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Outline


I. Thesis: In the Underdogs" by Mariano Azuela, Demetrio and his friends started fighting for the rights of poor people, but as the revolution continued Demetrio started losing interest and that caused his defeat.


II. Introduction
A. Background on Underdogs a brief explanation on the characters and the events.
B. Demetrio, Anastacio, Pancracio, Manteca, Camila, Meco, Blondie and Luis Cervantes.


III. Body Paragraphs
A. Mexican Revolution Background. The real Mexican revolution and the people that influenced the revolution.
B. Why is Demetrio Fighting? What is Demetrio fighting for, at the beginning and at the end?
C. Why does he keep fighting? Why does he start losing interest?


IV. Conclusion
A. How can losing interest in a revolution affect you?
B. How do people in famous revolutions were affected by losing interest?

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In the Underdogs" by Mariano Azuela Demetrio and his friends started fighting for the rights of poor people, but as the revolution continued Demetrio started loosing interest and that caused his defeat.

Why is Demetrio and his friends fighting for?
Why do people fight in a revolution?

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What were the causes the people wanted to revolt against the goverment?
Who was more influencial in the mexican revolution Pancho Villa or Emiliano Zapata?

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"She bent down, drew a sharp, gleamingdagger from her stocking and leapt at Camila."

Why did War Paint hated Camila so much?

In the past Camila and War Paint were friends. One day, when Camila used to hate Demetrio and she wanted to go home, War Paint tried to help her and came out with a plan. War Paint argued with Demetrio so Camila could go home, but Camila changed her mind. Camia betrayed War Paint and thats why she started hating her.

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Title:

The Mexican Revolution.

Timeline:

Civics -- Major Political & Nonpolitical Developments; Geography -- Peoples, Places & Environments -- World; World History -- Growth of Imperialism (1850-1914)

Subject(s):

MEXICO -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920; DIAZ, Porfirio, 1830-1915; MADERO, Fransisco; VILLA, Pancho; CARRANZA, Venustiano, 1859-1920

Author(s):

McGill, Sara Ann

Source:

Mexican Revolution, 2009, p1

Document Type:

Article

Abstract:

Presents an overview of events surrounding the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Dissatisfaction of many Mexicans with the administration of President Porifo Diaz; Attacks staged by Fransisco Madero and his followers, including Pancho Villa; Creation of the Mexican Constitution by President Venustiano Carranza in 1917; Institution of the democratic reforms outlined by Carranza.

Accession Number:

17987645

ISBN:

1429-804874

Lexile:

1210

Persistent link to this record (Permalink):

Database:

History Reference Center

This information is important because it gives a brief summary of all the revolution and states the most important aspects of the Mexican revolution.
This information is just to have an idea of the revolution, and because it is very short it does not go into very detail.

Underdogs-Mariano Azuela

The book is about a rebel named Demetrio Macias. He and all the people that have been oppressed by the government begin to revolt. Demetrio starts gathering many friends and people that are against the government to make an army to fight with the federals.

The Mexican revolution began because of a dictatorship. Porfirio Diaz had more than 30 years in the power. Francisco Villa one of the most important revolutionist began fighting against him and the government and the revolution began. The rebels won and Huerta was put on power where he settled a law "sufragio electivo no reelecion" that means that no president can be reelected.

What did Porfirio Diaz do, that the poeople wanted to revolt against him?