... themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." One of the common conflicts that emerged from the "Boom" literature was the age-old battle between good vs. evil. After the Cuban Revolution, Castro gained power and soon was recognized as a follower of Marxism and had open relations with the Soviet Union. Latin America was ... hideous. The trash is allowed to heap outside people's houses which Llosa describes "People have resigned themselves to the vultures, roaches, mice, and the stinking garbage dum...

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