RULFO AND THE BURNING PLAIN
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This 5-page paper examines two stories from Rulfo's The Burning Plain: "We Are Very Poor" and "Talpa." The paper describes how these stories illustrate the hardships experienced by the Mexican people and human condition.
Filename: MTburpla.rtf

Jean Rhys' 'Wide Sargasso Sea'
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8 pages in length. The extent to which Edward Rochester, in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, was like a Spanish conquistador compels the reader to imagine that the author did a considerable amount of research in order for him to convey such characteristics. History has demonstrated the Spanish conquistador as terribly cruel and heartless individual who proceeded to retrieve whatever his heart desired with an incomparable boldness and tenacity. Like his historical counterpart, Rochester exhibits many of the same inherent traits when it comes to emotional manipulation. The writer draws comparisons between Rochester and the Spanish conquistadors. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' / Antoinette's Struggle With Racial Identity
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5 pages in length. In Jean Rhys's compelling novel about racial tension amidst confusion and anxiety, the author addresses this subtext in such a way as to portray Antoinette as a product of an intolerant society. While more of an underlying theme, the character's racial inner struggles in Wide Sargasso Sea represent a significance to the story's overall flavor and intensity, being that Antoinette is torn the entire time between calling herself black or white. The writer discusses who she really is, and why she is having such a difficult time coming to terms with her true identity. No additional sources cited.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings'
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A 5 page paper detailing points of the novel 'A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Focus is placed on human nature and how Marquez presents that nature. Emphasis is also placed on how fear is involved in the treatment of the angel. It is stated that common beliefs exist despite differences in time and placement of peoples.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings' # 2
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4 pages in length. There are many important life lessons to be learned in A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The story tells of an angel who comes to a small, South American town masked as a broken-down, old man and describes the way the townspeople mistreat him because of his appearance and seemingly undeveloped sense of humanity. Because the people refused to look beyond the angel's tattered clothes and missing teeth, they did not allow themselves to find out the real meaning behind the old man's visit. The writer addresses several points within the story: the fearful lesson of the angel's story; how the spider woman compares with human truth; how the story teaches a lesson about life; and how human nature is represented through events and characters in the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'Love In The Time Of Cholera'
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5 pages focusing on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 'Love in the Time of Cholera', and how it is intrinsically South American and whether or not this love is of the type that is worth waiting a lifetime for.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'Love in the Time of...'
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A complete 10 page overview and summary of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's contemporary novel 'Love in the Time of Cholera.' The writer identifies Marquez's usefulness of language, sharp depiction of characters, and more. No Bibliography.
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Marquez’ “One Hundred Years of Solitude”
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A five page paper looking at the relationship of this book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to actual Latin American history. The paper points out that while it is a mistake to make precise correlations, the book evocatively conveys the spirit of the period of the times. Bibliography lists six sources.
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The Industrial Revolution Through the Eyes of Dario & Lorca
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An 8 page paper discussing specific literary works: 'New York Oficina Y denuncia (New York Office and declaration),' by Frederico Garcia Lorca, and the first two chapters of 'El Oro del Malorca (The Gold of Malorca),' by Ruben Dario. The industrial revolution was a time of great change that eventually has led the world to the technological state it resides in today. People's lives changed in many ways due to this revolution. Some of them were perhaps good changes and some were bad. These two literary men saw the effects of the revolution and wrote about their impressions. While both saw similar things they differed in their approach and their passion.
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The Coup: Torture Of The Chilean People As It Relates To Paulina From Antonio Skarmeta's 'The Postman' And Mario From Ariel Dorfman's 'Death And The Maiden'
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8 pages in length. The torture endured by the Chilean people at the hands of those who orchestrated the coup is undeniable. The military rebellion, which occurred in 1973 as a means by which to overthrow the democratically elected government established by Salvador Allende, was the cause of death and disappearance for thousands upon thousands of Chilean people. Even today, over one thousand individuals are still unaccounted for as a direct result of the torture that ensued. This unwarranted torment was documented in a number of literary writings, including Antonio Skarmeta's The Postman and Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden, in which the characters of Paulina and Mario represent both the suffering and discovery that was apparent for those who were forced to endure such torture. The writer discusses how these two characters depict Chilean torture during the coup. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Isabel Allende / Families & Ghosts
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A 5 page essay which explores Chilean author, Isabel Allende's remarkable contribution to world literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Isabel Allende / Loneliness as Part of Love In Her Works
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A 10 page paper discussing the work of writer Isabel Allende. All types of love in her writing include a significant component of loneliness. The writer of this explores Allende's premise of loneliness and its role in love. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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