The True Colors of the Revolution
The Underdogs is a fascinating story of the Mexican Revolution and its effects on some of the people. It was a perfect blend of fiction in the form of characters and personalities, and history in the form of events and occurrences. Mariano Azuela, a medic during the Revolution definitely infused his personal experiences into the story to make it full and real. Azuela did not clean up the revolution for the reader and make it look completely heroic. He displayed it as it was and did so with bright color. This analysis will examine Azuela’s subtle opinions about the revolution, the ways the characters showed different aspects of the complex situation and how The Underdogs can be used a primary source for historical …show more content…
Before, during and after the resistance, the Mexican people were still in the same place. Before the revolution, the military dictatorship was the culprit that oppressed the Mexican people and it had removed. During the revolution years, the revolutionists aided the Federales in at times oppressing the general population. After the rebellion had been quailed, the constitionalists were not much different from the generals that preceded them.
Azuela used the characters in The Underdogs with a great deal of expertise to tell the story of the Mexican populace during the revolution. Three distinctive characters were Demetrio Macias, Luis Cervantes, Whitey (Blondie) Margarito and Camilla. These people all fought on the same side with the same army but they each represented a different aspect of the Mexican society and a different perception of the war they were …show more content…
Azuela did excellent working showing not telling the story of a small sphere of the Mexican society during the rebellion. It was almost like reading the diary of a person that had been there at that time (Demetrio’s diary). Without reading the novel, I would not have been able to picture how people truly felt. I would not have been able to see how the revolution just change power hands and power structure but left the majority of the people either the same or worse than when the uprising
The Underdogs is a fascinating story of the Mexican Revolution and its effects on some of the people. It was a perfect blend of fiction in the form of characters and personalities, and history in the form of events and occurrences. Mariano Azuela, a medic during the Revolution definitely infused his personal experiences into the story to make it full and real. Azuela did not clean up the revolution for the reader and make it look completely heroic. He displayed it as it was and did so with bright color. This analysis will examine Azuela’s subtle opinions about the revolution, the ways the characters showed different aspects of the complex situation and how The Underdogs can be used a primary source for historical …show more content…
Before, during and after the resistance, the Mexican people were still in the same place. Before the revolution, the military dictatorship was the culprit that oppressed the Mexican people and it had removed. During the revolution years, the revolutionists aided the Federales in at times oppressing the general population. After the rebellion had been quailed, the constitionalists were not much different from the generals that preceded them.
Azuela used the characters in The Underdogs with a great deal of expertise to tell the story of the Mexican populace during the revolution. Three distinctive characters were Demetrio Macias, Luis Cervantes, Whitey (Blondie) Margarito and Camilla. These people all fought on the same side with the same army but they each represented a different aspect of the Mexican society and a different perception of the war they were …show more content…
Azuela did excellent working showing not telling the story of a small sphere of the Mexican society during the rebellion. It was almost like reading the diary of a person that had been there at that time (Demetrio’s diary). Without reading the novel, I would not have been able to picture how people truly felt. I would not have been able to see how the revolution just change power hands and power structure but left the majority of the people either the same or worse than when the uprising