This week’s text is different in its (semi-) autobiographical nature, while other authors introduce themselves into their stories, or create characters which mirror their own lived experiences. For Rigoberta Menchú’s novel I had to take a step back in a way and do some reflecting on what I have learned about Indigenous peoples in Latin […]
I, Rigoberta Menchú is a powerful memoir about a young Mayan woman’s family and life during the civil war in Guatemala. The main themes explored include discrimination, mistreatment, and violence, which continue to be prominent themes throughout several books we’ve read in this course so far. I was thoroughly captivated by I, Rigoberta Menchú this week, […]
I, Rigoberta Menchu is probably one of my favourites of the term so far. I believe it’s the first (and only?) non-fictional text of the term – although this is partially debated a la Jon’s lecture – because it’s not a novel, but a testimonial abo…
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I, Rigoberta Menchu is probably one of my favourites of the term so far. I believe it’s the first (and only?) non-fictional text of the term – although this is partially debated a la Jon’s lecture – because it’s not a novel, but a testimonial abo…
The reading for this week, I, Rigoberta Menchu, was not difficult in the sense that it confused me, but difficult in the sense that I found it extremely hard to get through, as the reading was filled with discrimination, injustice, and inequality that was faced by Rigoberta Menchu and her family. It is a tough […]
I can’t say that I enjoyed reading I, Rigoberta Menchú. This was easily the most difficult read of the class so far and the only book that was a struggle to finish. However, “enjoyability” was hardly its intent, and I can’t imagine Menchú was considering literary interest while telling these stories to Elizabeth Burgess. If […]
This was an incredibly powerful book to read. Rigoberta Menchú is an incredible woman who has lived an unimaginable life but found strength and resilience that are hard for me to even comprehend. It’s incredible that she told her story in Spanish…
This was an incredibly powerful book to read. Rigoberta Menchú is an incredible woman who has lived an unimaginable life but found strength and resilience that are hard for me to even comprehend. It’s incredible that she told her story in Spanish…
Reading the shortest text that we have been assigned for this course, I cannot help but feel against its brevity that it was one of the most impactful. It tells a story from an unlikely origin, owing to the author’s differences in class and language compared to her readers. In this sense, I […]
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I may have been sounding repetitive in the first sentence of my blogs during this term, saying that I really enjoyed the week’s reading, but this has been truly one of my favourite reads so far. Even though it was hard because of the raw ways Rigoberta described her and her family’s struggles, and sometimes […]
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