La multitud errante es una historia de migrantes pero una historia de amor también. El protagonista, que es un hombre de camino que ya lleva toda su vida en búsqueda de la tierra prometida, se llama Siete por tres. Todo lo ha dejado atrás. Incluyendo su nombre, pero de alguna manera, Siete por tres va en contra del corriente del gran flujo de migrantes; todos están en búsqueda de un trabajo, mientras que Siete por tres van en contra vía porque el esta en búsqueda de una mujer que se le perdió en los tráfagos de la guerra. En determinado momento Siete por tres llega a un refugio para desplazados y allí encuentra a una extranjera que trabaja para un organismo humanitario. Al conocerse, Siete por tres le explica que esta en búsqueda de una mujer que se llama Matilde Lina y que le ayude a encontrarla. Esta tarea es imposible; es como buscar una aguja en un pajar porque ambos están en un lugar con gente sin documentos, gente sin hogar, sin techo, sin casa. De todas maneras ella se presta para ayudarlo y en la media que lo hace lo van conociendo y se enamora de el. Esta es la historia de un triangulo de amor y la búsqueda de la identidad que están tan entrelazados.
Esta extranjera desde que ve a Siete por tres, ya sabe que hay peligro, “aquí hay dolor, aquí me espera el dolor, de aquí debo huir.” (pg. 5, electrónico). Inmediatamente ella sabe que este enamoramiento le va a traer problemas o dolores. Existe la convicción de que todo desplazamiento, toda emigración son dos viajes. Un viaje externo por la geografía, un viaje mas físico y también hay un viaje interno, dentro de uno mismo, un viaje iniciático. Conocer a otra persona, y enamorarte y fascinarte con otra persona es un desplazamiento. Es así que es una frontera complicada de...
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...res tiene una fidelidad incomprensible frente a sus viejos dolor, y no quiere enfrentarse a ellos.
Este tema del amor se ve muy claramente a través de la obra literaria de Laura Restrepo, pero es, sin olvidar de mencionar que el tema de la búsqueda de la identidad, es la otra mitad del puzzle. Siete por tres es sin duda este símbolo. El deja atrás su tierra que conoce, a sus seres queridos, su idioma, y con este escapismo donde vemos que es el desplazado el que lidera y lleva la trayectoria o rumba de la cultura.
Este triangulo amoroso entre Ojos de Agua, Siete por tres y Matilde Lina esta vinculada con la identidad, y es esto lo que hace que fluya el amor entre los tres. Son las complejidades que cada personaje posee, y el desplazamiento que cada uno vive, que hace que realmente se una la obra literaria, y que florezca el amor fantasmagórico y la identidad.
The story ‘Norma’ is written by Sonia Sanchez, who describes in the story that how she used to look up to another girl in her school named Norma. Norma was intelligent, attractive, and everything that made a person perfect. But then as they grew up, Norma started doing drugs, and got pregnant while she was still in high school. She got kicked out of school, and wasn’t seen for a long time. Then after a few years, Sonia and Norma met again, and agreed to get together often. After leaving, Sonia vows to herself to never agree again, as she did not accept Norma as her role model anymore.
The narrative styles also differ between the two pieces. “A Julia de Burgos” is a poem written by Julia de Burgos to Julia de Burgos, and When Women Love Men shifts between one voice that ambiguously connects the two women, and changes in parts completely into third person. Although both works are differing in date written...
This novel is a story of a Chicano family. Sofi, her husband Domingo together with their four daughters – Esperanza, Fe, Caridad, and Loca live in the little town of Tome, New Mexico. The story focuses on the struggles of Sofi, the death of her daughters and the problems of their town. Sofi endures all the hardships and problems that come her way. Her marriage is deteriorating; her daughters are dying one by one. But, she endures it all and comes out stronger and more enlightened than ever. Sofi is a woman that never gives up no matter how poorly life treats her. The author- Ana Castillo mixes religion, super natural occurrences, sex, laughter and heartbreak in this novel. The novel is tragic, with no happy ending but at the same time funny and inspiring. It is full of the victory of the human spirit. The names of Sofi’s first three daughters denote the three major Christian ideals (Hope, Faith and Charity).
Ella fue muy intelegente porque ella estudió. Frida fue la niña favorita de su padre porque ella era intelegenta, y entonces ella le gustó su padre y no le gustó su madre. Eventualmente, aceptó en El Prepo, una escuela privada para los niños mejores. Sólo treinta y cinc...
“Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel, is a beautiful romantic tale of an impossible passionate love during the revolution in Mexico. The romance is followed by the sweet aroma of kitchen secrets and cooking, with a lot of imagination and creativity. The story is that of Tita De La Garza, the youngest of all daughters in Mama Elena’s house. According to the family tradition she is to watch after her mother till the day she does, and therefore cannot marry any men. Tita finds her comfort in cooking, and soon the kitchen becomes her world, affecting every emotion she experiences to the people who taste her food. Esquivel tells Titas story as she grows to be a mature, blooming women who eventually rebels against her mother, finds her true identity and reunites with her long lost love Pedro. The book became a huge success and was made to a movie directed by Alfonso Arau. Although they both share many similarities, I also found many distinct differences. The movie lost an integral part of the book, the sensual aspect of the cooking and love.
Junot Diaz’s “Otravida, Otravez” depicts a perspective of life where one’s present and future always reflects their past in some way. Diaz’s representation of symbolic figures, convey how a person’s past can be carried into the future. Diaz’s use of symbolic figures includes the dirty sheets washed by Yasmin, the letters sent by Virta to Ramon, and the young girl who begins working with Yasmin at the hospital. These symbolic figures and situations remind the readers that the past will always play a major role in one’s present. Additionally, Diaz’s word choice, where Spanish words appear in many different parts of the reading, suggests that indirectly, one’s past habits are not easily broken.
Both the essays have the similarity that they discuss about the weaknesses in the protagonists life. They describe the social stigmas and the fear of being objected or feel guilty about wh...
El Recado es un cuento de la esperanza y amor. La protagonista viene a visita Martin, pero el no esta en su casa. Entonces ella esperas en peldano, y esperanza que el aparece pronto. Esperanza es una palabra muy importante en el cuento. La palabra es usado directamente tres veces en la obra 26, 31, y 39. Tambien en el principio de el cuento todo es de un afecto sensual. Mientras ella esta en el peldano vea el jardin de Martin. Da caracteristicas humanos (personificacion) a los flores en el jardin ( 6-7), estos caracteristicas como honesto y graves probablamente tambien de su amante. Luego ella hace una comparacion directa entre el y el jardin “Todo el jardin es solido, es como tu, tiene una reciedumbre que inspira confianza.” Este oracion no solamente tiene un simil, pero tambien ayuda en mostrando la comparacion a un mujer de un hombre. El hombre es personificado con palabras de fuerza, mientras todo el cuento muestra una mujer debil.
“No escribas bajo el imperio de la emoción. Déjala morir y evócala luego. Si eres capaz entonces de revivirla tal cual fue, has llegado en arte a la mitad del camino” Horacio Quiroga
The Theme shows itself most prominently in the second to the last paragraph. In this section El Capitán continues dancing on and on even though Eloísa is not longer present in his arms. Even in her absence the music continues to play and El Capitán continues to dance alone until La Mexicana joins him. The technique of imagery used to describe in detail the physical characteristics also expresses and fortifies the theme of unrequited love.
In “The Fortune Teller,” the author, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, uses symbolism to prove to one that an affair is not worth a person’s life. He uses the letter to symbolize hate between Villela and Camillo regarding the affair. This very ambiguous letter has terrified Camillo and put an end to his life. The letter enhances the theme of the short story by showing the anger and hate that Villela now had for Camillo. This hate is a focal point in the short story that leads to ending the affair along with Camillo and Rita’s life. Ultimately, the affair caused a large amount of tension between the three. However, the author was successful in grabbing the reader’s attention with the letter as the turning point of the short story.
such a strong story that you easily forget that it is in Spanish. This is truly a Romantic
The high level of expertise by the author using the third person narrative of the view of the protagonist husband shows that he was oblivious to the fact that his wife was ver...
By analyzing the structure, the reader encounters the imagination and individuality prized by the Romantics. In addition, an examination of the literary devices presents the reader with the personal connection Romantic writers longed to have with nature. Lastly, the content of these pieces proved to be intertwined and demonstrated the desire to spread creativity and inspiration to others. As said by Michelle Williams “Everything’s connected, and everything has meaning if you look for it”
The short stories “Souls Belated” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” have in common ‘Marriage’ as main theme. However, the marriage is treated quite differently in both short stories. In "Souls Belated", Lydia chooses to take control of her destiny, to deviate from conventions and to choose what is good for her. She is the strongest character of the couple. Whereas, in "The Yellow Wallpaper", the name of the main character who is also the narrator of the story is not known. She is identified as being John’s wife. This woman, contrary to Lydia in "Souls Belated" is completely locked up in her marriage. This essay will first describe and compare the characters of Lydia and John's wife in the context of marriage, and then it will look at how marriage is described, treated and experienced by couples in these two short stories.