A Critical Analysis Of Jose Marti's Our America

Martí was a writer of numerous Latin American newspapers in New York. Grasping the meaning of growing United States grand power, he came to comprehend the Americas as a complicated scheme of close but not equivalent national creations whose political integrity and cultural was endangered by the domineering aggressiveness of the U.S. nation. Several scholars support Martí’s hemispheric image and literary works by writing articles that critically examine his investigation of the United States, his importance as a Latino foreigner, and his studies of Latin American political cultures (1). Notably, “Our America” by Martí provides a new understanding of problematic relation and his ambiguous with the United States. This paper examines in what way Martí’s journalistic work and other literary works especially “Our America” critique United States capitalism, imperialism, and racism; cautions Latin America of imminent …show more content…
The gentleman who could turn out to be referred as “Apostle” and revered by Cubans of entire political influences was 17 years at the time he was sentenced and convicted of treason to 6 years forced labor for shaking for Cuba’s freedom from Spain. Jose Martí spent most of his adult life in exile, a condition that he developed to reflect his “cup of toxic” (3). Consequently, while Martí was in exile, he inscribed prolifically for Spanish-linguistic newspapers, regularly about the U.S. and the necessity of nurturing and defending Latin American values, and he systematized what he expected could be the revolutionary militia that could free Cuba at the end (2-3). Martí’s essay “Our America” voices to Cuba and the entire region currently identified to Latin America. His essay tries to generate a new commonality amongst the individuals of Latin America, to motivate logic of self-determination and unity in the aspect of rising United States