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Analysis of Stories Featured in The Burning Plain by Rulfo

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formed in a starkly narrative, very spare style of writing and prose. Much of his narrative in fact, covers events and hardships experienced by poverty-stricken Mexican people that are unknown  to much of the rest of the population. Rulfos spare descriptions say more in their brevity than highly descriptive words ever could.  Two of his stories, "We Are Very Poor," and "Talpa" are excellent examples of Rulfos ability to paint pictures and image with his words. The stories are different in nature  -- the characters are different and the plots are different as well. Yet both offer the same sad view of life as a poor person living in Mexico, and  paint the hopelessness and helplessness that both the Mexican people and the human condition suffers through poverty and bitterness. "We are very  Poor" concerns a family of peasants that has literally no possessions -- any possessions these people own are from the land in the form of animals and crops they are  able to gather. This particular story concerns but peasant family who is worried that one of its members will become a prostitute because a cow was killed in a  flood. While many might examine such as story and wonder why anyone would go to such extremes over a dead cow, this  story indicates the importance of the farm animal to the poverty-stricken Mexican family. A cow is a very important member of such a family that has little in life  -- for one thing, it provides milk. In a poor family, milk is the primary food. For another thing, a cow that is bred means more cows, which can then