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El tema de la vejez en "La Tregua" de Mario Benedetti
ENSAYO SOBRE "LA TREGUA" (MARIO BENEDETTI)

En la novela epistolar de "La Tregua" escrita por Mario Benedetti, nos cuenta la historia de Martín Santomé, un hombre que tiene un amorío con una de sus compañeras de trabajo, Laura Avellaneda. A lo largo de la novela una de las preocupaciones que menciona Martín Santomé en su diario es que existe una gran diferencia de edad entre él y Avellaneda; lo tenía angustiado el pensamiento de que ella lo fuera a dejar por alguien más joven. Aparte de esta preocupación, el protagonista nos expresa que su apariencia física se iba deteriorando cada vez más, sentía como poco a poco se acercaba a la última etapa de su vida. A esto le veía provecho por una parte, ya que al jubilarse él renunciaría a su agobiante vida rutinaria. La vejez es una etapa de la vida que para algunos de nosotros significa un apuro e incertidumbre y para otros una etapa donde uno puede reflexionar sobre la propia vida y hacer una revisión de todos los recuerdos que trae uno consigo. Lo que es cierto es que, la vejez trae cosas buenas, como un aumento en el desarrollo cognitivo y un buen descanso después de haber tenido una buena vida, pero también trae consigo algunas dificultades como vulnerabilidad en la salud y a veces discriminación.

Para poder analizar las ventajas y desventajas de ser una persona de la tercera edad, primero tenemos que contestar la pregunta: ¿A qué edad uno se puede considerar como viejo? La edad a la cual uno se le puede considerar como persona de la tercera edad está llena de condiciones y consideraciones que dependen mucho de la cultura y la época. Se dice que desde hace muchos años se han dado proposiciones sobre quién se le puede llamar viejo dependiendo de su edad. Roberto Ham Shande en su libro "El envejecimiento en México" (2003), en donde hace un estudio de la demografía de las edades avanzadas, menciona que "el criterio mayormente usado para definir una edad de ingreso al envejecimiento es la edad 'normal' del retiro de la

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