Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes, a Mexican novelist, has earned worldwide recognition for his influential works that pertain to magical realism. He is particularly held in high esteem in Latin American nations for his literary accomplishments that were attained through his novels of Terra Nostra, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The Old Gringo. Carlos Fuentes’ novel, The Old Gringo, was the first novel written by an author of Mexican descent to emerge on the New York Times Bestseller List. The novel portrays the elements of magical realism through Ambrose Bierce, Tomas Arroyo, and Harriet Winslow; the novel’s main protagonists. Ambrose Bierce the “old gringo”, has one goal, to encounter Pancho Villa and die an honorable death. Historically, Ambrose Bierce was a prominent American journalist and essayist who travelled to Mexico in 1913. Throughout his arduous journey in the novel, he comes across various instances in which he is…

1. Carlos Fuentes described the civilization discovered by the European in a way that seems, that the native’s people progression has halted and they needed help from others who are more advance (European). Fuentes mentioned the Eurocentric view of why the native people were not advancing. He said “they [Indians] were blessed by nature, but dwarfed by it,” most scholars believe that the Indians were “lazy,” thus making their civilization backwards compared to the rest of the world. However, that…

Mexican novel and essayist Carlos Fuentes once stated “Writing is a struggle against si-lence” (Fuentes). While I have made much progress, writing is a struggle for me since I procras-tinate and welcome every distraction with open arms. Also since I feel more called to create vis-ual art, I will need to focus my energy on my art and design classes. As for putting words on pa-per, I would much rather proofread someone else’s writing than write something for myself. While I love to dwell on many…

other. They all trade goods between then and help grow their communities and cities. Some were taken over and rebuilt and torn down again. The MUslims knew what they wanted when they invaded in 711, they most likely wanted everyone to end up being Muslim. In 732 Islam was stopped by Charles Martel near Poitiers, and Europe did not become Muslim (Fuentes 52). Muslims wanted to take over the whole area but were stopped.Due to their takeover of many lands, many other religious parties and…

Carlos Fuentes ‘s story “Chac Mool” is a supernatural story where the importance of standing up for yourself, which is a mayor theme in the story. From the first sentence of the short story we are introduced to our main character, Filliberto. We immediately learn that he has mysteriously died by drowning in Acapulco. His friend is taking his coffin back to Mexico City in a bus, to the house where Filiberto used to live. On the way to the city his friend find Filibertos briefcase and whitch…

short novel Aura by Carlos Fuentes, a well-known Mexican writer who was part of the literary movement known as Boom. I argue that Carlos Fuentes creates a mythical reality to reference Mexican history. He uses Aura, Felipe Montero, and Consuelo as a reflection of the past and the present, where Consuelo represents the past and Felipe the present. In this analogy, Aura represents what Mexico could become. Mexican history is hard to understand because it is intertwined with myth, therefore to…

Through contemporary analysis, Jose Antonio Villarreal’s book Pocho can be explored as a modern depiction of racial stigma and overall conflicting identities held by Latinos during the early 20th century. The novel begins by describing the life of Juan Rubio, a man who fought in the Mexican Revolution during the early 1900s and later fled to the United States. Juan’s description in the first chapter allows the audience to create a certain perception of Mexico’s crumbling foundation at the…

Have you ever wondered what social class do you fall into? Do you consider yourself as rich or as poor? These characters are trying their best to make a decent living. Everyone knows the saying “If you try your best you’ll succeed” we heard it all the time from our parents when we don’t think that we can do it. This saying doesn’t seem to apply to the characters from the Cost of Living by Carlos Fuentes and the main character in Sweat by Jorge Amado. They are trying to do their best to make a…

This story takes place in El Salvador where coffee plantation is the main source of income for the rich and the poor. Sandra used coffee to compare the features of the characters as well. “ He was a homely boy with a broad flat face dark as a roasted coffee bean” (Benitez 41). Coffee plantation was famous in El salvador, since the story took place in El salvador Sandra Benitez wanted to present the history of El salvador. Coffee plantation provided living to the poor people and picking coffee…

Carlos Fuentes and Ernest Hemingway both depict ladies in the in various lights in their novel, Carlos Fuentes depicts ladies as sexualized objects and as the casualty of the novel yet Ernest Hemingway depicts ladies as "New Woman of Spain". Carlos Fuentes demonstrates the adage ladies being set in the brain of carcass reflecting over his life in Mexico and Ernest Hemingway setting "New Woman of Spain" in the progressive time of Spain. The Death of Artemio Cruz introduces more female characters…