Desert Blood/ Juarez murder is a mystery story by Alicia Gaspar De Alba. Gasper De Alba is a famous novelist and poet who has written a lot of historical novels and poems. She also wrote scholarly articles about Chicana art sensuality and customs. The story is a fictional mystery novel where the author reveals the epidemic of young women and girls who are brutally killed in the US –Mexico borders since the year 1993. The story is a biography as the author explains the events that happened to other women and children. The author acts as a third party who informs the society on the happenings based on her imagination, organization, and presentation of the facts. The fiction occurs in time and place. The protagonist is Ivon Villa, a stubborn and high tempered lesbian who reside in the El Paso. Cinema is another main character and cousin to Ivon Villa, who accompanies on in their search for Irene, who has been kidnapped.
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The novel uncovered the crimes against women and girls that are going on in Juarez, and which I was not aware of. If not for the novel I would still be in the dark. The most interesting part of the book is Ivon's ego. The search for her sister led to the discovery of the violent actions taking place at the border of US and Mexico; the border patrol and the corruption in Juarez. With no help, Ivon takes the matter into her hands and look for ideas and asks anyone who would care to listen about the kidnapping of her sister, Irene. The city of Juarez is 'polluted' with evil acts such as the abduction, torture, and rape of young girls. There is corruption in the law enforcement in the novel. The law enforcers are the one aiding in the implementation of the killings and the illegal rape. The police are blackmailed and receive bribes from the kidnappers. The police hence tamper with the real crimes and generate social stories to the public so that they would remain
The emerging themes from the work are the reluctant …show more content…
The novel uncovered the crimes against women and girls that are going on in Juarez, and which I was not aware of. If not for the novel I would still be in the dark. The most interesting part of the book is Ivon's ego. The search for her sister led to the discovery of the violent actions taking place at the border of US and Mexico; the border patrol and the corruption in Juarez. With no help, Ivon takes the matter into her hands and look for ideas and asks anyone who would care to listen about the kidnapping of her sister, Irene. The city of Juarez is 'polluted' with evil acts such as the abduction, torture, and rape of young girls. There is corruption in the law enforcement in the novel. The law enforcers are the one aiding in the implementation of the killings and the illegal rape. The police are blackmailed and receive bribes from the kidnappers. The police hence tamper with the real crimes and generate social stories to the public so that they would remain