Beginning with a quote about the untenability of "the other" from Antonio Machado, the author turns to the pachuco, who practices an extreme form of self-identification.
The final section describes the "dialectic" of the title condition and quotes Toynbee. The fourth discusses the importance of Guadelupe, the Virgin, and La Malinche and argues that incarnations of femininity embody the complications of a nation. Beginning with a quote about the untenability of "the other" from Antonio Machado, the author turns to the pachuco, who practices an extreme form of self-identification. This is followed by an argument about colonialism and the various masks, ranging from machismo to the cult of death, that citizens now wear in Mexico. FTP identify this essay that prescribes love and creativity to escape the titular structure, a work by Octavio Paz.
The final section describes the "dialectic" of the title condition and quotes Toynbee.
Labyrinth of Solitude or El Laberinto de Soledad