Week 6: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Reading Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo this week was certainly easier to follow then last week's readings, and I enjoyed being able to feel as though I could understand and unpack the writing. Unlike last week's reading, the confusion I felt while reading Pedro Paramo felt more narrator based confusion rather than philosophical. From my initial understanding of the story as I read, it begins with a story of a man in search of his father. As you read you begin to understand the reasoning behind his search for his father as a request of his dying mother. Something I did find a little shocking was how the story shifted from being centered around the young man to being centered around his father. This shift between lives continued and caused a sort of circular feeling to the text that gave it a lot of differing perspectives. The shift in direction and perspective made it engaging to understand who is narrating. Additionally, descriptions of the town in which the story takes place ...