the mexican revolution

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Shamar Turner

ENGL 150.001

Professor Collier

25 July 2013

The Mexican Revolution: Dictatorship vs. Change

The Mexican Revolution was a complex and controversial conflict between the residents of Mexico and the dictatorship of the government, which lasted from a period of 10yrs starting in the early 1900s. The revolution was about the various beliefs of numerous dictators on how the country should be governed from an economically point of view. The politics of the old government disagreed on certain ideas about how they should run country which lead to an un-stabilized system that caused the residents of Mexico to rise up and rebel. The same goes for Tita's family. Tita didn't like Mama Elena's traditions and hated the fact that she forced them on her so harshly. Tita tried numerous things to avoid Mama Elena's tradition which therefore cause her actions to be considered as a sense of rebellion in her home.

A revolution within a revolution. The dissidents opposition of the dictatorship of the old government caused the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920, which mirrors Tita's rebellion against Mama Elena's strict traditions in the novel Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel.

The Revolution began with the dictator at the time Porfirio Diaz Mori. Porfirio began his career in politics as a visionary; he helped industrialized and modernize Mexico. He believed

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Industrialization was an important step into becoming a well developed country. He served his first term as president and then going by his "no re-election policy" he did not run again. After Mexico suffered with a corrupt government for one term which was run by Man Gonzalez, Diaz disregard his rule and ran again overthrowing Gonzalez. He was welcomed with open arms. Diaz believed that he was the right person to run Mexico because...