Analysis Of El Otro Yo

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El diccionario Merriam-Webster (2014) define la palabra "machismo" como "una actitud, la calidad o la forma de comportarse que está de acuerdo con las ideas tradicionales acerca de los hombres que es muy fuerte y agresivo." Esta idea de la masculinidad sigue construyendo las ideas predeterminadas de lo que debería ser la identidad queridos en el mundo, pero aún más grave en la comunidad latinoamericana. Armando, el personaje principal de la historia "El Otro Yo", por el escritor uruguayo Mario Benedetti, se encuentra con muchos problemas relacionados con la identidad. En esta composición, me gustaría formar un análisis textual del cuento "El otro yo" con el argumento que la idea de cómo la identidad de uno puede ser conformado por elementos externos que se cree para definir su propia identidad. También me gustaría argumentar que estos factores externos en el relato de Benedetti son los estereotipos de roles sexuales que todo el mundo se enfrenta en todas las sociedades y culturas de este planeta.
En el relato por Benedetti "El otro yo,” encontramos un hombre que es muy, como Benedetti lo describe, "un muchacho corriente” (75). Benedetti describe lo que lleva: "los pantalones sí le formaban rodilleras” (75). Esto puede crear una imagen de alguien que conocido, o como forastero con quien te encuentras en la calle. Entonces, tenemos aquí la capacidad de mirar a través de su vida, cuando Benedetti nos decir que el hombre corriente "leía historietas, hacía ruido cuando comía, se metía los dedos en la nariz, y roncaba en la siesta..." (75). Cada una de estas acciones forman unas imágenes de un hombre muy normal, con una vida muy normal sin incidentes. Así lo afirma el escritor Mario Benedetti en "El Otro Yo", dicién...

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... haber estudiado y analizado el cuento “El Otro Yo” he llegado a la conclusión de que el ser humano no tiene la posibilidad de entender algo tan complejo como lo es la realidad. La realidad, como los estereotipos sexuales y costumbres de una cultura, es un universo que abarca todo y la comprensión que tenemos de ella puede ser forjada como algo personal o como algo general. De acuerdo con Cognitum (2011), “Mario Benedetti por medio de su obra nos muestra que no somos consientes de los objetos que nos rodea. Los elementos utilizados por el autor a lo largo del texto sirven para indicar la complejidad del tema. La vida nos es mostrada como algo que es imposible de descifrar completamente.” Desde los aspectos tan básicos que hacemos diariamente, las personas que frecuentamos y lo que creemos son elementos que pueden como ciertos como o pertenecientes a otra realidad.

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