Under this weeks topic of What is the people? two diverse essays were presented. Both essays of, In My Own Words by Evita Peron, and A Celebration of the Monster by Jorge Luis Borges brought with them two very different perspectives. Peron's extremely long essay had great narrative qualities and I found was easy to agree with her arguments and discussions. She makes some extremely wise statements of which are evident that a lot of personal reflection were done by her self to come to these conclusions. As an example "We must convince them that the Nation is not a plot of land with moveable border; but rather it is the people..." I really like this statement as I personally strongly agree with it. Right from the beginning a level of trust is induced between Peron and the reader when she proclaims that it will be her to tell the truth ( with the publics belief or not) When attempting to look at the relationship between Peron and her husband it is evident that she cared about him but was also very skeptical about the people surrounding him as people are not always who they appear to be. Throughout the essay Peron makes some strong conclusions and that in the end its all about the people. That her wish is that exploiters and "backstabbers" should be removed from the picture. I think that Peron’s position of being within the government yet still somewhat removed and able to reflect upon the situation within the government puts her in a good position. The only issue I had with her article was the length, of which I found to be somewhat repetitive and extended. I felt the points she was attempting to bring forth could have been condensed in half. As for Borges essay, a completely different perspective is evident. In Borges essay, a strong perspective of being the presidents wife is of course not occurring but I feel as though an equal amount of insight is conducted by him. Both of these essays fit perfectly under the heading of What is the People? When looking at “the people” it is evident that solely one perspective is not enough. The diversification of these essays show that when labializing something as large like “ the people” as a whole, there is no right or wrong, or one or the other way to classify or attempt to define “the people”. I truly enjoyed reading both of these essays and found them to inspirational in the attempted understanding of people and society as a whole.
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By reading your post I thought that I may have not enough emphasized Eva Peron's devotion in my blog. You show in so far as she was devoted to her people and wanted to improve their living conditions. However, you don't mention her populist side: she tries to win over the Argenineans by saying what they want to hear. She keeps praising the people so that it appears like a perfect people while Borges describes the people as it is: with its flaws and qualities which seems more realistic for me.
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