Analyzing Simon Bolivar's Labyrinth
Simon Bolivar
After colonization, Latin America had a difficult time uniting. Under Spanish rule, the people in the New World were in an identity crisis trying to become free from rule and developing a new identity. Simón Bolívar, “caudillo de emancipación”, liberator of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela remains an important figure in the history of Latin America. He has also known as the “George Washington of South America”. One of the greatest goals of Simon Bolivar was to see a “Gran Colombia”, for all colonies to join together and become one. In trying to figure out who the Great Liberator Simon Bolivar truly was, we were given three types of mediums to decipher who he was and what he stood for. The flawed yet distinctive …show more content…
It is a story of mythical history intertwined with a realistic history. It gives us a retrospective and slightly distorted view of Bolivar’s past reign. The Simon Bolivar we see in the book is one that has lived and slowly is accepting the fact that he is no longer in control. I see a weakening Bolivar; he is coming down from a very high and a nicely decorated pedestal and knows he will be seeing everything from the sidelines. Bolivar’s departure from his home is sad, the long trip he has to take and quickly eventually is like a parade. When he is found out because of news travelling so slowly, he is still received with parties and meals but must decline due to his declining health. While reading the book, I thought to myself if anything shows humility and strength is leaving what you once built up behind. I feel that Jose Palacios and Manuela Saenz are symbolic figures of the people like his followers are always at his beck and call. In the book he plays cards with the help, which I feel he did because that where he was comfortable again showing his humility. Between his dreams and delirium his dream was "of creating the largest country in the world: one nation, free and unified, from Mexico to Cape Horn" has
After colonization, Latin America had a difficult time uniting. Under Spanish rule, the people in the New World were in an identity crisis trying to become free from rule and developing a new identity. Simón Bolívar, “caudillo de emancipación”, liberator of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela remains an important figure in the history of Latin America. He has also known as the “George Washington of South America”. One of the greatest goals of Simon Bolivar was to see a “Gran Colombia”, for all colonies to join together and become one. In trying to figure out who the Great Liberator Simon Bolivar truly was, we were given three types of mediums to decipher who he was and what he stood for. The flawed yet distinctive …show more content…
It is a story of mythical history intertwined with a realistic history. It gives us a retrospective and slightly distorted view of Bolivar’s past reign. The Simon Bolivar we see in the book is one that has lived and slowly is accepting the fact that he is no longer in control. I see a weakening Bolivar; he is coming down from a very high and a nicely decorated pedestal and knows he will be seeing everything from the sidelines. Bolivar’s departure from his home is sad, the long trip he has to take and quickly eventually is like a parade. When he is found out because of news travelling so slowly, he is still received with parties and meals but must decline due to his declining health. While reading the book, I thought to myself if anything shows humility and strength is leaving what you once built up behind. I feel that Jose Palacios and Manuela Saenz are symbolic figures of the people like his followers are always at his beck and call. In the book he plays cards with the help, which I feel he did because that where he was comfortable again showing his humility. Between his dreams and delirium his dream was "of creating the largest country in the world: one nation, free and unified, from Mexico to Cape Horn" has