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On April 5 marked 38 years of the death of , probably the most important pen Venezuelan literature, a man of his time, in addition to its extra height as a writer known to be present as a teacher and a politician. It is likely, nonetheless, that many Venezuelans are overlooked by the date and perhaps if it had not been reviewed by the press and other media, many would not have fallen on account of the anniversary and have consumed their time the fun in that week has become greater in any beach in the vast coast of Venezuela without devoting thought and even an untapped sheepishly mention the details of historical fact amid the bustle, the sand and the tremendous noise of 29 "reageton "while playing in 10 square meters of sand … Not have noticed that in almost all the written work of Romulo Gallegos also speaks of them as the recurring theme in his writings was the struggle between civilization and barbarism. Having written most of his work in the early twentieth century this struggle always placed in remote areas of our national geography in which this dichotomy turns out not only more natural but more radical. This is evident in his most notable works: "Dona Barbara", "Cantaclaro" and "Canaima", all written before the coup that forced him into exile in 1948 and where the thread of the plot is the contrast between civilized, always incarnated the character of the city, with studies and intellectual tools, moral and philosophical that allows it to an orderly world, or at least ordered, clear and manageable, the seed of development in the unbreakable will of the character bring civilization and its ideas of progress to these wild and undeveloped areas in return for the characters representatives of savagery, using his tools "natural" violence, ignorance, superstition often present a barrier apparently impassable intentions of civilization as we thought Gallegos, both related opposite aspects through shared human emotions such as ambition, love, jealousy, honor …
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