Week 3 - Campobello's Cartucho
Week 3 - Campobello's Cartucho I really enjoyed reading through Campobello's Cartucho this week! It was my first time reading anything related to the revolution, which at first made me think that I wouldn’t be super invested in it, but in the end, I really enjoyed it. I especially liked how it had a much quicker pace and was a little all over the place (which reminded me of the mind of a young kid). I think what I liked most about this story was the narrator. I found that she adds a layer of innocence and curiosity while she tells stories of times and events so horrific to imagine. The narrator often surprised me with regard to her attitudes/feelings as to what was going on around her. As described in the lecture, there is a lot of reference to games and play throughout the book, however it continued to shock me how much the young narrator seemed to view these acts of violence as such. For example, “The truth is the bullets, flying right by our door, seemed lots of fun...