Carolina Maria De Jesus Victor Montejo Analysis

The word resilient means to be able to endure or recover rapidly from arduous circumstances. In Carolina Maria de Jesus diary, Child of the Dark and Victor Montejo’s novel, Testimony the essence behind this word is captured remarkably, even though they are from different countries and time periods. In the diary of de Jesus, she must endure the struggles of daily life in a favela in Sáo Paulo, Brazil with her three children. In Montejo’s novel, he is accused and held hostage for a crime he did not commit during the Guatemalan civil war. The theme of resilience is prevalent in both publications and is displayed through their actions in the face of trials.
The narratives of de Jesus and Montejo depict various other subthemes that assist in portraying the central theme of resilience. One major subtheme is the power of words. De Jesus derives the majority of her identity and puissance from her love of writing. Even though she was only able to cadge a few years of …show more content…
He expresses himself in a more verbal manor than on paper. The whole battle started with a misunderstanding. In the mountain village, the civil patrol was responsible for defending the community against guerrillas. The civil patrol was primarily made up of older gentlemen and young boys. However, on September 9, 1982, the civil patrol mistakenly thought that the olive green uniforms of the army were guerrillas and started attacking. The army thought that the civil patrol was actually an army of guerillas and started murdering them. Montejo protected his students and got involved after the firing ceased and tried to convince the army otherwise. He says, “I focused my mind so I would not stumble over my own words or fall into the traps they were setting for me,” (Montejo 42). Upon attempting to defend them, Montejo was suspect of being a guerrilla by one person’s accusations and taken prisoner, thus depicting the power words have in delicate