and structurally unpunctuated fragmented plot that seems to have no logical order and requires an active reader to decipher the fiction's message. The only developed character in is the old man who, despite his anonymity, represents the typical Un con ojos de jade Mayan man protecting his culture and family. Finally, the end of the novel remains requiring the reader to interpret the possible outcome based on cultural clues left in the text. Analysis of reveals that identity crisis is a common, Bestard’s novel theme. The plot of the novel provides a base for understanding this thesis’s analysis of identity. In the novel, the reader finds himself in the woodlands of Yucatán, near the fictitious , sometime in either the 19th or 20th century. Time is ambiguous since Bestard emphasizes the eternal existence and circularity of time and Nature. Nature is personified as one of the principal characters in the novel while the human protagonist is an old hunter who represents the ancient Mayan culture. For the last time in his life, he ventures into the hills with his dog Bicho on a quest for self-affirmation. Despite not needing fresh venison, he must prove to himself that he is still capable of hunting his own food and surviving alone in the wilderness. As a young man, the wise protagonist knew the dangers of the forest and would hunt only until midday in order to return to his small hut before twilight. However, on the day described in the novel, he continues to hunt well into the afternoon, traveling farther and farther from his home. The old man persists until he finds an innocent deer that apparently has never had any contact with humans. The animal does not understand the danger presented by man and his weapons and remains immobilized even as the old man
and structurally unpunctuated fragmented plot that seems to have no logical order and requires an active reader to decipher the fiction's message. The only developed character in Un con ojos de jade is the old man who, despite his anonymity, represents the typical Mayan man protecting his culture and family. Finally, the end of the novel remains requiring the reader to interpret the possible outcome based on cultural clues left in the text. Analysis of Bestard’s novel reveals that identity crisis is a common, theme. The plot of the novel provides a base for understanding this thesis’s analysis of identity. In the novel, the reader finds himself in the woodlands of Yucatán, near the fictitious , sometime in either the 19th or 20th century. Time is ambiguous since Bestard emphasizes the eternal existence and circularity of time and Nature. Nature is personified as one of the principal characters in the novel while the human protagonist is an old hunter who represents the ancient Mayan culture. For the last time in his life, he ventures into the hills with his dog Bicho on a quest for self-affirmation. Despite not needing fresh venison, he must prove to himself that he is still capable of hunting his own food and surviving alone in the wilderness. As a young man, the wise protagonist knew the dangers of the forest and would hunt only until midday in order to return to his small hut before twilight. However, on the day described in the novel, he continues to hunt well into the afternoon, traveling farther and farther from his home. The old man persists until he finds an innocent deer that apparently has never had any contact with humans. The animal does not understand the danger presented by man and his weapons and remains immobilized even as the old man