Week 6: "Pedro Páramo" (Rulfo)
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is surviving their midterms! I have to say I rather enjoyed this book. I am a big believer in ghosts, spirits, and honestly anything supernatural. That being said, I haven't read or watched many interpretations of ghosts like this. The way Rulfo has depicted the ghosts or spirits in this novel makes them feel very real and almost visible to those who want to see them. At first I was kinda lost when the mule driver was talking about how his father was dead, but he still continued on the journey to find him in the town. Then as it went on I got the idea that the majority of characters in this novel were ghosts or were on the brink of becoming them. I really enjoyed the part where Dyada was talking about how his mother had just informed her he was coming. Dyada says, “that is the reason her voice was so weak, as if it had to travel a long way in order to reach me. Yes, now I understand”. I thought that this idea of communication between the dead ...