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The President, Miguel Asturias Use of Fear to Control

2023-04-19 06:48:15

Among the novel 'President', Miguel Asturias shows that fear dominates the totalitarian government's personal identity. He explained that the fear of death and punishment dominates society and changes its own way of living. Individual identity is the unique feelings, experiences, and way of living that make up a person's life. Religious beliefs and the resignation of Christians became obvious in the life dominated by fear and paranoia. Fear can hide real emotions and emotions. Fear and paranoia to the surrounding environment lead to people living an isolated life.

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 and a very difficult history. 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