Peregrinos de Aztlan (Pilgrims in Aztlan) | Themes
Pilgrimage
The pilgrimage to Aztlán is a dominant theme in Méndez’s novel. To understand the pilgrimage, the concept of Aztlán itself must be grasped. As a myth, Aztlán has symbolized “the existence of a paradisiacal region where injustice, evil, sickness, old age, poverty, and misery do not exist,” says Luis Leal writing in the Denver Quarterly. In the essay “Myth, Identity and Struggle in Three Chicano Novels,” the writer and poet Alurista states that Aztlán represents “a myth of origin” and has “at least three traditions in...
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