A Comparison Of Pancho Villa And Emilliano Zapata

The Mexican Revolution allowed for Mexico to develop national heroes in different capacities. Two of these men Pancho Villa and Emilliano Zapata represented the idea of giving a voice to groups that were marginalized during the Porfiriato period. Zapata and Villa never had the opportunity to lead Mexico in a presidential capacity but were still influential figures. Villa and Zapata were two personalities that expressed Mexican sentiment before, during, and after the Mexican revolution. Although Villa and Zapata had fought for similar ideals their perceptions of Mexico still differed on different occasions from, their personalities, how their militias were run, and even their perceptions of an ideal Mexican government. Those differences help …show more content…
Zapata also took the title of the head of the household and was also a sharecropper at a young age after the death of his father. Zapata also defended workers from hacienda owners and the rurales. One piece of Zapata's history that stands out is the motive for his run ins with the system, Zapata was not a man that looked forward to being a man that fought for the people. Zapata's was described as franks, simple, and accessible. This is a contrast to Villa who was frequently described as elusive and scheming. Zapata's desire to continually go against the system in his earlier life could help explain his frustration with Madero, resulting in the Plan of Alaya. Zapata had also proven himself to be a man that was willing to be politically active in order to encourage changes in the government. One of Zapata's earlier roles was that of a village President in Morelos , this not only gives a sort of legitimacy to Zapata early on as a leader, but again shows a man that will step up to represent peasants. Zapata's personality represented Mexico in the sense that politics just occasionally needs convincing through …show more content…
One example of this mistrust was when he would transport his own wealth the workman were killed in order to keep the location of his wealth a secret. While a safeguard against future theft this still put that idea of mistrust even in his own men. Yet Villa still gained support by promising his men their own riches and rewarding their loyalty. One thing was understood about Villa he would act in your interest if you were indeed loyal. An example of this was when a Spanish cantina owner shot at Villa's men, Vila would later have the Spaniard found and kill him in a police station. The one way street of trust that Villa had with his men could be related to the various presidents of Mexico that took power during the revolution. Many of those presidents failed to put the trust in the people and instead took it upon themselves to only be