Essay of the book MACARIO by the author Bruno Traven

This book talks about the story of a peasant who despite his poverty
he was an honest man, who lived in a little house which perhaps still exists
they build with straw. This character is one of those lumberjacks who work all the
day from before dawn until dusk with a single dream: to eat a
whole turkey by himself, without having to share even a little of his turkey because that
it was since he remembers his most fervent wish as he had eleven children who
to support with his daily wage of two reales, sometimes less. His wife too
I worked during the day, doing other tasks after cooking for the
Children at home, I washed other people's clothes and that's how I managed to save a few cents for the weekends.

on the weekend I can go drink a little mezcal at the store, knowing that to his
her husband was sold half of what he bought at the same price she knew the desire
from Macario about being able to eat the turkey, she continued working and after
For three years he gets to enjoy a delicious turkey that his wife prepared for him because of the
that she earned it all for him. Macario sat at the table like every day.
but his wife told him to take the turkey and go to the forest to eat it by himself
well, his children would wake up and ask him for a piece and his wife knew he wanted
the turkey for him and Macario thanked him, not with words but with a glance,
that glance said a lot at that moment.

He ran out but with his tools upon reaching the deepest part of the forest.
he sat under a tree and started to eat. After a while, a gentleman dressed arrived
of the charro and he looked at him after he had asked for a piece of that delicious delicacy that
he had her at his feet but he denied it and the charro offered her a part of his clothing
it was made of gold and pure silver, but Macario rejected it. Then an old man arrived
he told him that if he would feed him, because he had a very long journey, but he refused.
the piece of turkey desired by that old man. Then finally came a
very thin person with a very dark tunic and he also asked for a little bit and to the
In the end, Macario said yes and the stranger sat down in front of him, but they know each other in the meantime.
each one enjoys their half of the turkey and the subject asks him why he was left.
comer y a los otros no, el le explica que sabían que si el le aceptaba algo esos dos
They miss one of the things that were offered to him; he would not enjoy his turkey.
alone and he realizes that each one represented the greatest figures of
that time God, the devil, and death. His visitor becomes uncomfortable and asks about
what gives to the turkey and not to the others. Macario responds that if he didn’t give him half.
I wouldn’t let him eat half of the turkey. His companion...
congratulate him for his cleverness in that matter and decides to let him be very rich. They went to a
dry place and gave him a lesson on the crystalline water he had made spring from the
ground. This is how one becomes rich, because with that water, I would cure any ailment that the
doctors could not cure.
Macario became a great 'doctor' as death chose those who did.
could heal and to whom not giving a warning to be able to apply the cure only half
of the times he would come was to heal them and the other was to take them away. But
one of those cases was a matter of life and death for Macario as he was the most famous king
from the old continent and his son suffered, if he healed him he was deserving of a quarter
of the king's treasure; in addition to a title to work as a doctor anywhere
from that region and only a few drops of that magical potion were left, and he wanted them.
for his family. Death had decided and could not change its choice even though
she would want it that way. For it was no longer her decision; the other option was to have a death.
in the town square and be burned alive. Death told him that it would not let him die
So. His wife saw that it was late and Macario had not arrived, and she went with some men to
search for it. He went to the deepest part of the forest. He was dead and with a
smile on the mouth but only with half a turkey.
 SYNTHESIS OF THE READING

LIBRO: MACARIO

AUTOR: B. TRAVEN

Macario was a poor woodcutter, he cut wood and sold it in the village, his earnings
she was not very good. She had a family of eleven children and her wife was known in the
town as 'the woman with the sad eyes'.

Macario had the desire to eat an entire turkey by himself, since he always
he stayed hungry because his children were not easily satisfied,
they expected that their dad wouldn't eat enough for them to be able to have seconds. His
wife had been saving some money to fulfill her wish
husband and after three years she baked him his turkey and sent her husband to...
out the forest a eat it only.

Macario went to the forest and before he ate the turkey, he had three visitors. The
the first to visit him was the devil, the second was God, and the third was death. Everyone
They arrived asking Macario for part of his turkey, but he refused both.
first and to the third I invite half of his turkey. Death to thank him.
for the food he filled his canteen with a liquid. He mentioned that with that
the liquid would heal many people and would be recognized among all the people for being
better what the doctors what they had a title.

The visitor mentioned to him that every time he went to heal a sick person, he would have the
his visit, who would indicate to him whether he should use the liquid or not. When death is
placing it at the head of the bed meant that the person was going to die and that they would not.
I had to give him the liquid because it wouldn't work. When placed on the opposite side,
at the person's feet, it meant that they were not going to die and that they could give it to a
glass with water a drop of the liquid. I couldn't give more because once it
will end no there would more
be y all there would finished.
be

Once the visitor left, Macario buried the canteen and returned to his
house. His wife informed him that their son was sick and was about to
to die, Macario went for the canteen to where he had buried it and when he entered the
The room saw the visitor placed at the child's feet, Macario gave him the liquid as well.
As the visitor had told him; upon seeing the town that his son had healed, he began
to be recognized. He began to heal many people and to earn a lot of money,
I built a large mansion with gardens and parks, and my children had teachers.
from Latin and various sciences and went to universities, everything happened just as their
the guest had promised, but despite all the wealth and fame, Macario
I preserve honest e incorruptible.

One day the viceroy summoned him because his son was seriously ill and said to Macario
that if his son was healed he would give everything, but if he was not healed he would be burned alive
in the village square. Macario was left alone in the room with the patient and saw
At the visitor placed at the head of the bed, Macario begged the visitor for the
child, since his life was in danger as he would be burned alive, but the guest
he mentioned to Macario that he could do nothing, it was his destiny to die. Macario
he continued pleading for the child and the guest told him that he would help save his life from
burnt on the ground. Macario was found in the forest dead and with a smile on his face.
mouth but only with half a turkey.