Theory and Criticism
Dr. Ramirez
The Consul makes an impassioned
plea for minding one's own business in Chapter X
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Relevance of Geertz to Chapter IX
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bullthrowing--primarily orchestrated
by men; only women tourists appear in the ring
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Enactment of those primal forces that
Geertz talks about; Cervantes's cock (287)
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Use of memory in the text: Yvonne recalls
her father and her various attempts in making a life for herself first
as Yvonne Constable (the Boomp girl), later as Yvonne Griffaton, then as
Yvonne Firmin?
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Study of astronomy--interest in the
cosmos, in phenomenon that challenge our conceptions of time and space
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Consul in Salon Ofelia, keeping company
with Cervantes, a Tlaxcalan Indian
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Image of trains and meetings
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Consul's prayer 289
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Use of textuality with geographical
and tourist information in the stone cell (water closet or excusado?)
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Ongoing conversation about the Indian
with the horse--why was he killed? why was he robbed? Is there a connection
with the fascists and the pelado
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Image of purity from liquor and fantasies
about drinking with Yvonne 302
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Cervantes as traitor?
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Consul's ramblings about Vedic gods,
Moses, Achilles, Charles V
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Discussion of free will versus the
determinism of nations.