Mario Vargas Llos A Living Legend - 1037 Words

Pamela Vargas Mr. Marotta ELA Research Paper Draft #2 due 02/9/15 Mario Vargas Llosa: A Living Legend Throughout, the 1960s writing become a powerful form of expression. We use writing to document our personal lives, communicate, and keep records of past events. In the year 1936, Peru, author Mario Vargas Llosa was born to Dora Llosa Ureta and Ernesto Vargas Maldonado. Under the influence of Peruvian writers like Martà ­n Adà ¡n, Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and Cà ©sar Moro, Mario Vargas Llosa developed a talent for revolutionary literature. Mario Llosa Vargas is a successful author because he informs others of social injustices, he gave a voice to those who couldn’t stand up against oppression, and become an agent of social changes.†¦show more content†¦In fact massacres were common during his dictatorial age, therefore today his name it is still feared among Dominicans and Haitians alike. While, many authors out of fear never dared to publish any work documenting the horrors of Trujillo. Vargas along with a few others dared to b ring forward the sins of Rafael Trujillo. In order to inform others of the truth in his book, The Feast Of The Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa includes intimate details of the characters as well as Trujillo. In his book, Vargas states, â€Å"No sweat, no sleep, never had a wrinkle in uniform, morning coat or lounge suit† (118). It can be concluded, that Trujillo aimed for perfection and as a result he was paranoid on keeping everything under what he considered to be order. Vargas uses how Trujillo presents himself as a symbol of how he rules the Dominican Republic. Furthermore, Vargas is able to capture in his writing Trujillo’s paranoidness and then, he gets the message across to the Latin American audience. In addition, Vargas’ work give a voice to those lived under oppression. Due to the fear Rafael Trujillo implemented on the people; they were too afraid to tell their stories. In The Feast of the Goat, it states, â€Å"...nobody could resist without lowering eyes, intimidated , annihilated by force radiating those piercing eyes that seemed to read the most secret thoughts ( 52 ). Mario Vargas Llosa suggest that Rafael Trujillo frightened the people to an extend where they were frozen