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A 3 page paper which examines the Mexican Revolution as seen through the perspective of Octavio Paz. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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His work, The Labyrinth of Solitude, was first written in the 1950s and was seen in a less than favorable light by Latin American governments as he essentially made statements
that seem all but common knowledge today. In recent years his work has regained interest as Mexico and Latin America struggle to rise up in an increasingly global environment, and
as they try to regain some of their identity. The following paper utilizes Pazs work to examine the colonial period, from the 16th century to the 19th century, and the
legacy of imperialism. Octavia Paz: Perspective on the Colonial Period In the work there is a chapter in the section of
The Labyrinth of Solitude that is titled The Conquest and Colonialism. This particular chapter sheds a great deal of light on the conditions of the people, and the colonial period
that essentially lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century, prior to independence and revolution, the subject of the next chapter. In The Conquest and Colonialism Paz notes that
the legacy of the cultures was essentially becoming all but muddied with the imperialistic involvement. He also claims that, in particular, in the case of the Aztec people their fall
to colonialism was almost something of a suicide as well as an acceptance of their death as a people. Paz (1985) notes that,
"The conquest of Mexico is a historical event made up of many very different circumstances, but what seems to me the most significant-the suicide of the Aztec people-is often forgotten"
(94). In essence, Paz indicates that the legacy of imperialism, during this time period, was that of the demise of people, people who almost willingly killed their culture off rather
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