Week 2: Cartucho Reading Cartucho this week was an interesting experience given the actual structure of the book, especially how parts were divided into 1-2 page stories. Each “story” seemed almost like an excerpt of something bigger as they…
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Week 2: Cartucho Reading Cartucho this week was an interesting experience given the actual structure of the book, especially how parts were divided into 1-2 page stories. Each “story” seemed almost like an excerpt of something bigger as they…
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Wow! What a read. I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I definitely enjoyed reading it more than I enjoyed Mama Blana’s Memoirs. Firstly, I enjoyed the style of writing, it was very easy to follow as it was mostly dialogue that was inte…
Wow! What a read. I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I definitely enjoyed reading it more than I enjoyed Mama Blana’s Memoirs. Firstly, I enjoyed the style of writing, it was very easy to follow as it was mostly dialogue that was inte…
This week’s reading was Cartucho by Nellie Campobello. While I found this book interesting to read due to the style of its writing, I have to admit I was a bit lost at times and had to review a lot to gain a better understanding of the stories being told. This was in part due […]
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It can be argued that several wars, if not most of them, have been started by intellectuals. Those few who hold the keys to power in literacy and prestige are often the greatest practicers of spearheading obstinate positions, stirring up the anger of the masses towards any persons viewed as the “enemy” and, above all, […]
Mariano Azuela’s The Underdogs (originally Los de abajo) follows a the central character Demetrio Macías as he travels through Mexico with an ever growing band of revolutionaries, causing havoc and plundering. some of the themes that most stuck out to me are masculinity, the roles and depiction of women, and the skilful portrayal of disillusionment. Masculinity is a …
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week3. cartucho – Cartucho was an interesting book to read. It felt very much like a diary of stories captured by the lens of childhood. The storytelling was raw, unabating, and felt somewhat unvarnished in a very brash, poetic manner. The loose, unknowing endings and the vague misplacement in time felt purposeful, and in that […]
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I read a small portion of this novel when I took SPAN 280; I enjoyed it then and I enjoyed it even more after having read the entire work, after thoroughly immersing myself in the universe of the young narrator. There is something incredibly satisfying about reading a book comprised entirely of vignettes—it’s easier to […]
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Speaking from the bottom of my heart, I feel that Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho should have been labelled with an 18+ rating due to its extremely graphic and gruesome depiction of events that occurred in Parral during wartime, as seen through the eyes of a firsthand witness. I appreciated the fragmented style of writing, as the […]
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