Summary Of The Underdogs By Mariano Azuelo

The book, The Underdogs was written by Mariano Azuelo is widely known as a story about the Mexican Revolution. The book was published in 1915, where the protagonist Demetrio7 Macías is represented as the ‘Robin Hood.’ Azuelo portrays Macías as common man who joins against the rebel forces and protect the people from the Federals who are the antagonist. Federals are government troops who are corrupt and steal from the poor. Through the novel, Azuela’s message regarding the change of Demetrio Macías and the revolutionaries’ is reflected as an ironic metamorphosis by their actions from the beginning of the novel to the end.
Demetrio Macías goes from being a father and husband to his family to being a leader in the revolutionary army. In the