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On Heroes and Tombs

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On Heroes and Tombs	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })On Heroes and Tombs is a 1961 novel, a chaotic and surreal book written by Ernesto Sábato set in Buenos Aires, it begins with a note from a local newspaper, telling of the suspicious circumstances in which a girl murdered her father and then set herself on fire.The story has at its center the ill-fated romance between Alejandra Vidal, a young, beautiful yet emotionally unstable woman, last heir of a decadent Argentinian family, and of Martín del Castillo, the shy, homeless teenager that sees her as the only reason to keep on living. This tale, told as a conversation between Martín and his friend Bruno years after Alejandra's suicide, serves as the background for a dark examination of the nature of hope and the futility of human contact, complete with Freudian undertones, mythological allegories and some serious analysis on the nationality of Argentina.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The third chapter, called "Report on the Blind" has sometimes been published as a completely separate book. This section, narrated by Fernando Vidal, father of Alejandra and resident schizophrenic/Magnificent Bastard, breaks with the realism and narrative line of the rest of the book by interrupting the story with a chaotic and existentialist description of Fernando's delusional mission. He believes blind people are secretly a sect of non-entirely-human creatures that control everything and everyone. Only he can stop them, maybe not definitely, but it is his destiny to try. It is Fernando's mission to infiltrate this dangerous association that has secret, unlimited powers. In the process, however, he tells us about the evolution of his insanity and psychopathy, along with his ultra-nihilistic views on reality and some little details that suggest the true dark secret behind the plot. Namely that Fernando and Alejandra had a incestuous relationship before her relationship with Martín caused her to precipitate into madness, via killing his father and then killing herself.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Oh and sometimes, between the storylines, there is a historical narration of the flee of the forces of General Lavalle from the traitor soldiers of Oribe, at the Argentinian civil war. The kick of this story is that Lavalle, the heroic commander, dies halfway through but his troops keep the flight through the desert; decided not to let the enemy take the hero's head and plant it on a lance.This is the second book of Sábato's trilogy, preceded by existentialist novella The Tunnel and followed by Mind Screw extraordinaire "Abbadon the Despoiler". "Writing on the Blind" has been adapted both to movie format and comic book format.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_39ed1c8a	comment	In his old age, Borges was blind.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
On Heroes and Tombs / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: although one that requieres almost exclusively on Fridge Brilliance for the sweet part. Lavalle becomes a true hero in the imagination of his people for all the pain he went through. It is suggested Martín has turned into a hero of normal life himself, and he at least never commits suicide-or lets Alejandra die from his memory-thus proving what Bruno says in that "human beings aren't rational beings and as such they will always rebuild their lives".
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_48d9e12d	type	Funetik Aksent
On Heroes and Tombs / int_48d9e12d	comment	Funetik Aksent: A couple of characters talk in a certain way to accentuate their middle-lower class status.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_4e96cf0	type	EverybodyIsJesusInPurgatory
On Heroes and Tombs / int_4e96cf0	comment	Everybody Is Jesusin Purgatory: probably cultivated knowingly, as the story has a lot of obviously allegorical elements, especially in "Writing on the Blind", but what exactly do this represents is never clear. Different people propose the Decadence of Argentina, the growth from youthful idealism to mature nihilism, and the slow destruction of all hope in one's life.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_606244c2	comment	Parental Incest
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_7ef728b1	comment	Tsundere: Alejandra works as a very dark spin of this. Martin describes their relationship as if the prince came to battle the dragon and save the princess, only to realize the dragon and the princess were one and the same creature.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_8e5c862	type	Ancient Conspiracy
On Heroes and Tombs / int_8e5c862	comment	Ancient Conspiracy: Fernando thinks blind people are part of one.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_9303d6d1	type	Battle Amongst the Flames
On Heroes and Tombs / int_9303d6d1	comment	Battle Amongst the Flames: A short chapter shows a woman trying to save an effigy of the Virgin Mary from a burning church.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_9c1f758a	type	Kill It with Fire
On Heroes and Tombs / int_9c1f758a	comment	Kill It with Fire: Alejandra believes fire purifies. She wants to purify herself.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
On Heroes and Tombs / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: Fernando mentions the events in The Tunnel, Sábato's previous novel, and links the story with his theory of blind people being evil.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
On Heroes and Tombs / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: in one of his delusions in "Writing on the Blind", Fernando has gigantic pterodactyls/vultures/bats pierce his eyes and snatch both of them while he is trapped in the mud helpless.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_a6123b72	type	Enfant Terrible
On Heroes and Tombs / int_a6123b72	comment	Enfant Terrible: Fernando used to snatch the eyes of birds when he was little, just for kicks.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_b593baf1	type	Author Filibuster
On Heroes and Tombs / int_b593baf1	comment	Author Filibuster: see Jorge Luis Borges below.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_bd2812b5	type	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
On Heroes and Tombs / int_bd2812b5	comment	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Lavalle, after dying unimpressively and having his body desacrated by those he loves appears near the ending, in the imagination of a poor indian, as a larger than life figure gloriously riding the road to Jujuy, drapped in the blue of the skies and the argentinian flag.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_c63e5338	type	It Runs in the Family
On Heroes and Tombs / int_c63e5338	comment	It Runs in the Family: Alejandra's entire family is completely insane. One of them keeps her grandfather's head in her room (which she never leaves).
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_e3109dae	type	Switching P.O.V.
On Heroes and Tombs / int_e3109dae	comment	Switching P.O.V.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_e82bc849	type	Milkman Conspiracy
On Heroes and Tombs / int_e82bc849	comment	Milkman Conspiracy: Seriously, a conspiracy of blind? It's not Played for Laughs, though.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_e88e8a8f	type	Writer on Board
On Heroes and Tombs / int_e88e8a8f	comment	Writer on Board: no matter how traumatic things get, Sábato likes to take time to explore the nature of the Nation of Argentina, hope and other philosophical tracts.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_f081b6bc	type	EmoTeen
On Heroes and Tombs / int_f081b6bc	comment	Emo Teen: Martin maybe, but he has more than enough reasons to be one. This reason vary from the ordinary (his father was distant and disappointing, he is rather shy), to the downright traumatic: his mother directly tells him he is a disgrace to her and that she tried repeatedly to give herself an abortion. Having Alejandra as a sort-of girlfriend and having no job or home probably does not help either.
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On Heroes and Tombs / int_f7cee9b	type	Last Stand
On Heroes and Tombs / int_f7cee9b	comment	Last Stand: subverted in the story of the Legion. They have no hope left, all that they want is their leader's body not to be dishonoured.
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