What is the plot of Gentleman of Rio en Medio?

Answer 1

The theme of "Gentleman of Rio en Medio" is the sometimes in life you have to take a stand for what is right even if it does mean hurting others in a lesser way. The Gentleman (Don Anselmo) demonstrated this by refusing to tell the children to leave the orchard because the trees in the village belonged to them. This also showed that he was a very generous man.

Answer 2

It is a story about the legacy that people leave.

In the short story, an old man named Don Anselmo has agreed to sell his house and land in New Mexico to some Americans who want to live there. When it is revealed that much more land is involved, he is offered a much larger price. But refuses the extra money and settles for the original amount.

Later, when the American owners have taken residence in the house, they are upset by the village children who continue to run onto the land to play in the orchard. Don Anselmo says that although the land was his, the trees belong to the people of the village, mostly his relatives, for whom the trees were planted. The Americans, faced with his irrefutable logic, buy the trees from their rightful owners, the descendants of Don Anselmo.

Answer 3

In the short story, an old man named Don Anselmo has agreed to sell his house and land in New Mexico to some Americans who want to live there. When it is revealed that much more land is involved, he is offered a much larger price. But he refuses the extra money and settles for the original amount.

Later, when the American owners have taken residence in the house, they are upset by the village children who continue to run onto the land to play in the orchard. Don Anselmo says that although the land was his, the trees belong to the people of the village, mostly his relatives, for whom the trees were planted. The Americans, faced with his irrefutable logic, buy the trees from their rightful owners, the descendants of Don Anselmo.

Answer 4

The short story examines the conflict between legalism and legacy. The cultural values of an older time are reflected in the legacy of an old man.

In the short story, an old man named Don Anselmo has agreed to sell his house and land in New Mexico to some Americans who want to live there. When it is revealed that much more land is involved, he is offered a much larger price. But he refuses the extra money and settles for the original amount.

Later, when the American owners have taken residence in the house, they are upset by the village children who continue to run onto the land to play in the orchard. Don Anselmo says that although the land was his, the trees belong to the people of the village, mostly his relatives, for whom the trees were planted. The Americans, faced with his irrefutable logic, buy the trees from their rightful owners, the descendants of Don Anselmo.

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Answer 5

The narrator is a lawyer or land agent, who has a background similar to Don Anselmo's people.

Answer 6

The setting is New Mexico in the early 1900s, near the small village of Rio en Medio.

Answer 7

It is a conflict in values: the older values of Don Anselmo and the modern values of the people who buy his land.

Answer 8

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