Analisis

Shanley Fisher
Prof. Minor
SPAN 497
10 October 2012
Paper II: Analysis of “Macario” by Juan Rulfo

“Macario”, a perplex monologue written by Juan Rulfo, is indefinitely the most elaborate ofRulfo’s short stories in it’s unique style of narration. Macario, the protagonist, conveys the events and history of the story in first person by simulating the technique better known as “stream ofconsciousness”. In this artistry, Marcio capers from one topic to another, from past to present and present to past, in a short timely manner. As demonstrated in many different stories by Rulfo, thesentences are intelligible and precise. Contrary to the prevailing voice of the lucid rural folk, Macario’s credulous nature is concisely communicated with Rulfo’s distinct language. As mentioned before,in many other stories by Rulfo the readers experience the rural town life in which Macario lives and portrays, the biggest underlying difference produced is the “stream of conscious” narration tone,in which there is no external narrator. Congruent with the well known story of Pedro Páramo, the manner in which Macario’s thoughts emerge are frequently related in an unmediated manner.
Incomparison with the other stories in The Burning Plain, the scrutiny is Macario’s perplex psyche which is radical but intense, and often rooted and intuitive. The reader can behold these characteristicsthrough the elements presented with the struggles among the land and the inevitable elements of political forces beyond their control. In association with the other characters presented in this book ofshort stories, the obscurely outlined figures are mutual correspondents. Nonetheless, Macario is one of the most complex, the author’s content traverses the protagonist’s as a solitaire figure, or the“town idiot”. Macario is vigorously ambivalent and is portrayed in two fashions; a form of entertainment (as described in his Godmother’s habit of tying him up in Church) and also as a form of...