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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Time of the Hero (Spanish: La Ciudad y los Perros, translated literally as The City and the Dogs) is a 1963 novel. It was the first novel published by Mario Vargas Llosa. It deals with a group of students in a military school in Lima, Perú; their relationships, their backgrounds, their lives in a school ruled by strict military rules.The novel is noteworthy for experimenting with multiple perspectives and is required literature in Latin American countries.
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Bittersweet Ending: The Slave is killed by The Jaguar in a sort of Deadly Prank combined with Disproportionate Retribution. When Gamboa tries to find out about it, he gets reassigned to Juliaca by his superiors in order to mantain the school's reputation. The Jaguar eventually feels regret about what he did and tells Gamboa about it, but it's too late. Alberto (The Slave's Only Friend) decides to move on and carry on with his life while The Jaguar marries Teresa and slowly changes into a better person. Time passes, people change... and life, as it always does, goes on. The movie as well. Alberto has a fight with Jaguar in order to avenge The Slave's death, leading to them being suspended. The Jaguar is moved by Alberto's tenacity and tries to tell Gamboa that he was the one who killed The Slave, but Gamboa can't do anything, as his superiors have transferred him to Juliaca to prevent him from sullying the school's reputation. The movie ends up with Alberto and The Jaguar looking at the sky with a Thousand-Yard Stare, as they can't do anything about The Slave's death.
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Author Tract: Military rule promotes things like manliness, sexuality and courage but cripples other things like personal development.
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Bigger Is Better in Bed: The Boa, hence his nickname (it means snake in Spanish).
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Abusive Parents: It's revealed at one point that The Slave has an overprotective mother and an abusive father.
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The movie as well. Alberto has a fight with Jaguar in order to avenge The Slave's death, leading to them being suspended. The Jaguar is moved by Alberto's tenacity and tries to tell Gamboa that he was the one who killed The Slave, but Gamboa can't do anything, as his superiors have transferred him to Juliaca to prevent him from sullying the school's reputation. The movie ends up with Alberto and The Jaguar looking at the sky with a Thousand-Yard Stare, as they can't do anything about The Slave's death.
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