Monsters And Messiahs Analysis

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Monsters and Messiahs Davis uses the word "messiah" in discussing the chupacabra because the chupacabra gave people something to relate to and gave them the feeling of familiarity,it also gave them something/someone to blame the attacks on their livestock and pets. The chupacabra might be considered a savior by the way it was a source of humor to many people of different things like the t-shirts with Salina’s face with the chupacabra's body and the wrestler named El Chupacabra that attended anti government protests. This reveals that the Latino culture attitudes and values have both been taken seriously and as a joke around the world. Another examples of a culture identifying with a negative figure I can find is a disease that has killed many

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