When it comes to analyzing the “banana massacre” scene in chapter 15, I found three narrative techniques the author used to describe this scene. Therefore, one can notice that this part of the book is the climax. As a result, one infers what the author is trying to say about Latin American history and politics. In regards to the narrative style Garcia Marquez used in this scene I believe he used hyperbole, imagery and allegory. First, one can notice the use of hyperbole when the reader finds out that there has been more than three thousand people dead from the massacre. From my perspective the number of dead people is an exaggeration to cause a powerful emotion on the readers. Then, the author used imagery to describe this scene: “Suddenly, on one side of the station, a cry of death tore open the enchantment: …show more content…
Finally, the whole scene is an allegory since there is a meaning and a true story behind this scene, which Garcia Marquez is trying to portray through the previously mentioned narrative techniques. I would say the scene is trying to expose the abuse of authoritarian power in small villages. Consequently, the reader can consider this scene as the climax because throughout the novel this has been the most intense and impactful event that has occurred. In addition, the reader is left in suspense since there is an uncertainty of what is going to occur in the future. However, the sign of unceasing rain cannot be a good sign. As one can realize throughout this entire novel, there has always been a truth behind every “fictional” story and this scene is not the exception. Overall, through his peculiar way of writing, Garcia Marquez is trying to give a powerful message about Latin American politics and history. The banana massacre was actually based on a real event that occurred in Colombia. However, this abuse against agricultural workers by the
Starting a new life is very problematic for many Central American children that migrate to the United States. There are a lot of difficulties involved in the process to migrate to the United States including the journey to get there. An extremely common way to migrate is by train. Migrants usually take away many life lessons from the journey to the United States such as the generosity and assistance from fellow Central Americans. On the other hand there’s extreme hardships. For example, the many robberies, and gang violence a migrant can face on the journey to the United States. During the trip, migrants learn that they usually cannot take things for granted, especially how scarce food, supplies, and other necessities are.
Memory is a tool through which Campanella attempts to uncover the dark days in Argentina’s political history; the country was moving away from democracy and into a military regime, despite having democratically confirmed Isabel Perón as president . Through memory, the film becomes a political narrative of the terrible violence, murder rape and other forms of injustices associated with La junta Militar (The military Junta) overtaken of power in the mid-1970s. “El Secreto De Sus Ojos” (The Secret in Their Eyes) is particularly noteworthy as it is among the fewest forms of art, including existing literature that peeks into these chaotic years in Argentina. A time of terror known as the Dirty Warm, seven y...
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The article is broken up into different sections, each focused on a question that is bolded above the paragraph giving the answer to the question. This structure made it easily simple to follow what was being discussed; however, some of the points contradicted themselves and others did not even make sense. The article began by giving a background of what Trujillo’s rule was like and the relationship between the Haitian and Dominican people, then it progressed to how the killings were actually committed, finally it spoke about what occurred after the massacre and the consequences that the people and government of the Dominican Republic did not face. This structure acted as a timeline for the events, which allowed the reader to learn about the most important parts of the massacre and about when they took place. Despite the lack of basic grammatical rules and sentence structure, this article does a good job of laying a foundation of what the haitian massacre
The circumstances that Santiago was murdered relate closely to Christ's story. Santiago was murdered for someone else's evil act, in other words, he was a sacrifice for the town's si...
Edwidge Danticat's novel, The Farming of Bones is an epic portrayal of the relationship between Haitians and Dominicans under the rule of Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo leading up to the Slaughter of 1937. The novel revolves around a few main concepts, these being birth, death, identity, and place and displacement. Each of the aspects is represented by an inanimate object. Water, dreams, twins, and masks make up these representations. Symbolism is consistent throughout the novel and gives the clearly stated and unsophisticated language a deeper more complex meaning. While on the surface the novel is an easy read, the symbolism which is prominent throughout the novel complicates the audience's interpretation. The reader is left to look beyond the language and uncover the underlying themes of the novel. Through symbolism Danticat is able to use inanimate objects to represent each of her character's more deeply rooted problems. In order to prove this theory true, I will thoroughly examine the aforementioned symbolic devices and provide a clear interpretation of their significance in the novel.
