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This 7 page paper discusses the view of Sarmiento's Argentina through his book, Facundo. In particular, this paper deals with the two identities of Argentina and the friction that was a result of the disparity. Sariento's image of a new Argentina is discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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is mildly entertaining and designed toward getting the reader interested in the positions presented. As in the paper on the Sarmientos Facundo, one would want to perhaps have an introduction
that looks something like this: Argentina, once considered the Belle of South America, like most countries has had her share of growing
pains. Domingo Sarmiento, one of Argentinas past presidents, wrote on the identity of Argentina in his book, Facundo. In this novel, he depicts Argentina as having two distinct identities: the
city life and the country lifestyle. In addition to this, he seems to take the opportunity, as many authors have done in the past, to expose the weaknesses of the
political workings at the time in his country. In fact, Facundo was written while Sarmiento was in exile, and living in Chile. Because of his views on the Rosa
dictatorship, he had, had to leave on peril of his life. However, it can be said that he did not cease to critique and analyze the shortcomings of the dictatorship
going on in Argentina at the time. As such, then, his novel serves as a fairly apt study and historical document on the rise and fall of the Rosa dictatorship
and how various segments of the population reacted toward him and the dictatorship. In brief, the man who seems to have been a constant thorn in Sarmientos side was Juan
Manuel Rosas. Rosas basically came to power because he had money to buy the best mercenary support from within his own country. Gauchos helped him rise to his power, it
must be said, without any popular support. Most of the country at this time was very rural and as such, communication was poor. In fact, outside of the main city
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