Don Lazaro in Requiem Guatemala

Authority Rules
"So tonight, Don Lazaro, tonight you have to kill them," Colonel Guzman ordered Don Lazaro. Instead of asking, Don Lazaro is being told what to do throughout the entire drama in Guatemala. During the mid 1980s, terror was spread everywhere in the region of El Quiche where thousand of Indians were killed and villages were destroyed. This was a time where authority ruled and if you were a measly little Indian, you were nobody. Through his novel Requiem Guatemala, Connelly captures the reality of the time period by showing how strong the military and religion were and how…