The Challenge by Mario Vargas Llosa

Julian narrates the story and it is from his stance that the plot unfolds. When Leonidas leaves the River Bar, Briceno suddenly exclaims, "The catch's going to kill him" in elongation to Justo (Llosa 403). Though his friends be worried for his life, nobody makes these senti custodyts known to Justo. Instead, the men slowly make their way to the scene of the knife scrap. They in the end reach the raft and come across the other root word of men, Gimp and those who are loyal to the Gimp.

The plot develops as we are told of the ritualistic manner in which the play off is conducted. Both of the fighters put one across their knives checked for acceptability. Julian has brought a knife with him for Justo to use, bu

Vargas Llosa, M. The Challenge, 402-410.

t after viewing the knife Justo replies, "They're the same. I'll twinge with mine" (Llosa 404).

The use of the knife early on in the story foreshadows the later plot development of the Gimp and Justo conflict to the death with knives. However, another use of foreshadowing is seen when we are told close to how the fight between the Gimp and Justo started. During a heated rally similar to mad dogs, a priest pulls them apart and says "Quiet, you animals" (Llosa 404). The fight resembles two animals without emotions. So, too, do the two groups of men. Even though the men in both groups are loyal to either the Gimp or Justo, nobody makes any attempt to prevent the fight or to stop it when it appears Justo will be killed. Only
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