Week 8 Post

I have started reading El Mundo, and so far it is very interesting and a somewhat easier read than what we have read thus far. This autobiography of Juan Jose Millas' life is one that is very detailed and personal. From what I have read so far, Millas had a very difficult childhood. His family did not have a lot of money and this was the cause of many of his difficulties. For example, he spends a lot of time describing the cold that he had to suffer through. What I like about this book is the perspective of who is telling the story. This relates to our discussion in class today about how Requiem por un campesino espanol is a story within a story. It is being retold through the eyes of the preist and therefore contains the selected information that he wants to include. In contrast, this story allows the reader to connect directly with the author because it is his own memory about his life. Again, Millas choses what to remember and include about his life, but I think that the things he includes are the things that had the biggest impact on him. I think this is a great choice for our final book because it allows us to read an autobiography and experience a whole new form of writing.