Adolescents in the Cubs
Mario Vargas Llosa in his book “The Cubs” tells us the faithful reproduction of the life of a group of young people that grew up in Peruvian society. The author was describing how difficult it is living in macho society. Vargas Llosa exposes and criticizes the agony of the castration of that boy. The readers have an idea of how the adolescents think at that moment and how his medical condition affected him, and how this boy deals with his problem.
Latin American culture is too restricted and the taboo is always in the conscience of the people, then, it is very difficult for the adolescent to stop criticizing and reprimanding the people around them. “The Cubs” is the book that gives the readers many outside and inside examples of the Peruvian society; and the author presents his idea with a group of adolescents that try to help but at the same time oppressed and putting down the boy that is castrated. Vargas Llosa describes the world of these teenagers how it is and how human feelings are affected when society pressures them to be different, and do not accept them the way they are.
However, in his book, the author has not created something that he cannot perceive in the Latin American world because the cruelty of the human being is noticeable in every part of our lives. The author does not create a fancy picture; he gives us the reality of the group of teenagers that grew up together, and they discovered their world at the same time. Also, their experiences of their development and the way they think too. Their different ages give them a different perspective and idea of life and in addition their future and behaviors are changing day by day.
