Guzán Loer Character Analysis
Thesis:
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera can be considered a modern day Shakespearean tragic character. Macbeth and Guzmán were both overly ambitious, the difference is that Guzmán started off with nothing and that was his motivation to become powerful whereas Macbeth started off as a Thane and progressively acquired power from there. After the rise of both Guzmán and Macbeth, their ambition was the cause of their downfall.
Body Paragraph 1: Guzmán’s life started off rough, as a child, he lived in poverty and with an abusive father, by the time he was a teen he was kicked out of his house and expected to fend for himself. This forced him to be self reliant and hard working. To get off the streets, he got into the drug trafficking business(Aldrich). It is understandable that he wanted to get off the streets and make money to survive and the easiest thing he found to do at a young age was grow marijuana and sell it. Living in poverty since childhood and then being kicked out of his house, pushed him to work for money, no matter what he had to do. This demonstrated ambition to be his best quality. Similar to Guzmán, …show more content…
When he realized that by getting into the drug business could make him fast money and a lot of money, it made him feel powerful. He realized that he could make more than just enough money to provide for himself. He became powerful enough to run the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico (Encyclopedia Britannica). He then brought himself down by getting heavily involved with drug trafficking. His desire to provide just enough for himself and stop living in poverty was intensified and he became power hungry. He was willing to kill anyone in his way to gain power just as Macbeth was. He did kill many people who tried to come in his way and he was arrested several times but managed to escape (Encyclopedia Britannica). Macbeth was also willing to kill people in his way to become the king as he said to
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera can be considered a modern day Shakespearean tragic character. Macbeth and Guzmán were both overly ambitious, the difference is that Guzmán started off with nothing and that was his motivation to become powerful whereas Macbeth started off as a Thane and progressively acquired power from there. After the rise of both Guzmán and Macbeth, their ambition was the cause of their downfall.
Body Paragraph 1: Guzmán’s life started off rough, as a child, he lived in poverty and with an abusive father, by the time he was a teen he was kicked out of his house and expected to fend for himself. This forced him to be self reliant and hard working. To get off the streets, he got into the drug trafficking business(Aldrich). It is understandable that he wanted to get off the streets and make money to survive and the easiest thing he found to do at a young age was grow marijuana and sell it. Living in poverty since childhood and then being kicked out of his house, pushed him to work for money, no matter what he had to do. This demonstrated ambition to be his best quality. Similar to Guzmán, …show more content…
When he realized that by getting into the drug business could make him fast money and a lot of money, it made him feel powerful. He realized that he could make more than just enough money to provide for himself. He became powerful enough to run the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico (Encyclopedia Britannica). He then brought himself down by getting heavily involved with drug trafficking. His desire to provide just enough for himself and stop living in poverty was intensified and he became power hungry. He was willing to kill anyone in his way to gain power just as Macbeth was. He did kill many people who tried to come in his way and he was arrested several times but managed to escape (Encyclopedia Britannica). Macbeth was also willing to kill people in his way to become the king as he said to