The Sterility of Pedro Paramo April 14, 2007
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I think that I have decided on this topic for my final project, since the story of Pedro Paramo is so full of fertile material on this subject. All around us in the story we see the barrenness of the land, the town and the people in the story. The land only produces bitter oranges and guavas, and the town is deserted, all the people having died or left for the big cities. Several of the characters in the story are engaged in incestuous relationships because it appears there is no one with whom they can have a normal sexual relationship. Is this sterility because of the evil pall that Pedro Paramo has spread over the land? And if so, are the people of Comala and the Media Luna complicit in this evilness?
The challenge is to find two critiques that deal with this subject so that I can buttress my argument or disagree with the argument the author makes. There is certainly plenty of scholarship on this story, being so prominent a work in Latin American literature.
So this is where I begin, making my case, and over the next few weeks, I will be digging into the subject in order to complete the project without too much indigestion.
