Imagery and Metaphor as Resistance in Miguel Asturias' The President

Miguel Asturias' image and metaphor as resistance to the president's president, Miguel Angel Asturias uses madness as a test of evil and gentle society under his dictatorship of terrorism Original tool Political, social under the presidential regime To draw a vivid depiction of the atmosphere, Asturias used a rich and abstract image, repeat and metaphor to decorate, predict and clarify his novels. The wind is one of these recurring metaphor, it is used as a representative of the brewing of storm and always reminds what is going to happen (premonition).

Literary movement appeared in the middle of the last century - Magical realism - Gabriel Garcia Max, Miguel Angel Asturias - He is a writer of Guatemala who won the Nobel prize. This is prosperity of Latin American writers. This is the moment of literature. Having a Nobel Laureate in Guatemala will surely show that it is actually our way of life. We see not only European culture but also dreams. We dream all day long, but we live in primitive, sometimes cruel reality. Guatemala, everyone who comes here will feel magical and mysterious. People living here, we are used to living in dangerous places, but at the same time it is also magical. We are walking in this fragile place. There are 23 volcanoes in this exciting place, three of which are active, 23 languages, many cultures, very difficult history, are in danger and poverty. end

• Miguel Angel Asturias is the most famous writer in Guatemala, and he has won the 1967 Nobel Prize for literature. His work is very political. ElSeñorPresidente is a crazy dictator, Hombres de Maiz is about farmers and guerrillas of Maya, El Papa Verde is about United Fruits. • Melancholic dolls are more like folk craft than high eyebrows, but they are a very common tradition in Guatemala. These are small homemade dolls made of wires, wool, extra fabrics. These characters are wearing Mayan traditional costumes. They were handed over to the children. And the kids put them under the pillow and told the doll about their problems before they were asleep. These dolls are sometimes used in children's psychiatry

Many writers use their skills to tell stories about their people, communities, or cultural traditions, especially stories that are privately important. Examples include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, MiguelÁngel Asturias, Doris Lessing, Toni Morrison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Patrick White. Writers such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Herta Müller, Erich Maria Remarque and others write about the effects of conflict, deprivation and war. Writers occasionally use pseudonyms, also known as pseudonyms or "gnome de plumes". The reason is to separate what you wrote from other works (or other kinds of works) they know, to increase the likelihood of publication by reducing prejudice (female writers and specific people Species writers etc.), reduce personal risk (such as individuals, groups, political risks of opponents); or make it more suitable for other languages