Two Types of Nature in The Storyteller
In the novel The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa, the author’s experience of visiting the Amazon Jungle in 1958 made a big impact on his writing. His visit was with the Institute of Linguistics to study the people in the jungle. On the journey, Llosa sees that nature can be helpful but also harmful for the tribal people. Nature is constructed in two different directions.
In the beginning, Llosa writes about nature’s “time of abundance” that happens before Viracochas invade (p.61). This means that nature gives healthy fruits and animals and water for the tribal people to survive. This time period is when “The rivers were full of fish, the forests of animals […] The men of earth were strong, wise, serene …show more content…
Now the time has changed to “that of the tree-bleeding” (p.61). The Machihuenga say tree-bleeding because they were chopping down the forest. They were being used like slaves to harm Nature. This shows how man is hurting and killing nature. Nature is bleeding because she is injured. This is described when “Strangers”, the term to mean the invaders, started to build cabins and cut trees. “They hunt animals with guns that thunder in the forest” (p. 49). Now the people have a treacherous relationship to Nature. This shows a big shift from the time of …show more content…
The tribal people were greatly tortured by violence and cruelty. For example, in Urukasa he meets a man who was tortured by white people. Llosa describes that, “they burned down the huts of Urakusa, beat up all the Indians they could lay their hands on, and raped several women” (p. 74). This showed the author the terrifying condition of the vulnerable and weak people in Peru. Now the author sees the jungle as dangerous. It does not give the tribal people protection from invaders. The invaders have machetes and guns, so they can kill the tribal people. Since there are no moral or immoral laws in the jungle, it is not securable.. There is no police or government that can control this
In the novel The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa, the author’s experience of visiting the Amazon Jungle in 1958 made a big impact on his writing. His visit was with the Institute of Linguistics to study the people in the jungle. On the journey, Llosa sees that nature can be helpful but also harmful for the tribal people. Nature is constructed in two different directions.
In the beginning, Llosa writes about nature’s “time of abundance” that happens before Viracochas invade (p.61). This means that nature gives healthy fruits and animals and water for the tribal people to survive. This time period is when “The rivers were full of fish, the forests of animals […] The men of earth were strong, wise, serene …show more content…
Now the time has changed to “that of the tree-bleeding” (p.61). The Machihuenga say tree-bleeding because they were chopping down the forest. They were being used like slaves to harm Nature. This shows how man is hurting and killing nature. Nature is bleeding because she is injured. This is described when “Strangers”, the term to mean the invaders, started to build cabins and cut trees. “They hunt animals with guns that thunder in the forest” (p. 49). Now the people have a treacherous relationship to Nature. This shows a big shift from the time of …show more content…
The tribal people were greatly tortured by violence and cruelty. For example, in Urukasa he meets a man who was tortured by white people. Llosa describes that, “they burned down the huts of Urakusa, beat up all the Indians they could lay their hands on, and raped several women” (p. 74). This showed the author the terrifying condition of the vulnerable and weak people in Peru. Now the author sees the jungle as dangerous. It does not give the tribal people protection from invaders. The invaders have machetes and guns, so they can kill the tribal people. Since there are no moral or immoral laws in the jungle, it is not securable.. There is no police or government that can control this