SPA 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Juan Rulfo
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No han dado la tierra por juan rulfo. The need of the rural poor for arable land was one of the main objectives of the mexican. The irony, however, is that the land they have been given is the desert-like big plain, a place which no one not even buzzards wants to occupy for very long. Indeed, as soon as the four men set foot upon its surface, their only goal is to cross it and get to the town and river on the other side. The revolution, which seemed to be a breeding ground for great ideals, has proved to be as sterile as the cracked surface of the plain. Rulfo"s use of the present tense in the story brings to life the sense of exhaustion and defeat that the travelers face, and implies that this failure of the revolution is something that continues to this very day.
