Requiem For A Spanish Peasant Summary

Requiem for a Spanish Peasant is Ramon J. Sender’s famous book. The setting of the book is an unknown village, during the Spanish Civil War. The book narrates the story of Paco El del Molino, a peasant who was killed for no reason, but his side in politics. Every Spaniard was expected to choose a side between the Republicans, and the Nationalist, and since the nationalist were the ruling party in that unnamed village, they chose to execute those who were not on their side. The ongoing violence ruins the peace between Spanish community and destroys the church’s reputation. In his Requiem for a Spanish Peasant, Sender tells the reader that the Civil War has impacted Spanish Community by isolating them, revealing the corruption within their church, …show more content…
The war was between the Republicans, who were also known as the leftist and the nationalists (also known as right-wing). The right-wing were led by the army and had the support of the Catholic Church, counterrevolutionaries (monarchists) and landowners. The most important issues that led to the Spanish Civil War happened in 1930, when Spain lost all of its empire and was left behind the rest of Europe, industrially. This led to a division between town, countryside, wealthy, landowners, and peasant as depicted in Requiem for a Spanish Peasant by the figure of Paco, the rich people, the king’s army, and the priest. Cities in Spain wanted to have their own governments, and independence from Spain. There was violence everywhere, even at the election, until the Civil War erupted in July 1936 when right-wing leader Calvo Sotelo (A Concise History of Spain, 250). In his Requiem for a Spanish Peasant, Sender tells the reader that the church’s betrayal of the Spanish people during the civil war impacted the Spanish community by setting them up to against one another; this causes the ordinary Spaniard to experience the Spanish Civil War as an unbearable burden within