Tell Them Not to Kill Me! (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Rulfo
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: Jalisco, Mexico
- Principal Characters: Juvencio Nava, Justino, Colonel Terreros
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Capital punishment, Violence, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fathers, Mexico or Mexicans
- Locales: Jalisco, Mexico
The Story
Juvencio Nava cries out, “Tell them not to kill me!,” pleading with his son, Justino, to help him. Juvencio, who is in his sixties, has just been arrested for a crime he had committed thirty-five or forty years earlier. At first, Justino is reluctant to interfere, fearing that the police or the soldiers may arrest him too or even shoot him. Then there will be no one left to care for his wife and children. He finally relents and offers to see what he can do to assist his father.
As he waits, tied to a post, Juvencio recalls the past events that led up to his...
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