“To Roosevelt” is a poem written by Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet. I’m not good at reading poems because it is difficult for me to guess what the poet means. Therefore, after reading the poet “To Roosevelt,” I honestly needed to search for the meaning of this poem. What I learned is that Rubén Darío […]
Reading through Rubén Darío’s To Roosevelt (1867-1916) makes it clear the attitude against President Roosevelt and the United States’ actions during his years as president (1901 – 1909). The emotions and the principles addressed by Darío within this poetic article are themes that, unbeknownst at the time, would remain relevant for years to come. Darío contextualizes the hypocratic irony of America having such a progressive leader, for example animal rights or opposition to Tolstoy (L10), Darío goes on to acknowledge Roosevelt’s “cultured” and “skillful” (L10) state. To an extent, Darío uses Roosevelt as synecdochal for the whole of the United States. The mastery in the fight for equality on subjects that directly concern the people’s immediate interest. Rubén Darío describes the United States’ as a “future invader” (L6) of states not void of Indigenous people, in particular, Central America. He further depicts a historically ironic insult that the United States “lack[s] one thing: God” (L51), even though the United States is rich, and is godly in it’s presence, it lacks the relation to God through their natural surroundings which Darío reminds the audience has an expansive and lively history that Euro-United States hasn’t been long involved in which makes Central America superior in the conduct and affairs of it’s proper business.
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Reading through Rubén Darío’s To Roosevelt (1867-1916) makes it clear the attitude against President Roosevelt and the United States’ actions during his years as president (1901 – 1909). The emotions and the principles addressed by Darío within this poetic article are themes that, unbeknownst at the time, would remain relevant for years to come. Darío contextualizes the hypocratic irony of America having such a progressive leader, for example animal rights or opposition to Tolstoy (L10), Darío goes on to acknowledge Roosevelt’s “cultured” and “skillful” (L10) state. To an extent, Darío uses Roosevelt as synecdochal for the whole of the United States. The mastery in the fight for equality on subjects that directly concern the people’s immediate interest. Rubén Darío describes the United States’ as a “future invader” (L6) of states not void of Indigenous people, in particular, Central America. He further depicts a historically ironic insult that the United States “lack[s] one thing: God” (L51), even though the United States is rich, and is godly in it’s presence, it lacks the relation to God through their natural surroundings which Darío reminds the audience has an expansive and lively history that Euro-United States hasn’t been long involved in which makes Central America superior in the conduct and affairs of it’s proper business.
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This chapter helped me see that this economic boom in Latin America didn’t really help many Latin Americans and was only exploited by the rich. At the first glimpse of it, Mexico was stable without any powerful struggles within itself. However, with the middle class and its political needs leaning toward democracy, it was no wonder… Continue reading Week Eight – Sign of Crisis in a Gilded Age
This chapter talks about the consequences that came along with the economic boom and technology advancement in Latin America. While the last chapter focuses on the positive aspects of Latin America’s economic boom and how they increased their exports and investments, this chapter focuses on the local conditions of how things have changed within the…
I found this chapter really interesting as I had no previous knowledge about the Mexican Revolution or other uprisings in LA during that period. My initial impression of Porfirio Díaz was that he was a successful leader who introduced many positive changes to his country, but through this chapter I’ve learned that his leadership was […]
While it is true that early 20th century Mexico fell into economic, social, and political crises after the fall of Porfirio Diaz in 1911 I believe it is unfair to portray all of Latin America as going into crisis when only one country starts to revolt. While it is true that the Mexican Revolution started […]
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The way in which the rural people used the new technologies to generate a united front against the central government reminds me of the current use of digital technology to gain momentum in the movements for social equality. In both of these instances, technology creates a greater front, involving people who would have been previously […]
The way in which the rural people used the new technologies to generate a united front against the central government reminds me of the current use of digital technology to gain momentum in the movements for social equality. In both of these instances, technology creates a greater front, involving people who would have been previously […]
One concept that I found particularly interesting was from this weeks’ video when Alexander Dawson said that nobody ‘wins’ a revolution. People win wars but not revolutions. Something else that came up for me during this weeks’ discourse was the question of what do we do now – what do we do TODAY – to … Continue reading Week Eight →
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