Jose Marti

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The paper discusses how Jose Marti is considered by many as one of the most influential writers in the Hispanic world. The paper explains that Marti used his personal experiences to conceptualize his political position with his well-articulated political views. The paper details his background and political beliefs. The paper highlights the timeline of his youth, the greater connection of his upbringing with the transforming texture of Cuba and his location in Havana. The paper maintains that these factors all influenced Marti to become a unique player in the Cuban Revolution whose legacy lives on until today.

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""A genuine man goes to the roots," Marti wrote. "To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots." For Jose Julia Marti Perez, those roots began on January 28, 1853 in Havana, then still the capital city of a Spanish colony. Marti's parents were both Spanish, his mother from the Canary Islands, and his large family included seven younger sisters, with whom the family moved from Cuba to Valencia and back to Havana while Jose was still very young. The early exposure to both the political anti-colonial movements burgeoning in Cuba and the new artistic rebirth of the Eclecticism epoch overwhelmed Spain. In the heat of this rekindling of arts and ideologies, Marti explored his creative bent after enrolling in a local Cuban public school."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abel, Christopher. 1986. Jose Marti: Revolutionary Democrat. Durham: Duke University Press.
• Foner, Philip S. 1975. Inside the Monster: Writings on the United States and Imperialism. New York: Monthly River Press.
• Gray, Richard B. 1963. Marti and Social Revolution in Cuba. Journal of Inter-American Studies. 5. 2. (Apr.)
• Kirk, John M. 1983. Jose Marti: Mentor of the Cuban Nation. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida.
• Kirk John M. 1977. Jose Marti and the United States: A Further Interpretation. Journal of Latin American Studies. 9. 2. (Nov.)

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