2. Azuela represented
Mexico’s unstable
government through the
Chronology
• Zapata, Diaz, Obregon, and
Carranza’s conflict for power
Now, although Mexico
does not have the most
stable government in
place, there are not
anymore assassinations
and new heads in power
from violence
3. Carr represents New
York’s old ways
through characters,
places, and how the
plot plays out
Carr expresses a lot of
problems going on in
the last years of 1800’s
without explicitly going
into detail and the
reader must pick up
the hints
• One such example is his
address of the
crookedness of the NYPD
of the time
4. Both Azuela and Carr rely heavily on
history although the novels are fictional
Azuela
• Uses Demetrio's men as a representation of what
the poor laborers and farmers were dealing with
Their lack of technological advanced weapons
The men rely on taking weapons from the wounded and have
other way of supplying their own
Although Azuela makes Demetrio out to be ignorant in
the reason for the war, the stories the other men have
give personal suffrage to why the men are fighting
5. Carr’s references to history
• Roosevelt’s presence in the novel
By Carr including such a historical figure, the readers
were able to learn new facts of before he was President
Roosevelt
His presence was significant to adding history with the
fiction and gave the readers a better understanding of
the era in which it was being written
6. • Women in the 1800’s and
early 1900’s
By adding Sara Howard, the
female lead role in this
novel, Carr again
represented historical facts
without going into grave
detail or plainly stating it
By a brief explanation and
references throughout the
book of Sara’s job as an
receptionist, it makes the
reader well aware of the
significance of her being in
the work place
7. The Alienist refers to Dr. Kreisler and his work with the
troubled children
• This is significant because of many characters
present that were thought to have an illness but
were only neglected and gave up on by parents
• It shows the differences of time and the lack of
knowledge available to correctly diagnose and cure
diseases
The Underdogs represents Demetrio and his men and
their social standing
