I was not sure what to expect from this book based on what I would presume a novel of this type to be like that is assembled from various recollections from the time of Campobello’s young life. The many short stories felt as though I was reading …
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I was not sure what to expect from this book based on what I would presume a novel of this type to be like that is assembled from various recollections from the time of Campobello’s young life. The many short stories felt as though I was reading …
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Before I watched the lecture video for Cartucho, I was feeling very overwhelmed of the book. I found the book easy to read, but very difficult to comprehend and follow, if that makes sense. But after watching the video lecture, I felt a sense of ease when Professor Beasley-Murray said that the book being difficult […]
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Throughout the novel, Cartucho, Campobello explores several prominent themes through vignettes and the recalling of memories during the Mexican Revolution. The themes throughout the novel include suffering, brutality, violence, and identity, and was written at a time of political, economic, and social turmoil in the country. Divided into three sections, and comprised of many short […]
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Reading Campobello’s Cartuco was an intriguing, thought-provoking, and unique experience for me this past week. As an IR major whose focus area of study is Latin America, I was quite excited to delve into a book pertaining to the Mexican Revolution. I quite enjoyed Campobello’s writing style, as it was quite descriptive and provided effective […]
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Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho provides invaluable insight into both the Mexican Revolution and the cruelties of armed conflict in general. The format is quite unique, consisting of three parts broken down into sections based on different personalities the narrator comes across as a girl caught in the crossfire of deadly civil war. The first part recounts short […]
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This is not my first time reading this piece and I am still in awe the second time around. First, the way Campobello is encapsulating these narratives (assuming they are longer than presented) and summarizing it into somewhere between 1-2 pages is something I haven’t really encountered aside from this work of hers. I guess […]
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When I first read excerpts from Cartucho for SPAN 280 in 2021, I was surprised at how difficult to read I found it. Not in the typical sense that it is difficult to understand, but in that it is hard to find anything constant to latch on to. Even having read the full book, this […]
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Cartucho by Nellie Campobello was quite a jarring book. The first story that I found quite jarring was “El ‘Kirilí”. The contrast between that story and the one before was extraordinary. Due to the writing being so blunt and young, I…
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Cartucho by Nellie Campobello was quite a jarring book. The first story that I found quite jarring was “El ‘Kirilí”. The contrast between that story and the one before was extraordinary. Due to the writing being so blunt and young, I…
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