This scene involves the murder of fifty enraptured people at the hands of slave-traders. The scene occurs on the upper deck of La Amistad, the sky is clear and the water can be heard smacking against the sides of the ship. There is yelling from encaptured people onboard the ship as well as they are forced to watch this mass murder and are unable to do anything. The viewer watches are two crew member kick a large netting of rocks over the edge of the ship and begins the terror of the mass murder. Chained together, the viewer watches as fifty or so captives are pulled over the edge of the ship by the weight of the rocks. The captives scream and struggle to not be pulled of the ship but the crew forces them off through pushing and kicking them of the edge of the ship. In the back, the viewer can see as Cinque is being whipped for attacking a crew member. The viewer can hear the pained grunts and yells of Cinque mixed with the screams of terror coming from the fifty victims of mass murder. The blatant act of inhumanity stirs anger inside the belly of the viewer, but there is an underlying reason the anger is felt so deeply by the viewer. The contrasting images in the scene inspire anger. The viewer has before them the beautiful, wide open ocean against a clear, sunny blue sky. The viewer sees the beauty of the ocean water as it laps against the sides of the ship and suddenly this beautiful scape becomes
Due to his mixed racial heritage, racism and discrimination became common parts of his life growing up, along with physical abuse from his distant Father. Not only that, at the age of twelve, he lost one of his closest friends in the 4 day civil war of Ecuador (in 1932). These personal losses and experiences became major influences in his artworks around the portrayal of fear. Guayasamím also spent months travelling around Latin America witnessing the ravages of war and the poverty that became a consequence of this. This experience became a key fear of Guayasamím, and his desire for peace and justice was ignited, becoming another major theme in his artworks along with fear. Guayasamím focused on quite cartoon-like designs, often using block colours with harsh dark lines and a black background to his portraits, this made features and expressions stand out, emphasising the sheer panic in reaction to fear. An example of this is ‘Las manos del terror,’ translated as ‘Hand of terror.’(Fig 5) Interesting as Guayasamím is expressing that these hands are a physical embodiment of terror itself, much like a physical embodiment of fear. The pale colours and slim features of the hand indicate the loss of life force as fear takes over the body. Guayasamím also composed the piece with care and thought, the positioning of the hands appears as if they are begging, expressing the poverty stricken towns Guayasamím visited. His pieces also are very successful when etched, the intense marks draw the attention to Guayasamím’s recognisable features and overall style, this also further amplifies expressions of the portraits and increases their appearance of fear, bringing it further to life. As a viewer, we can see how much this fear has power and influence over Guayasamím and his works. However, commonly
Style: The typical Magical- Realistic story of García Márquez placed in a familiar environment where supernatural things take place as if they were everyday occurrences. Main use of long and simple sentences with quite a lot of detail. "There were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull and very few teeth in his mouth, and his pitiful condition of a drenched great-grandfather took away and sense of grandeur he might have had" (589).
Then, I mentioned that the color of the sea started to change from blue to green in the middle of the situation which frightened the children’s. I came to a conclusion that the reason why the sea changed color because it was contaminated with bacteria that led to the drowning of this young man. Also, I predicted that the drowned man was an ugly looking man because he had clumps of seaweed, jellyfish tentacles, and some of the remains of fish and flotsam. In the end, I used some of the hints that Marquez stated in the first paragraph of the story. I thought my imagination of the story would have any similarities but unfortunately, we had a different interpretation of the story. In addition, this story has transformed everyone in the village to become just like
“In folio 382” the investigating magistrate writes “Fatality makes us invisible” (113). Sadly, Marquez’s anthropomorphism reveals to the readers the effects of desensitization and inaction. La Violencia (1948-1958) and the ongoing Colombian Conflict witnessed a lot of murder and violence as a means of taking back power. Soon, regular, violent revolts influenced the mindset of the people; many began perceiving violence as the only solution to their problems. Mimicking this conviction, Marquez’s diction expresses the lack of choice the Vicario brothers feel before following through with their threats against Nasar, especially when Pablo Vicario says “There’s no way out of this” (61). Since death frequently occurred, many Colombians accepted it as a regular component of their daily lives, a conclusion Marquez strongly rejects. Marquez disdains the treatment of someone’s murder as simply another statistic and the lack of initiative taken against curbing the violence in many Latin-American
...ossible to conclude that the author mainly wanted to show some of the conflicts that exist in the contemporary society. Family conflict is depicted in the story as inevitable but the critical issue is how one deals with such issues. Others can also argue that the story does not have a specific theme since it only consist of a plot and voice of Yunior who is the main character. Lack of specific theme is also related to the fact that the story seems to be too simple. The story can also be seen to lack any specific theme since the author of the story makes several grammatical mistakes in mixing Spanish language with English. In addition the author also incorporates several unprofessional languages in the story that further interfere with any plot of the story. The story can also be seen as to bring out feminist related issues where women are demonstrated as powerless.
García Márquez depicts his animosity towards how indifferent society is by using gluttonously graphic imagery throughout the novel. One of the most gruesome examples of this imagery uses magical realism when “[Santiago] stood up, leaning to one side, and started to walk in a state of hallucination, holding his hanging intestines in his hands” (119). Here Gabriel García Márquez’s use of magical realism allows him to blur the lines between reality and the supernatural in order to show in great detail the brutal murder of Santiago. García Márquez purposely does this, as it is often difficult to explain dark events, as these gruesome events are the result of societal indifference, hence illuminating the theme of importance of society. By using magical realism, a style of writing Gabriel García Márquez has helped pioneer, he uses a technique that is grounded in his Colombian roots to tackle a universal message in such an overt way. It is necessary to dramatize the horror of Santiago’s murder as twenty-two members of the community knew he was going to be killed, nevertheless no one warned him about the threat to his
Throughout history, many people have witnessed events that they cannot explain. People want to believe the supernatural and the unknown but perhaps they have never encountered something odd or strange themselves. The old man with wings, the main character in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was a misunderstood individual throughout his time on earth. The author uses details of the old man's persona and describes several strange events that occur to demonstrate the difference between natural and supernatural.
Our group selected the scene starting from the beginning of the play to page 125 since it is an opening scene that captures an interesting event leading up to curiosity about what the characters will be undertaking.This scene also provides audiences a background information as well as introduces the main character .In the analysis, we focus on two elements which are characters and people’s belief shown in the play “Picnic on the Battlefield” by Fernando Arrabal. It can be a representative of the play of an absurd since it provides the themes of absurdity which are a topic of life is meaningless and the nonsense of reality.In the play, the war is shown as a meaningless thing as if it happens in normal life.Besides, the main characters that