MALINCHE

AUTHOR

Laura Esquivel is the author of Like Water for Chocolate, an imaginative and compelling combination of novel and cookbook, as well as other books.

Synopsis Born on September 30, 1950, in Mexico City, Mexico, Laura Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher. She wrote plays for her students and wrote children's television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate, became internationally beloved and was made into an award-winning film. Her other titles includeThe Law of Love and Between the Fires.Profile Mexican writer and author. Born on September 30, 1950, in Mexico City, Mexico. Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher. She wrote plays for her students and then went on to write children's television programs during the 1970s and 1980s.Esquivel often explores the relationship between men and women in Mexico in her work. She is best known for Like Water for Chocolate (1990), an imaginative and compelling combination of novel and cookbook. It had been released in Mexico a year earlier. After the release of the film version in 1992,Like Water for Chocolate became internationally known and loved. The book has sold more than 4.5 million copies.Esquivel has continued to show her creative flair and lyrical style in her later work. Accompanied by a collection of music, her second novel The Law of Love (1996) combined romance and science fiction. Between the Fires (2000) featured essays on life, love, and food. Her novel, Malinche (2006), explores the life of a near mythic figure in Mexican history-the woman who served as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés's interpreter and mistress.Once married to director Alfonso Arau, Esquivel is divorced and lives in Mexico City, Mexico.

HOW OUR WORDS 

  AFFECT THE

     LIVES OF OTHERS?

SUMMARY:

         When Malinalli, a member of the tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors,first meets the conquistador Hernán Cortés and becomes his interpreter, she like many believes him to be the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe. Naturally, she assumes she must welcome him, and help him destroy the Aztec empire and free her people. The two fall passionately in love, but Malinalli soon realizes that Cortés's thirst for conquest is all too human, and that he is willing to destroy anyone, even his own men even their own love.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL #1

          When I read the Laura Esquivel's story "Malinche" I realize are words are very powerful, proven by Mallinali. She is a powerful person because of her abiliy to translate the words. She is also known as "The Tongue" because she is Interpreter and being Interpreter is big responsible because all the outcome of what you will say it will be depends on you. 
           
             And I aIso realize that as a person we don't need to trust anybody. We must learn to know the people around us first before we trust them. Like in the story Malinalli was considered traitor of Mexico because she was the reason why Spaniards have conquered Mexico. 
               
             In the story I had a favorite part it is when. Mallinali fall in love with Cortes, though they have a tempestuous “relationship” (I say “relationship” because it is clear throughout the book that she is still his slave, and he is still the one with all the power). After bearing witness to his thirst for power and the brutal slaughter of thousands of people, Malinalli is left trying to reconcile her love for this man and her horror at his actions, as well as the role she has played in helping him. There is no believable love story here; it’s all about rape, abuse, control, and victimization.
           
           Then, I'll conclude because I'm so confuse cause I don't really know why Mallinali was considered by some Mexicans as a traitor when in fact she was just bounded by the situation and culture of slavery during her time.



      CORPUZ,ANSHLEY R.  
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MS. ANNA MARIZTELA SANTOS