa, was born into a poor family and worked in the fields. Pancho Villa escalated from a peasant outlaw into a well-known revolutionary war strategist and folk hero. Pancho Villa could easily outsmart troops and use his popularity to help his cause for equality. His actions could not atone for any previous transgressions in his life of crime, but his tactics as a revolutionary war commander made him almost unstoppable when it came to fighting for equality. Pancho Villa was an important

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

same materials they deal with every day”, Muniz stated in film Wasteland. The film Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker, tracks the development of Muniz’ series of monumental photographic portraits made from trash. The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century Roman marble replica of a Hellenistic sculpture of Atlas, a Titan sentenced by Zeus to hold up his burden for eternity, kneeling with the celestial spheres of the sky weighing down heavily on his shoulders. The Farnese Atlas is an enormous sculpture standing

DDear membFrancisco Vasquez de Coronado Hero or villain? Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was he a hero or a villain? I would say a villain. He set out to find a city of gold and riches. He soon found out that there wasn’t a city of gold. Instead he found something else. He found new villages and land, also new historical lands. Coronado went out to find the cities of gold and riches. This made him start an expedition up north to try and find these so called golden cities. Instead of finding the golden

going through, the harshness of proprietors and the poor conditions workers lived in. To help her country she decided to disguise herself as a man and go by the name of “Pedro Herrera”, in which she then would join the revolutionary troops of Pancho Villa. She became a great soldier and was “… recognized as an aggressive fighter who carried out military operations efficiently. In disguise, she came to be known as the brave soldier and was soon praised for her skills in blowing up bridges”. This was

and determination to oppress Pancho Villa's army. Pancho Villa, the dictator of Mexico during this revolutionary time, also shows prolific leadership qualities and care for his people; much like Demetrio Macias. However, at times Villa can be a ferocious general who destroyed villiages and killed innocent victims, he shows his compassion who helped those in need and rescued orphans providing them with food, education, and a home. Pancho Villa was a leader who only asked for your loyalty and trust,