Caballero_Review

Caballero Review It is an irony that something that can raise a person to their highest level has the same power to dissolve it. In the case of Caballero, pride and vision fuel the Mendoza family to establish an hacienda and be respected among their peers. This greatness, in their eyes, is the fruit of hard work, family, and traditions followed through many generations. Through the course of the novel, pride remains a key element in Don Santiago, but somewhere vision is lost and is blurred by the pestering war that raises emotion to take control of his actions. A reasonable man can do many things, but Don Santiago’s reason is blinded by rage directed at people whom he knows little to nothing of. Letting pride take the best of him, he alone is the cause for the fall of his family. When Don Jose arrived in the area known as Rancho Las Palmas, the land was unmarked and unwanted, so he labeled it his and raised a great hacienda and family. However, during this time, power and control changed as countries fought for this land. No one really took notice to the area caballero, don, santiago, family, love, dona, tradition, pride, power, one, land, control, warrener, take, rancho, now, head, anglo, time, thing, son, santiago’s, position, maria, instead, even, american, yet, wife, way, war, vision, susanita, sister, side, reason, rancheros, ranchero, people, palmas, own, over, once, maybe, lost, loses, las, knows, himself, herself, good