The People
My Message and A Celebration of the Monster chart two different perspectives of the masses and of uprisings. My Message sees the hope and the power within the people, which are necessary to Perón's cause and her movement. Evita Perón does not back away from stating that she hopes to move people to act: “I want to incite the people. I want to ignite them with the fire of my heart.” (30). In her eyes, the people are an important part of the nation and her cause. She relies on the people, on the masses, and she even critiques those who do not join the fight. In My Message , the people are seen as influential and good in the way they provide to the fight, by giving a reason and a cause to fight for. The people, not the elites, deserve to be heard and listened, at least in this text, and this view of the people as good and reliable contrasts with the way that A Celebration of the Monster portrays the people (or the masses). In A Celebration of the Monster , Jorge Luis Borges follow...