Terence Greene
March 2018
History 102
Prof. McInnis
In order to review the ideology of the book and what you can learn from it about real life situations and actions i feel it's extremely important to get a basises of what the book is about and what happened throughout the book. In this fulfilling novel, Azuela shows the way of Demetrio Macias, is a ordinary farmer whose erratic fight with a government soldier determines his future to be a rebel on the run. Quickly Demetrio gathers a group of anti-government people and they become a group of marksman, knocking down soldiers left and right, going through towns northwest of Mexico City and adding supporters to their cause. But as the fighting continues, the rebels and Pancho Villa’s army begin to gain some traction but constant despicable actions fade the good of rebel's success. Demetrio and his associates fail to see their inhuman acts (the killing of men, rape of woman,)as anything but casualties of the war.The author tells his story in short bursts of narrative passages, moving along expeditiously from one bad event to the next. Between the killing for no reason and romantic breaks, there are a few moments of clear vision and reflection were the different characters take a more microscopic look at what they have did and question why they continue to have problems. A large part of The Underdogs is bleak as Demetrio doesn't get who or why he is fighting. He has that whatever attitude, and continues to fight until he is the last man standing,dropping soldiers from behind , not questioning just doing, and following the same blind path traveled by both sides of the Mexican Revolution.There are lots of parts of the book that gives information on the mexican revolution and would further someone's knowledge of the revolution and what happened.The Underdogs gives perspective on the living conditions of the Mexican peasants, the ill doing of the government troops, and the revolutionary devotion behind the causes of the revolution.The corruption of the troops is portrayed when the poor mountain people exclaim, "Tomorrow we'll be running to, fleeing from the recruiters, hounded by those government bastards. They've declared war to the death of the poor; they steal our pigs, our hens, and even the little bit of corn we've saved to eat; they burn our houses and carry off our women; and in the end…they finish us off like rabid dogs”. In clear detail and good truth, Azuela shows the actual extent and turmoil that plagued Mexico and all of the people during the revolution. nonetheless before a person can acknowledge The Underdogs as a clear mirror of the Mexican Revolution you have to have an understanding the political circumstance of Mexico before the Revolution occurred and the presidents who was in authority during it.
The history of political fluxicatiom in Mexico and the need for a revolution is very sophisticated and goes back to the starting of Mexico by the Spaniards in the 15th century. However, many views of the social circumstances of Mexico when the Revolution occurred can be attributed to the very long dictatorship of President Porfirio Diaz, prior to 1911. The Revolution started in the eleventh month of 1910 in an attempt to get rid of the Diaz dictatorship.
The Underdogs gives a clear and true illustration of the excitement behind the Revolution and its driving forces. It depicts the intensity for a revolution, by showing that "many fought blindly without an idea why, only that they were fighting against the exploiter." After many years of political injustice, many underprivileged people of Mexico, who made up the larger part of the population, were overdue to see some sort of change. They set forth to start a Revolution that would soon provide political, social, and economic advancements to their country.As a mirror of the Mexican Revolution, Mariano Azuela novel, The Underdogs strongly shows the area of poverty the Mexican people were living in, the bad doings of the government troops and the chaos they caused among the lives of peasants, and the revolutionary spirit and uprisings that became because of such conditions. After many years of living in unbearable poverty under unstable and unfair political rules, the people of mexico could no longer sit back and do nothing under the rulers who lacked any interests to the people and their needs. The Mexican Revolution was the beginning place for political, social, and economic changes which have been gradually making progression in Mexico since the commencement of the Revolution. Through The Underdogs, you can relive the issues of the Mexican people to revolutionize a country that had been in despair state for many centuries. A a a a aa a a a a aa aa aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a aa aa aaaaaaaa aA a a a aa a a a a aa aa aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a aa aa a a a a a a a a