The Adventure Of Juan Chicaspatas And I Am Juaquin

Differences and similarities of two poems
Two poems that are very different but at the same time are similar are “The Adventure of Juan Chicaspatas” written by Rodolfo A. Anaya in 1985 and “I am Juaquin” written by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales in 1967. These poems are different because one poem focused on the Chicano movement of the 1960’s in the United States, and the other poem focused on understanding the indigenous history of Mexicans. And Some similarities that these two poems have is that both are epic poems because both poems cover a wide geographic area and the setting is frequently set in the remote past, and because both poems contain a long catalog of important people who represent the cultural values of their race and nation.
The poems “I am Juaquin” and “The Adventure of Juan Chicaspatas” have is that both are epic poems because both cover a wide geographic area and the setting is frequently set in the remote past. For example, in the poem “The Adventures of

Juan Chicaspatas” AI Penco and Juan Chicaspatas talk about a place called Aztlan, Mexico. Aztlan is a legendary homeland that had seven desertic tribes, called Chichimecas. These desertic tribes have emerged from caves that were located at the heart of a sacred mountain far from the north of the valley of Mexico. This is an important place for Juan Chicaspatas and AI Penco because “this place is the origin of our Mexican ancestors, the spiritual birthplace of the Indio, the homeland of all Chicanos” (Anaya, P. 14). And in the poem “I am Juaquin” Juaquin start remembering some of the places that are important for all Mexicans because they are part of their history. Some of the places that he starts remembering were the mountains of San Juaquin, the Valle of San Luis, Chapultepec, and the Hills of the Alaskan isles.

Another reason why these poems are epic it is because they contain a long catalog of important people who represent the cultural values of their race and nation.

In the poem “The Adventures of Juan Chicaspatas” some of the heroes that were mentioned are Malinche, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Hernan Cortez, Chris Colon, Emilio Zapata, Pancho Villa, Miguel Hidalgo, and many more. And in the poem “I am Juaquin” some of the heroes that were mentioned are Cortes, Nezahualcoyotl, Don Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa, Emilio Zapata, Francisco Madero, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Tonantzin, Juaquin Murrieta, Elfego Baca, and many others. All these people are important because each of them did something important that help change the history of Mexico. For example, Pancho Villa was as Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican revolution; Francisco Madero was a was a revolutionary figure and was the thirty third president in Mexico, and he was an advocate for social justice and

democracy.
But in the other hand, these two poems are total different because one poem focused on understanding the indigenous history of Mexicans and the other poem focused on the Chicano movement of the 1960’s in the United States and the struggles that Chicano people face by trying to get some economic justice and equal rights in the United States. The poem that focused on understanding the indigenous history of Mexicans is “The Adventure of Juan Chicaspatas” and the poem that poem focused on the Chicano movement of the 1960’s in the United States and the struggles that Chicano people face by trying to get some economic justice and equal rights in the United States is “I am Juaquin”.
In the poem “I am Juaquin” was the first poem that described the dilemma that Chicanos were facing with American culture while trying to keep their culture intact for future generations.