Book Review of Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides da Cunha :: essays research papers

Book Review of "Rebellion in the Backlands"By Euclides da Cunha     Rebellion in the Backlands is set in the northeast backlands of Brazil. It is basically, a historical narration of a period of time (1896 and 1897) where the disposal of the Republic of Brazil decided to wage war against a spectral group of people of well-nigh 5000. This group of people, lead by a charismatic religious leader named Antonio Conselheiro, did not accept the Brazilian government as their legitimate government and was therefore deemed a threat to the take a breath of the country. Some of the members of this rebellion were in fact very aggressive and uncontrollable. in the end the Brazilian government led an attack on these people entering a battle that lasted almost a year and took the lives of hundreds of Brazilian troops soldiers, and thousands of native Brazilian rebels. The poor, native people of the backlands proved impressive electrical resistance and in fact de feated every single force displace against them and even killed the commander of the first expedition. Although, in the end the governments military did contain over the rural people, and they were all eventually killed. Still, the interesting thing about(predicate) his book is that it seems to demonstrate that there is more to the story than just a battle lost.      When I began this assignment, I set out to read to each one and every page of this book. Unfortunately, it is not an easy book to read and out-of-pocket to time limitations as well as a curiosity to glisten ahead to further chapters, I was subsequently constrained to skim the inbuilt book. From what I did gather this is a very well written book, incredibly detailed, by someone who is clearly well educated in Latin American History as well as military manoeuvre and it seems as though, geology and geography as well. The amount of imagery and detail that was be sick into the chapter on land al one was enough to fill its avow book. an unlooked-for picture awaits the traveler all of which confers upon the landscape in a fuse in a distant and amazing blend of color. The forcible descriptions of the land were beautiful and vivid, but what really interested me was the chapter entitled gentleman.     Being a psychology major, this was by far my preferred chapter. here(predicate) Da Cunha really gets into the meat of the story he is telling about Brazilian history.