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A 3 page paper which examines aspects of Alfredo Vea’s novel La Maravilla. No additional sources cited.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
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the middle of the 20th century. It is a story that talks about the dire conditions of the impoverished migrant workers, prostitutes, lost souls, and people who essentially seem to
have little hope in their lives, yet continue to live regardless. The following paper examines some particular aspects of the novel by Vea. La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea
The first question asked by the student involves the term "Maravilla." Clearly it is the title of the book and the author presents the story of La Maravilla in the
novel, illustrating its power and purpose as the title of the novel. Maravilla is a dog in its simplest perspective. However he is far more to the people. The reader
notes that the dog has protected the people from the wolves and coyotes, although he himself is such a wild creature below his domesticated surface. It was the dog that
had led the people to meat they could hunt and in the end it seems it is the dog, named differently in different cultures, who will lead a person to
the afterlife. "To the Aztecs he was a clown dog, fickle and unpredictable. He was always named Maravilla" (Vea 186). And Maravilla leads a man to the afterlife, is a
creature that can enter and exit this afterlife while many can only go one way, from life to death. It seems that in a culture where these people are pushed
outside of the obvious society of the wealthy and powerful they still connect with their pasts, their inherent culture, and find magical truths that give their lives meaning.
The second question asks the metaphorical use of the town in which the boy lives, Buckeye. Vea notes that "There were other towns like Buckeye...small
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