Tell Them Not To Kill Me, By Juan Rulfo

Tell Them Not to Kill Me, by Juan Rulfo

I enjoyed reading, “Tell them not to kill me,” but I thought it was really intense. It brought up so many different emotions in me. I think, I was supposedto draw parallels between the story and Mexico, but I was so involved in to the main character of the story and it distracted me, I suppose, from really seeing beyond the obvious. I have to say, theauthor captured me since the first paragraph until the last sentence.
The old man character, Juvencio, seems like such a pitiful, sad caracter at first, and I though he would be the victim in thestory. But the more I read, the more I was convinced he was a cold, bloody killer. He killed his friend in the most horrific way, and justified himself for it. Not in one moment in the story he seemsremorseful or seem to comprehend that what he did was wrong. He casually mentions that his victim “only” left behind a wife and two small children. Then, goes on to say the victims’ wife died shortly,probably of grief leaving the two children orphans, who would be taken care by relatives. He relates this as if it was nothing, no problem at all, as if they were puppies. He is so selfish only thinkingof his pain and suffering, never for a second taking into account what he did might have cause others pain and suffering, or that he should be punished in any way. He seems to think that he had sucha hard life hiding, but does not think it was his own fault, or see it as consequences for his horrible crime. He is a selfish character until the very end of the story when he is begging his sonJustino to ask the colonel to spare him repeatedly, even when he refuses to. His son is telling him that if they kill him, there will be no one to take care of his wife and children. Juvencio does notconsider for a minute that if that happen then his son would be one of his many victims too. He caused so much pain and suffering, but can only see his own, until the end. The narrative, mostly written...