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Final Essay
Although Freakish Times by Lesli-Jo Morizono and Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez are both plays they are two completely different works, each having details that characterize them differently. Reading both plays offers are different sense of the world around us. These plays are based off of situations that are currently taking place, but also that could take place in the future. The plays Los Vendidos and Freakish Times both offer a variety of similarities, such as the history and unity of action, but also differ in the exciting use of setting, dialogue and magical realism, each sets them apart from the other. History is seen in both of the plays but it is used in different ways. Both present history in a way that is relatable …show more content…
Dialogue makes the characters seem real to the reader by revealing firsthand their thoughts, responses, and emotional states” (2014). Both plays have a certain dialogue that perfectly describes the situation as to which the character are in. In Los Vendidos, we see how the Honest Sancho is trying to make a living in something that is clearly rightful in many ways. The dialogue between the Secretary and the Sancho reveals that although she has a history of Chicano heritage by her last name she is not very fond of the people or culture of being a Chicano. She has an “Anglo pronunciation” of her last name. When the Sancho speaks Spanish is asks “”Don’t you speak English? What’s wrong with you?”” (Valdez, 1990). The dialogue that each of the four men speak is also characterized to what they each do individually. The Farmworker is very different from the Mexican-American. In Freakish Times the dialogue differs from that seen in Los Vendidos, due to the characters and what situation they are in. Just from the dialogue between the two women we can see that both do not really know too much about the past and that they had to fend from themselves. By their dialogue we know that their story is somewhat similar. The young woman had lost her baby and the old woman had lost her mother, because of their conversations we know they have much more in common in just a random meeting. Due to the situations in both …show more content…
Meyers on page 1543, states that setting is “the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs. The major elements of setting are the time, the place, and the social environment that frames the characters.” The setting in Freakish times is in the future and everything has been destroyed. Life on earth is completely compared to the life shown in Los Vendidos. The characters in Freakish Times lived in whales and the dead come back to life. The setting in Los Vendidos is much the same as real life. The characters are based off of real people and the story takes place in a curio shop. The time is based off a time when Mexicans were not being treating equal and the play represented that. The social aspects in Freakish Times do not really exist. Pretty much the characters are just doing whatever they can to survive. That might even include eating the undead and living in caves. The social aspect in Los Vendidos is one that is focused on racism and how a white major is using a Mexican to get more votes. Although the settings are very different in both of these plays, the author had to use the setting to really have the play come together. It was one of the most important aspects needed to make sense of the
Final Essay
Although Freakish Times by Lesli-Jo Morizono and Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez are both plays they are two completely different works, each having details that characterize them differently. Reading both plays offers are different sense of the world around us. These plays are based off of situations that are currently taking place, but also that could take place in the future. The plays Los Vendidos and Freakish Times both offer a variety of similarities, such as the history and unity of action, but also differ in the exciting use of setting, dialogue and magical realism, each sets them apart from the other. History is seen in both of the plays but it is used in different ways. Both present history in a way that is relatable …show more content…
Dialogue makes the characters seem real to the reader by revealing firsthand their thoughts, responses, and emotional states” (2014). Both plays have a certain dialogue that perfectly describes the situation as to which the character are in. In Los Vendidos, we see how the Honest Sancho is trying to make a living in something that is clearly rightful in many ways. The dialogue between the Secretary and the Sancho reveals that although she has a history of Chicano heritage by her last name she is not very fond of the people or culture of being a Chicano. She has an “Anglo pronunciation” of her last name. When the Sancho speaks Spanish is asks “”Don’t you speak English? What’s wrong with you?”” (Valdez, 1990). The dialogue that each of the four men speak is also characterized to what they each do individually. The Farmworker is very different from the Mexican-American. In Freakish Times the dialogue differs from that seen in Los Vendidos, due to the characters and what situation they are in. Just from the dialogue between the two women we can see that both do not really know too much about the past and that they had to fend from themselves. By their dialogue we know that their story is somewhat similar. The young woman had lost her baby and the old woman had lost her mother, because of their conversations we know they have much more in common in just a random meeting. Due to the situations in both …show more content…
Meyers on page 1543, states that setting is “the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs. The major elements of setting are the time, the place, and the social environment that frames the characters.” The setting in Freakish times is in the future and everything has been destroyed. Life on earth is completely compared to the life shown in Los Vendidos. The characters in Freakish Times lived in whales and the dead come back to life. The setting in Los Vendidos is much the same as real life. The characters are based off of real people and the story takes place in a curio shop. The time is based off a time when Mexicans were not being treating equal and the play represented that. The social aspects in Freakish Times do not really exist. Pretty much the characters are just doing whatever they can to survive. That might even include eating the undead and living in caves. The social aspect in Los Vendidos is one that is focused on racism and how a white major is using a Mexican to get more votes. Although the settings are very different in both of these plays, the author had to use the setting to really have the play come together. It was one of the most important aspects needed to make sense of the