Malinche excerpt By Laura Esquivel Mexico INTRODUCTION This

Malinche [excerpt] By : Laura Esquivel (Mexico)

INTRODUCTION This paper is a close analysis of the story entitled Malinche by Laura Esquivel. This paper includes culture, tradition and belief of Mexico. Current issues /situations, background of the author. The genre of literary work and literary elements, also include the ten words (10) and literary meaning biographical, linguistic , socio cultural context and lastly it includes the conclusion and the reference.

CULTURE Of MEXICO A colourful mariachi band might come to mind. Mariachi is a folk style of music traditionally consisting of (5) five musicians. Wearing a charro suit. they are most memorably heard playing a popular song called LA CUCARACHA which translate to a cockroach, on the street. At festivals or in restaurants.

LA CUCARACHA

TRADITION IN MEXICO Is Called LAS POSADAS from mid to the late december. Neighborhoods gathered for colorful black parties. These processionals are meant to re-enact the journey of mary and joseph as they search for shelter in bethlehem. The posada festivities read a peak with the breaking of apinata.

LAS POSADAS

BELIEF OF MEXICO Mexicans believe in DAY OF THE DEAD a two-day long national holiday in mexico. Day of the dead or DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is about honoring and remember deceased love ones.

BELIEF OF MEXICO Mexicans burn the lanterns the whole night to guide the comeback of the souls. The big doors that covers the graves are opened and, after a long wait, at dawn, the souls can finally establish contact with the mortals.

THE CURRENT ISSUE IN MEXICO The current issues is all about environment the government consider the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issue. It also includes the scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities serious air and water population in the national capital and urban center along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in valley of mexico caused by groundwater

LAURA ALICIA PALOMARES ESQUIVEL Laura Esquivel is born on September 30, 1950 she is 67 years of age. Esquivel is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and a politician who serves in a chamber of diputies (2012 -2018) for the morena party. Her first novel was “Como agua para chocolate”(like water for chocolate) became abest seller in Mexico and United states developed into an award winning film (1989).

LAURA ESQUIVEL

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE Her first novel was “Como agua para chocolate”(like water for chocolate) became abest seller in Mexico and United states developed into an award winning film (1989).

NOVEL OF LAURA

(10)WORDS AND IT’S LITERARY MEANING UTTERED – carried to the utmost point or highest degrees. ABYSS – An emmasurably deep gulf or grate space. ABRUPTLY – Characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning. DIETY – The rank or essential nature of a god. PROFUNDITY – The quality or state of being profound or deep.

(10)WORDS AND IT’S LITERARY MEANING COSMOS – An ordery harmonious systemate universe. ENORMOUS – Marked by extraordinality great size, number, or degree. Especially exceeding usual bounds or accepted nations. STERN – Having a definite hardness MANIFEST – Readily perceived by the senses and specially by the sense of sight.

THE LITERARY ELEMENTS The story of Malinche is a kind of a novel. Malinalli is the protagonist in the story she is the lover of Cortes and a translator. Hernan Cortes gave the name to Malinalli being “the tounge” he is also the husband o f Malinalli. Portocarro the lord of Malinalli.

THE LITERARY ELEMENTS The symbol of the literary work is “the tounge” because being the tounge is an enormous responsibility for Malinalli she is the only one who understand have an skills to translate from one language to another one. The theme of the story is being responsible is the prove that you can handle any kind of responsib ility

BIOGRAPHICAL Malinche is a novel from Mexico and Esquivel is from Mexico. According to Esquivel she wrote her novel because its “reflects upon the diverse and unpredictable revision that Malinalli mythical identity has undergone continuous since the period of the conquest seeking a middle ground between Malinalli’s autonomy and Malinche’s predertermination’’ thats why she is inspired to wrote a novel.

LINGUISTIC The language use in the story is Spanish and Mexican language but it is translated to English.

SOCIO CULTURAL Religion, we all know that every people have their own perspective, they choose to believe in their own perceptions.

CONCLUSION We like the story because it talks about “responsibility” in our age we need to become responsible, because we believed that if we are responsible person it is the prove that we are matured enough to face our responsibility in this world.