Juan In The Censor

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Brainwashing people into doing tasks they don’t intend to do can be easily manipulated to ignore the task they do intend to do in “The Censor”, by Luisa Valenzuela that is exactly what happened to Juan. In the short story, Juan goes through changes to make what his original outcome of the situation is much different. He is a thoughtful person that originally meant no harm for himself or his friend Mariana, whom he wanted to send the letter to but got himself into a predicament at the end. He clearly got too ahead of himself, going too deep into his job to the point of where the story ends.
The type of character Juan is, is dynamic. He’s dynamic because through the story, he changes his mood, how he acts and thinks. For example, his original

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