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In the short story, “The Cubs”, Mario Vargas Llosa's is able to write in first person plural, allowing the reader to assess the life of P.P Cuéllar, the main protagonist, as well as the lives of his friends. As a result, Vargas Llosa is able to express the effects that a traumatic accident has on the rite of passage of an individual.
P.P Cuéllar is first introduced as an intelligent and hardworking young man who would often sacrifice play for study, “Nice guy but a real bookworm, Choto said, he neglects sports for his studies, and Lalo it wasn’t his fault, his old man must be a ball breaker…” (3). However, this changes after Judas, a hound, attacks Cuéllar while he is in the locker room, leaving Cuéllar in a bloody state due to his castration.
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