In “El Asco” Moya tells the story of his life in El Salvador through the protagonist Vega. Throughout the book Moya uses the character of Vega to unleash his monologue. Moya uses the character of Vega to retell his cold and cruel words about El Salvador. As the book goes on the monologue becomes more intense to the point where El Salvador sounds like a truly awful place. However, Moya wrote the book to expose the harsh and complex reality of El Salvador while expressing his distaste for Salvadorian politics, monuments, and education system.
If you thought the political system in the United States were corrupted wait till you see the Salvadorian political system. Many of the people who have political positions in El Salvador are filled with …show more content…
It seems that nothing in El Salvador is up to Moya’s standards. Monuments themselves hold a lot of history. Monuments are a way for a country to tell its story. A country like El Salvador who’s gone through so much violence, deaths, and wars hold so much story. Like we learned in some past readings monuments are a special part of a country. “…the so called monument to the distant brother actually seems like a gigantic urinal, this monument with its enormous walls of tiles doesn’t evoke anything other than a urinal, I swear to you…” (65). In the article “Public Memory and Political Power in Guatemala’s Post Conflict Landscape” We learn how important monuments and landscapes are to the story of a country and its history. Vega’s insult to Salvadorian monuments is not right at all. These monuments not only give people a background of the country’s history and background but they’re also a symbol of hope for many citizens. In light of Moya trying to expose the harsh reality of life in El Salvador he’s lost his empathy. The distant brother monument represents the migrant population as an important part of the Salvadoran economy and culture. As I mentioned before El Salvador is a place that’s gone and still goes through tragedy on day to day basis. A majority these tragedies happen to good people who were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Moya is very much consumed in his own bubble. In Moya’s mind only his thoughts and opinions matter he doesn’t realize that complaining and continuing to criticize a country that has a lot of potential isn’t going to solve
If you thought the political system in the United States were corrupted wait till you see the Salvadorian political system. Many of the people who have political positions in El Salvador are filled with …show more content…
It seems that nothing in El Salvador is up to Moya’s standards. Monuments themselves hold a lot of history. Monuments are a way for a country to tell its story. A country like El Salvador who’s gone through so much violence, deaths, and wars hold so much story. Like we learned in some past readings monuments are a special part of a country. “…the so called monument to the distant brother actually seems like a gigantic urinal, this monument with its enormous walls of tiles doesn’t evoke anything other than a urinal, I swear to you…” (65). In the article “Public Memory and Political Power in Guatemala’s Post Conflict Landscape” We learn how important monuments and landscapes are to the story of a country and its history. Vega’s insult to Salvadorian monuments is not right at all. These monuments not only give people a background of the country’s history and background but they’re also a symbol of hope for many citizens. In light of Moya trying to expose the harsh reality of life in El Salvador he’s lost his empathy. The distant brother monument represents the migrant population as an important part of the Salvadoran economy and culture. As I mentioned before El Salvador is a place that’s gone and still goes through tragedy on day to day basis. A majority these tragedies happen to good people who were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Moya is very much consumed in his own bubble. In Moya’s mind only his thoughts and opinions matter he doesn’t realize that complaining and continuing to criticize a country that has a lot of potential isn’t going to solve