Analysis Of Flowering Judas

Decent Essays
Logan Lewter
Hensley
English 11/ First Period
06 February 2017
Part 4: Setting/Atmosphere
This short takes place in Mexico City at around the 1920?s. These events where the main character a protagonist lives. After the Mexican Revolution a form of government was formed that would take over and replace what use to be a dictatorship. Although many disagreed with how the government was taken over and what it had become the people started to react and violently rebel against these ideas. In the short story ?Flowering Judas? Laura and braggioni were a part in this rebellion. The main part of this story was not to take place in Mexico City but in Laura?s mind.
Atmosphere
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