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In the second half, Marcos becomes a storyteller. Don’t get me wrong, he was one before, but the tone turns more conversational for a while and we hear a metaphorical laughter through stories like his tales of sleepless solitude. It’s an interesting change, and I liked getting to hear more personal details about Marcos. Did […] read full post >>

The “Beneath the Mask” section of Our Word is Our Weapon raised more questions about the identity of Subcommandante Marcos. It’s interesting- not necessarily bad or good, just interesting- to add a section to this book that shows him interacting with the children in the camp, then later adding a section of confessions, it all … Continue reading Our Word Is Our Weapon, Week Two read full post >>

 Week 10: Our Word is Our Weapon (Part 2)Like we talked about last class, in this next section I was able to see more of Marcos' personality behind the mask, especially pertaining to his humor, being good with kids, and literary influences. All of... read full post >>

 Week 10: Our Word is Our Weapon (Part 2)Like we talked about last class, in this next section I was able to see more of Marcos' personality behind the mask, especially pertaining to his humor, being good with kids, and literary influences. All of... read full post >>

The structure and style of the second part of the book gets even more unconventional than the first. Marcos constantly switches up who he is talking to and about but he often ties things back to the main point of the book, either directly or indirectly by alluding to it or with symbols. He writes […] read full post >>

“Why do they fear us? Why so much hate for so few and so small a group? Because we have defied them, and the worst part about defiance is that it establishes a precedent.” (p. 90) Marcos, the non-indigenous and very poetically inclined “big nosed” man, writes of the Indigenous struggle in South eastern Mexico, […] read full post >>

This text was, i don’t want to say refreshing, but a real shakeup from what we’ve covered so far in the course. The way Marcos writes to different audiences is equally exciting and difficult to read, the unfortunate reality that their very existence as humans deprecated by their government is not enough to warrant attention. […] read full post >>

I would compare the first hundred pages to Guama Poma if it were a modern version of it. Both of them are citing the sins of capitalism as well as the bad things their people have to go through, but in a more modern way, which is not surprising given how this is written in […] read full post >>

Week 9: Our Word is Our Weapon (Part 1)Our Word is Our Weapon by Subcomandente Marcos was a different reading that our texts thus far, in that it consists of a collection of writings, with some structured as speeches, others as essays, and even some as... read full post >>

Week 9: Our Word is Our Weapon (Part 1)Our Word is Our Weapon by Subcomandente Marcos was a different reading that our texts thus far, in that it consists of a collection of writings, with some structured as speeches, others as essays, and even some as... read full post >>