The spaces of violence (directionality) in The City and the Dogs by Mario Vargas LLosa

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Abstract

The spaces of violence (directionality), in the first novel by Vargas Llosa, La ciudad y los perros (1963), are represented in their intellectual, physical, emotional, social and cultural spheres. The frequency with which the characters execute these actions, in a certain place, will accentuate the process of the conformation of their violent identity, as when the cadets fight among themselves; only, in isolated places where Leoncio Prado’s military authorities can not see or control them. The character Ricardo Arana practices nonviolence, but even then he can not get rid of the perversities of his other companions; the resistance that he exercises only causes other boys to envy him and end up abusing him, more than any other student.