The clearest sign is him using the characters to speak unfavorably about Le Plongeon’s actions: “His spirit has lived in pitcher and storm, naturally his stone is something else, and to have taken it from its hiding place is artificial and cruel. How can we interpret Fuentes’ re-telling of Le Plongeon’s act?įrom Fuentes’ statements in the story he seems to look down upon Le Plongeon’s actions. He was the person to first give a statue of the native population of Latin America this name and created the trend to name all further statues and deities the same name. Le Plongeon is the man who made the first discovery of a ‘Chac Mool’. Who was the Le Plongeon referred to on pg 5? When the first of these statues were discovered by Le Plongeon he gave it the name of ‘Chac Mool’, which has resulted in using the same term in the subsequent naming of other unrelated statues. What is a Chac Mool? (internet investigation)Ĭhac Mool is a general name given to statues and deities found in Latin America. Much like the people of Latin America, the characters in this story are forced to deal with the current world and its issues, while at the same time dealing with a past they don’t fully understand. The story represents how even actions hundreds of years before can cause a lasting impact on the lives of the current people due to the brutality caused by ripping the native people from their homes and beliefs. Chac Mool is only in Filberto’s house because the man who discovered the statue, Le Plongeon, removed it from its historical site, choosing to take Latin America’s history for himself, even though he had no ties to the land. I believe Chac Mool in this story represents the lasting effects of the conquistadors in Mexico and its identity. He also seems to have the funds to purchase non-essentials, such as the Chac Mool, leading to the assumption that he is earning more than enough money to support himself. He has inherited a house big enough to have multiple empty rooms and lives there alone. His journal gets progressively harder to understand as he claims the statue comes to life and torments him, leading to the odd behavior his friend had been curious about.įiliberto appears to be from an upper middle class. The story follows through his journal entries as he buys a Chac Mool statue he believes to be a fake, only to discover it contains the soul of the God of Rain. Who is Filiberto? What does he do? What class is he from? What might he represent?įiliberto is the main character of this story, whom we discover has died in the first line. The story switches from the present to the past as this friend reads through Filiberto’s journal as he attempts to understand what happened. The story is narrated through a friend of the main character who is tasked with collecting Filiberto’s body and possessions. Who narrates the story/How is the story narrated?
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