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3 pages in length. The obvious importance of Rodolfo Usigli's "El Gesticulador Y Otras Obras De Teatro" is the author's quest to reconstruct Mexican history as it has been documented throughout the past. In assessing the particular importance of Usigli's motivation behind re-writing the revolutionary past is its seemingly unrelated association to contemporary society. The writer discusses how post-colonialism was a reaction to and a critique of the colonial dichotomy, inasmuch as there existed a defiant urge to do away with the overwhelming oppression of involuntary change. No additional sources cited.
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history as it has been documented throughout the past. In assessing the particular importance of Usiglis motivation behind re-writing the revolutionary past is its seemingly unrelated association to contemporary
society. Post-colonialism was a reaction to and a critique of the colonial dichotomy, inasmuch as there existed a defiant urge to do away with the overwhelming oppression of involuntary
change. The focal point of colonization was for the colonizers to force their way of life upon the colonized, whether it was conducive to a better existence or not;
for the most part, it was not a beneficial situation for the colonized. Indeed, it can readily be argued that the colonizers maintained complete control over every location they
chose to colonize, rendering the indigenous population to succumb to mandatory assimilation of the colonizer. This, according to Usigli, is not what is critically important about the Mexican Revolution,
but rather the strength and courage that was readily demonstrated by the authors ancestors (Usigli PG). Still, there remained a primary factor behind the force of colonization: that of imperialism.
Contended to be the best for all concerned, European imperialism was believed to harbor the most beneficial opportunities for those indigenous colonies that were deemed to be of lower
class and social structure. The Europeans had taken it upon themselves to carve out a seemingly better existence for the colonized, while all the while being completely oblivious to
the fact that their colonizing was not the least bit desired by the native peoples. The Mexican Indians argued that they were happy just the way they were and
were without need of the Europeans imperialistic guidance. Prior to imperialistic colonizing, Mexican Indians were a contented people without need for anything beyond the scope of their own culture;
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