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The Time of the Hero (Spanish: La Ciudad y los Perros, translated literally as The City and the Dogs) is a 1963 novel. It was the first novel published by Mario Vargas Llosa. It deals with a group of students in a military school in Lima, Perú; their relationships, their backgrounds, their lives in a school ruled by strict military rules. The novel is noteworthy for experimenting with multiple perspectives and is required literature in Latin American countries.

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  • The Time of the Hero (Spanish: La Ciudad y los Perros, translated literally as The City and the Dogs) is a 1963 novel. It was the first novel published by Mario Vargas Llosa. It deals with a group of students in a military school in Lima, Perú; their relationships, their backgrounds, their lives in a school ruled by strict military rules. The novel is noteworthy for experimenting with multiple perspectives and is required literature in Latin American countries.
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  • The Time of the Hero (Spanish: La Ciudad y los Perros, translated literally as The City and the Dogs) is a 1963 novel. It was the first novel published by Mario Vargas Llosa. It deals with a group of students in a military school in Lima, Perú; their relationships, their backgrounds, their lives in a school ruled by strict military rules. The novel is noteworthy for experimenting with multiple perspectives and is required literature in Latin American countries. * Absurdly Powerful Student Council: The Circle. * Anachronic Order * Author Tract: Military rule promotes things like manliness, sexuality and courage but cripples other things like personal development. * Biggus Dickus: The Boa. * Black Comedy: Throughout the book. * Butt Monkey: The Slave. * Depraved Homosexual: Paulino. * Determinator: The Jaguar. * Five-Bad Band: * The Big Bad: The Jaguar. * The Dragon: The Boa. * The Evil Genius: Brigadier Arróspide. * The Brute: Curly. * The Dark Chick: Vallano. * The Lancer: Cava. * Humiliation Conga: It happens to a lot of characters, usually not Played for Laughs. * In Medias Res * In the Back: The Slave. * Initiation Ceremony: Happens when the boys enter the academy; the humiliating variety. * Karma Houdini: The Jaguar goes unpunished even after he reveals the truth to Lt. Gamboa, because the case was already close. * Military School * Only Known by Their Nickname: The Poet, the Jaguar, the Slave, the Boa and others. * Pick on Someone Your Own Size * Prison Rape: In a military academy. * Reassigned to Antarctica: Lt. Gamboa is reassigned to Juliaca (for those who don’t know, it’s only a few miles from the Titicaca Lake, shared with Bolivia). * The Reveal * Sadist Teacher: Blended with Drill Sergeant Nasty. * The Spartan Way * The Stool Pigeon: The Slave, who only snitches because he wants to get out of the academy to see the girl he likes. After his death, Alberto decides to rat out the Circle. * Teens Are Monsters * Those Two Guys: Tico and Pluto. * Write What You Know: Vargas Llosa spent a couple of years in the academy in his youth.
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