The censors by luisa valenzuela questions

in 1974, Luisa Valenzuela returned to her home country of Argentina after spending years traveling abroad. The mood in Buenos Aires, the capital, was one of fear and oppression. Valenzuela once wrote, “Upon returning to my city after a long absence, it wasn’t mine any longer. Buenos Aires belonged to violence and state terrorism.” Write an argumentative paragraph using "The Censors" to support Valenzuela's statement.

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Your response should be between 7-15 sentences in length. Type it in a Word document; once complete, upload your response into Canvas.Poor Juan! One day they caught him with his guard down before he could even realize that what he had taken as a stroke of luck was really one of fate’s dirty tricks. These things happen the minute you’re careless and you let down your guard, as one often does. Juancito let happiness—a feeling you can’t trust—get the better of him when he received from a confidential (Links to an external site.) source Mariana’s new address in Paris and he knew that she hadn’t forgotten him. Without thinking twice, he sat down at his table and wrote her a letter. The letter that keeps his mind off his job during the day and 10 won’t let him sleep at night (what had he scrawled, what had he put on that sheet of paper he sent to Mariana?). Juan knows there won’t be a problem with the letter’s contents, that it’s irreproachable (Links to an external site.), harmless. But what about the rest? He knows that they examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each and every letter, and check its tiniest comma and most accidental stain. He knows that all letters pass from hand to hand and go through all sorts of tests in the huge censorship (Links to an external site.) offices and that, in the end, very few continue on their way. Usually, it Page 90 takes months, even years, if there aren’t any snags; all this time 20 the freedom, maybe even the life, of both sender and receiver is in jeopardy (Links to an external site.). And that’s why Juan’s so down in the dumps: thinking that something might happen to Mariana because of his letters. Of all people, Mariana, who must finally feel safe there where she always dreamed she’d live. But he knows that the Censor’s Secret Command operates all over the world and cashes in on the discount in air rates; there’s nothing to stop them from going as far as that hidden Paris neighborhood, kidnapping Mariana, and returning to their cozy homes, certain of having fulfilled their noble mission. Well, you’ve got to beat them to the punch, do what everyone 30 tries to do: sabotage (Links to an external site.) the machinery, throw sand in its gears, get to the bottom of the problem so as to stop it. This was Juan’s sound plan when he, like many others, applied for a censor’s job—not because he had a calling or needed a job: no, he applied simply to intercept his own letter, a consoling but unoriginal idea. He was hired immediately, for each day more and more censors are needed and no one would bother to check on his references. Ulterior (Links to an external site.) motives couldn’t be overlooked by the Censorship Division, but they needn’t be too strict with those who applied. 40 They knew how hard it would be for those poor guys to find the letter they wanted and even if they did, what’s a letter or two when the new censor would snap up so many others? That’s how Juan managed to join the Post Office’s Censorship Division, with a certain goal in mind. The building had a festive air on the outside which contrasted with its inner staidness (Links to an external site.). Little by little, Juan was absorbed by his job and he felt at peace since he was doing everything he could to get his letter for Mariana. He didn’t even worry when, in his first month, he was sent to Section K where envelopes are very carefully 50 screened for explosives. It’s true that on the third day, a fellow worker had his right hand blown off by a letter, but the division chief claimed it was sheer negligence (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)on the victim’s part. Juan and the other employees were allowed to go back to their work, albeit feeling less secure. After work, one of them tried to organize a strike to demand higher wages for unhealthy work, but Juan didn’t join in; after thinking it over, he reported him to his superiors and thus got promoted. You don’t form a habit by doing something once, he told himself as he left his boss’s office. And when he was transferred to 60 Section J, where letters are carefully checked for poison dust, he felt he had climbed a rung in the ladder. By working hard, he quickly reached Section E where the job was more interesting, for he could now read and analyze the letters’ Page 91 contents. Here he could even hope to get hold of his letter which, judging by the time that had elapsed, had gone through the other sections and was probably floating around in this one. Soon his work became so absorbing that his noble mission blurred in his mind.