The Death of Artemio Cruz

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 contained many of his belongings, including filiberto’s diary. His friend then reads the diary while on the bus. We learn all about Filiberto characteristic from the beginning of the diary till the end . The diary we are introduce Filiberto, who was 40-year-old…

On May 19,3 2015 a man named Jose was ending a major chapter in his life that consisted of getting up early,2 studying,2 and test taking. Jose was finally graduating from medical school. After that chapter ended he started a new one and that was to put his degree to work so,1 he got a job at a major hospital in San Antonio as a cardiothoracic surgeon. By doing so Jose had a stable form of income and was living comfortable. A few years later Jose was able to buy himself a house and support a…

the Mexican delegation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva from 1950-1952. He was ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico as assistant chief of press section 1954. He was in charge of cultural dissemination for the University of Mexico 1955-56, He also served as the Mexican ambassador to France from 1975-77, But resigned in protest against former President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz’s. And taught in various prestige’s universities like University of California, Columbia University,…

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…

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…