![]() ![]() ![]() Although, magic is never mentioned in the text, some paragraphs make the reader acknowledge that the figure causes this supernatural phenomenons.įor the class of Literature and Power in Latin America, some questions are answered in order to discuss relevant subjects regarding the text and some > events, in hand with some relationship with Octavio Paz’s Labyrinth of Solitude.ġ.Who narrates the story/How is the story narrated? The text presents the encounter of Filiberto with a collection figure of a Pre-columbian statue and how different supernatural events start to develop due to the magic of the figure. Dígales a los hombres que lleven el cadaver al sótano” (205).Chac Mool is the tale of Pepe, a man that reads his best friend’s diary ( Filiberto). This man (Chac Mool?) says: “ Lo sé todo. ![]() When he gets there, the door opens a yellow Indian appears his appearance is repulsive, his face is covered in powder, he reeks of cheap lotion, his lips are smeared with lipstick. The diary of Filiberto ends, and the narrator arrives at the terminal. He is sick of Chac Mool: a ver cuánto dura sin mis baldes (buckets) de agua (204).” “He decides to flee to Acapulco at night he plans to swim away with his little remaining money. Also, Chac Mool wouldn’t die and leave Filiberto alive Filiberto thus must flee. Filiberto also notices that Chac Mool eventually has to turn back into stone, that he is getting more irritable, and that he is falling into human temptations. He also has to run trips to get water if he tries to flee, he will be struck down by Chac Mool, also god of lightening. Filiberto discovers Chac Mool leaves the house at night to hunt for dogs, rats, and cats for food later in the dry season, Filiberto is forced to order out rice with chicken. Chac Mool wears his clothes and is used to being obeyed. “When the dry season begins, Chac Mool demands water says Filiberto, debo reconcerlo: soy su prisionero (202). He desires soap and sleeps in Filiberto’s bed. “Chac Mool has fantastic stories about myths and his birth, but has an inhuman stench that emanates from flesh that isn’t flesh. In the real world, Filiberto is pinned with rumores de locura y aun robo (200). He begins to awaken one night, Filiberto opens his eyes to see a grotesque, noisome creature at his bed entonces empezó a llover (200).” The Chac Mool has become smooth, elegant, and golden, almost as if indicating he is a God. “What is real and what is imaginary? … the line between the two is indistinguishable. Of this impossibility, Filiberto writes, “ Tendré que ver a un médico, saber si es imaginación, o delirio, o qué, y deshacerme de ese maldito Chac Mool” (198).”įiliberto’s handwriting deteriorates to that of a child here. Later, though, he notices the figure is the texture of flesh, of rubber, and that Chac Mool has hair on its arms. Also, the figure grew softer the skeptical Filiberto thinks the statue was actually plaster. Scraping off the moss was difficult – it seemed to have become part of the stone already. That night, Filiberto begins to hear moans from the basement the night they stop, more rain water inundates the basement. “The plumbing broke, putting water in the basement. He is very skeptical of its originality – although it looks so elegant, it has tomato sauce smeared on it to sell its authenticity. He’s been looking for a reasonable replica of Chac Mool, the Mayan god of rain, which he finds in la Lagunilla. “He also has an affinity for certain forms of indigenous Mexican art. He talks with his friend Pepe about religion and work, where someone died the water red. “Filiberto’s journal begins normally: he meets with a lawyer about his pension and dines in a café. The narrator looks through Filiberto’s briefcase and finds his journal … Filiberto is to be transferred in his coffin via truck, and the narrator is going to deliver him. He seems to know why he drowned – he was tempted to go, then swam too much for his age. The narrator begins: Filiberto murió ahogado en Acapulco (191). ![]()
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