Requiem for a spanish villager

Requiem for a spanish villager is the best book by Ramón J. Sender and was written in 1953. The book shows in a very simple and sober way the reality of the Spanish Civil War among other warlike conflicts that were developing at the same time.

This novel collects the story of a little Aragonese people and the tragedy that suffers Mosén Millán during the civil war. It is a book characterized by its simplicity when it comes to being read but also by its great dramatic weight and sincerity. In this lesson from a TEACHER we want to introduce you summary of Requiem for a spanish villager.

Index

1. Introduction to Requiem for a Spanish Peasant
2. Summary of Requiem for a Spanish Peasant - Part 1: The Baptism
3. Part 2: Communion
4. Summary of Part 3: Marriage
5. Part 4: Paco and politics
6. Requiem for a Spanish Peasant - Part 5: The Pijaitos
7. Part 6: The Extreme Anointing

Requiem for a spanish villager It occurs in a small town in Aragon, almost on the border with Catalonia, while a priest waits in his sacristy for the parishioners to arrive to officiate mass after a year of the

The entire work is based on the thoughts of this cure about the young murdered Paco, at the hands of uncontrolled youths at the beginning of the civil war.

The altar boy who helps Millán is in charge of notifying the priest when the church is full and mass can begin. But the church is never crowded, since the people do not want to attend mass as a protest against what they did to Paco.

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In this first part, the priest recalls the Paco's baptism. The ceremony was fine, nothing special. When they went to the banquet, people made jokes about the family and the child they had just baptized, that is, there was a Very good atmosphere.

They all gave the boy the odd gift, especially his grandmother who gave him a pendant with a cross that the priest remembers with great affection. Finally the doctor said that Paco was in perfect condition and Mosén Millán gave him the blessing.

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Paco went to school from the age of six. He played with his friends and helped Mosén Millán from time to time to prepare the mass. When he was 7 years old, the bishop of the church he confirmed the boys in the christian faith and he asked them some questions about his future: Paco wanted to be Labrador like his father.

Mosén Millán then began to prepare the boys for the day of communion. They had to help the priest in everything he ordered them to do as if they were his altar boys. Paco was scared of all those songs and images of the church; until one day he had to accompany Millán to give the extreme anointing to a sick person.

When they arrived at the sick man's house, he was living in a cave without water or light Due to his poverty and Paco he was very shocked and that led him to start asking questions about society. Why did no one help someone so poor and so sick?

As Paco was growingEvery time he was getting closer to adult life and moving further away from the priest and the church.

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We continue with this summary of Requiem for a spanish villager to talk about part 3.Paco was growing and little by little he was entering the world of adults: he spoke with his father about finance issues and He learned that the owner of the village pasture had not lived there for a long time, but he continued to collect from them.

After a while he got get rid of military service, as he got one of the highest marks in the draw. At that time he began to woo a girl called Águeda for two years in a very elegant and discreet way: with greetings, polite phrases, the occasional dance, etc.

Finally, Mosén Millán he married the two young men in the village church. When he returned from his wedding, Paco had a very interesting conversation with the town shoemaker about the instability of the Madrid government. That talk gave Paco a lot to think about and he decided learn a little more politics.

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Upon returning from their honeymoon, the republicans opposed to the monarchy had managed to come to power and taking advantage of that instability, Paco he ran for councilor of the people and won the elections. So he went to speak with Mosén Millán and explain to him what his action plan would be.

He was willing to fight against the poverty of the people, like the one he saw on the day of the extreme anointing of the man who lived in a cave and he would achieve it thanks to not continuing to pay the pastures to their owners but by putting them at the service of the people. Paco got it and some of the wealthy of the town had to leave and settle in the capital.

One day when the Civil Guard had to leave town to attend to a conflict in the surroundings, the village was invaded by pajamas. They were young people from the city with good looks and money, but they were very violent.

These youths began to beat the peasants and came to kill six for no reason, simply because they did not share his political ideas. Paco hid in Las Pardinas, but not for long, since Mosén Millán gave him away.

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And we finish this summary of Requiem for a spanish villager talking about the sixth and last part.

Paco was hidden in the Pardinas and the pajamas accompanied by Mosén Millán, who convinced him to turn himself in. When Paco turned himself in, they put him in the jail. One very dark night the gentlemen of the city took Paco out of jail and took him in the direction of the cemetery walls.

They forced Millán to give him the extreme anointing in the same car where they had come and minutes later they shot him.

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Delgado, G. M., & Juárez, L. TO. AND. (1992). New approach to Requiem by a Spanish peasant. Alazet. Journal of Philology, 163-179.

Marcé, C. C. (2009). Requiem for a Spanish peasant: The tragedy of a bad conscience (Mosén Millán, father of Paco el del Molino?). Speculum: Journal of Literary Studies, (41), 99.