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Feast Of The Goat Analysis

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Does the goats, Trujillo reign of terror reflect the majority of dictatorships in the world or is it only an extreme case. The Feast of The Goat contains a variety of themes and ideas related to Trujillo reign. The novel deals with sex, power, violence and revenge used in the dominican government as a way to control people within Trujillo 's regime and society around them. The novel has three connected storylines. The first is about a Urania Cabral who came to the Dominican Republic, after a long absence. The second story line focuses on the last day in Trujillo 's life from the moment he wakes up onward it also reveals the regime 's inner circle. Who Urania Cabral father once belonged too. The third is about Trujillo 's assassins, many of

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