{"id":10,"date":"2023-01-23T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/?p=10"},"modified":"2023-01-23T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:16:13","slug":"week-three-cartucho-by-nellie-campobello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/2023\/01\/23\/week-three-cartucho-by-nellie-campobello\/","title":{"rendered":"Week three- Cartucho"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s reading was <\/span>Cartucho<\/span><\/i> by Nellie Campobello. While I found this book interesting to read due to the style of its writing, I have to admit I was a bit lost at times and had to review a lot to gain a better understanding of the stories being told. This was in part due to my lack of knowledge of the Mexican Revolution, so I decided it was best to research this as to gain a deeper understanding of the context in which the story was based in. From my little research, I found out that the Mexican revolution occurred from 1910-1920, sparked after Fransisco Madero rose up against dictator Porfirio D\u00edaz. In the north (where this story is set), Francisco \u201cPancho\u201d Villa was the Guerilla leader for the Rural population as he and his followers (known as the Villistas) fought against the dictatorship of Portillo Diaz. With my new general background of the history in which this story is set in, I found it a bit easier to follow what was occurring in the vignettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, I found it interesting how this story compared to last week\u2019s reading of <\/span>Mama Blanca\u2019s Memoirs.<\/span><\/i> In both stories, the main narrator is a young girl living in the midst of a time of high tension or turmoil in their respective countries. Despite these similarities, the two stories seem quite different in the perspective of the world around them. To be more specific, in <\/span>Mama Blanca\u2019s Memoirs<\/span><\/i>, Blanca Nieves seems to be quite sheltered from the outside world as she grew up on the plantation, and had more innocent perspectives of the world around her before moving, as discussed last week. On the other hand, the narrator of <\/span>Cartucho<\/span><\/i> lived in the midst of the Mexican Revolution, seeing all the gory detail of the war. Because of this, she recalled some normalcy and curiosity in the tragic events that were around her, as she recounts \u201cour young eyes found it quite natural\u201d (32). I found this contrast between the two stories quite interesting as it seems to be rare that literature takes the accounts of a historical event from a child\u2019s perspective and for these two stories to show how different a child may live through these times is quite fascinating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I found this story a little hard to follow at first, however, did find some of the vignettes to be very powerful, drawing vivid imagery that is unforgettable. This book allowed me to explore the Mexican Revolution a little deeper, seeing it through a lens that is generally forgotten when recounting these moments in history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Question for the class: <\/b>As mentioned, in the last two books we see the stories depicted through the eyes of a child. In your opinion, why do you think it is important to view historical events through the eyes of the youth who as lived through them? What advantages or disadvantages does it bring to our understanding of a certain time period?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

McGill, S. A., MAS Ultra – School Edition, & Primary Search. (2009). <\/span>The Mexican Revolution.<\/span><\/i> Great Neck Publishing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parra, M., & Project Muse University Press Archival eBooks. (2010;2006;). <\/span>Writing Pancho Villa’s revolution: Rebels in the literary imagination of Mexico.<\/span><\/i> University of Texas Press. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7560\/706972<\/span><\/p>\n

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