Modern Peru

From Old to Modern Peru Latin America's wars for independence during the 1800s weakened its connection with Spain through political affairs that changed after years of an unbalanced economy and unstable rule. While Latin America was negatively impacted by the violence and instability, it went through its own Industrial Revolution which gave Latin America the power and reputation it needed to be one of the world’s main producers for raw materials. In many Latin American countries, racial discrimination was common. The “elites” (government and parish), were often of European descent and had powerful control over the natives who were the majority of population in the towns they resided in. With so many natives, government officials and parishes would gather to discuss whether or not they wanted to continue modernizing the country. In “Torn from the Nest”, the elites refuse to modernize Peru and to continue taking advantage of the lower class Indians with forced labor and taxes they can’t pay off. Matto de Turner writes the story to help analyze the history of how the country transitioned from Old to Modern Peru even though it was difficult with the amount of corruption in politics that occurred. The characters representing the “elites”, that wanted to maintain a colonial/tradition relationship with the natives, are Father Pascual, Don Sebastian, Don Estefano and Don Escobedo. They held the highest authority in their town and used it to their advantage for their own benefit. Father Pascual for example, mistreated Marcela when she came to him by being passive aggressive and saying how she went to him probably because she slept with another man and that she has to do labor work for him (Turner, 33). Nothing about the atmosphere he provided was comforting or helpful to Marcela. She even paid her debt to him and he still lied afterwards that she would receive a portion of that amount back. The elites have a blind hatred not to just Indians, but to everyone that