Zavalita's Conversation In The Cathedral

Averonica Roth once said” Maybe it’s a little depressing to think that my version of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it mean that I don’t really understand what perfect is”. This quote is a belief description on how the main character Zavalita feels about Peru. Peru has Zavalita feeling some type of because of all the wild and crazy events that occur in the streets of Peru.
This paper will discuss Mario Vargas Llosa novel “The Conversation in the Cathedral” on how similar Zavalita and Peru in general and What does Zavalita think caused what he feels about himself and Peru? In the beginning of Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversation in the Cathedral Zavalita thinks he messed up just like Peru because living in corrupted and …show more content…
On page three- four Zavalita discuss his first encounter of why Peru has messed him up. Zavalita at the bar with his friend Norwin, these two start to catch up with one another since Zavalita works a lot. To break the ice Norwin begins the discussion by asking Zavalita about work, Norwin said “I have not seen you for a while Mr. Editorial Writer, this basically means Zavalita does not have a lot of time to hang out like he used to because of the responsibilities at work. Zavalita describe his everyday routine at work as very constant with stories around Peru which keeps him super busy. At the beginning of page four Zavalita say’s “he gets up early, they give him a topic and holds his nose for two or three hours. This sentence basically describes how stressful his job is, by Zavalita holding nose up this describes the ignorance’s Peru give him on a daily basis. Since Norwin and Zavalita are out for a little happy hour, Norwin decides he wants to make a guy’s night out like the good old days, but Zavalita declines his offer because his wife Ana is making shrimp soup for him when he gets home. Norwin says he’s messed up because he wants to go home with his wife. Zavalita told Norwin that's not the case because it’s out of respect and love for his wife. Peru has Norwin thought process messed up, he wants to go back to the old days, but time …show more content…
His wife Ana is crying because a couple of men abused her and stole their dog Rowdy. Zavalita saying to himself Peru is messed again, but this is not a mediocre matter, in Zavalite mindset, what is the world coming too when a person's wife cannot walk her and her dog down the street, why does an innocent woman gets physically abused and a dog stolen. The next experience Zavalita finds his dog Rowdy at the local pound, Zavalita talks to the manager at the local dog pound, their discussion went from upset to a surprising moment because of the unspoken discoveries of the dog’s pound facilities and the pound’s employees. It was a surprising moment because Zavalita did not know the lack of funding of the facilities and lack of pay these dog catchers are receiving. Just by talking to the manger Zavalita learned more about these dog catchers from their lack of pay and why these men stole their dog. The local pound does not pay a good medium wage for their employees, by getting paid per dog it forces them to do any necessary things to make ends meat and so that's why the dog was stolen. Zavalita and the manager of the dog pound had another discussion other than Rowdy. The manger wanted Zavalita to write an editor paper for the pound. In this paper he was going to discuss the various problem the pound is having from the shed where they contain the dogs, salaries cap for employees and