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The Latin American Boom was a literary phenomenon that happened during 1960-1970. This is a time when literary works like those of Julio Cortazar and Carlos Fuentes began to come out to the world. In a lot of Carlos Fuentes literary work he used many narratorios to show how complex a human mind of a person could be. In the book Filiberto imagines many things at once that ultimatley makes him nervous.Thus why he got fired from his job because of rumors that stated he was insane. He also cannot distinguish whats real vs unreal. Mexico in todays day is really arrogant and doesnt think of the consequences of his actions. In the end, I believe there is amiguiosity with real life. As seen in the other story that man had dreams but while he was still awake just like in this story. Ambos estan jugando con la realidad.

Cortazar hizo muchas inovaciones en el mundo literatura. Por ejemplo, su historia Rayuela tenia muchas instrucciones. Pudieran escoger las capitulos que querian leer y tambien pudieron escoger la historia o el cuento que querian. (como goosebumps) El accidente occurio en la calle. El estaba manejando en un motocicleta y no podia avoid a lady that was walking across the road. El primer sueno ocurrió cuando estaba en la ambulancia. El primer sueno tuvo muchos olores como puntero y un olor de guerra. El segundo sueno ocurrió encima de quicksand, también durante la noche. Diferente de los primeros dos sueños, en el último sueño, el protagonista se da cuenta de la realidad. Lo que él pensaba que estaba soñando con los aztecas no era un sueño, sino la realidad. El sueño era realmente cuando él estaba en el hospital por su accidente. La guerra florida era la práctica de los aztecas para conseguir víctimas y luego sacrificarlas a sus dioses. En "La noche boca arriba" el protagonista...

Gabriel Márquez es muy importante para la literatura de latino América. El introdujo un tipo de escritura visual del arte. También tuvo influencia en los escritores después del cambio en modo de las películas. El también fuera una persona alumbrada porque el hizo muchas cosas en Colombia a ayudarlos. El los ayudo con las políticas y con los crime. El nombre Baltazar viene de la biblia. Es unos de los tres reyes. Esto implica que es muy wise and very Smart. It shows that since he was a follower of God that he has alot of wisdom in him to give to baby jesus. Baltazar construje el jaula porque el senor lo pidio. Al final del cuento sabemos que el señor no lo ha pido pero que el niño lo quería. The cage was very ecentric and had alot of crazy cool stairs and it just showed how much he worked on the piece for the man. At the beginning of the story, Ursula did not pay much attention to the cage because she wasn’t fond of it nor that her husband wanted to give it to the son. At the en...

Juan Rulfo had a huge contribution to the era of Latin American novels. He was compared to James Joyce because they both wrote in context and perspective of death. In my opinion the author is a man. I think this way because there's a lot of discussion about Tacha and cow. The cow was a present for the men who wanted to marry Tacha. There's also a lot of controversy over the two oldest sisters. I believe hes older than Tacha. I think their social status is that they are lower class, and maybe even the working class. They have some land but not a lot and back then that met how much money you had. Tacha means a blemish,flaw,defect or an imperfection. The cow is very important in this novel because it is  a present for those who want to marry Tacha. Its important because the two older women were "dirty" and "whores" the cow resembles purity and shows that that youngest sister is clean. Also the cow was a symbol of "hope" for the family because they did...

Jorge Luis Borges was considered one of the best writers during the 20th century because he developed a new type of writing which opened the door for more opportunities in the world. He was known as a "genre blender" since he would mix pieces of literature his with own unique work. A laberinto is a labyrinth which is a an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. I believe that the labyrinths were important in Borges work because it would represent the existence of society, the connection of the catholic church like culture, the governor and the life of all Christians. The labyrinth was so complicated that who ever entered got lost which would end up ultimately in no one wanting to enter. It wasn't a labyrinth literally for society or for man itself it was more for God. I believe he was scandalous because he could always escape the labyrinths. El rey de los árabes entered the labyrinth, he was very con...

Nicolas Guillen was heavily influenced by the Harlem renaissance. Specifically, Langston Hughes and his beautiful poetry. The Harlem Renaissance was an era that was profoundly looked at for cultural and artists such as Langston Hughes. Black writers, poets and musicians made the world sing and they made this time wonderful to live in. The era had a significant impact in the political views and life of Nicolas Guillen. He was a communist who later on fought in the Spanish Civil War for the loyalists. During his time upon returning to Cuba he was delt with a lot by the police because of his political views but also he was very outspoken on them which made for reason to be arrested. There were some differences and some similarities between both poems. The first thing I noticed is the divide he explains between people who are different from one another. In one poem he describes how people used to fight each other due to their differences in ethnicity which I think is horrible. A couple si...