Zapata
Zapata: The Ideology of a Peasant RevolutionaryZapata: The Ideology of a Peasant Revolutionary portrays the fight of the Mexicans' and Indians' to gain freedom, from the people who were 'superior' to them. The powerful story tells about a group of peasants who put their trust one man, Zapata, who led them into a revolution.Zapata, written by Robert P. Milon is a very confusing work. He uses many wordy details and jumps between events in a very fluttery way. When new people make an entrance in the book he does not make a good transition between the events. He could have added more scenes to help the dialogue move smoother. The author also jumped around with a very confusing time-line.Emiliano Zapata was born on August 8, 1879, in Anenecuilco. Zapata was the son of a mestizo peasant who trained and sold horses. He was orphaned at the age of 17 and had to look after his brothers and sisters. In 1897, he was arrested for taking part in a protest. From this you can see that he was a hard worker from the start. He was mestizo, and therefore oppressed by the upper class.In 1909 he was elected president of village defense committee. This part is very moving because it happens early in the story but it shows the
It seemed that every paragraph started with a date saying Zapata addressed so and so at this time to produce this plan . The only thing constant about, Robert Millon's chaotic writing was that he started every chapter with a long quote from Zapata himself, to set the chapter up. Almost every paragraph, is a quote. As the book went on, more Mexican words showed up. The story goes on about the struggle of Zapata and his followers, but by page 36 the hero is lying dead from a trap he fell into. This chapter feels like an entire repeat of what chapter II had discussed. By the next page, he is talking about a pamphlet that was used. The author felt the need to include what seemed like the life stories of every person involved in making these plans, and the writing of these articles. After that Millon is discussing the two revisions this plan had. After the foreign words the author should have translated them. In Chapter II (Agrarianism), the author hastily tried to put all of these Plans, and Articles into the story. This was the start of a revolution with Zapata and his followers letting everyone know that they would not take it anymore. Combined with the unorganized writing method employed one needed help getting through the long and tedious chapters. Also, through this entire book, the author uses what seems to be Mexican or Spanish in italicized words, which makes it very hard to read .
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