Evita: Saint Or Sinner? :: essays research papers

Evita Saint or Sinner?     The story of Eva Peron is a intrigue one . Evita, as she is known,enjoyed a rise to power like no other. The details of this ascension are oftendisputed, making Santa Evitas tale alone the more intriguing. . .     Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919,1 the fifth and youngest asshole child of Juan Duarte and his mistress, Juan Ibarguen. The week ofher birth was known as Tragic Week, when the ground forces massacred striking workers,perhaps a foreshadow of what was to come in her life.2     Eva fatigued her childhood in an adobe farmhouse, with farm animals andearthen floors. In the culture trade, Juan Duarte incurred cosmosy debts,eventually leaving him with nothing. Thus, early in her life, Eva learnt thehumiliation of poverty.     The Duartes were however put down by the stiff Argentine caste system,which separate the poor from the wealthy. Being a bastard child, E va and herfour sisters were seen as brats, and were stop from associating with theother village children. Rejection, thrown upon young Eva through no severance of herown, would not be forgotten nor forgiven.3     At age fifteen, Eva Duarte set expose to become a radio actress. She knewshe could be like the women in the depiction magazines she either stole or borrowedfrom her friends. Eva met singer Agustin Magaldi, and, packed her bags andsneaked out of her mothers boarding house to the city of Buenos Aires.     Once Eva learned the rules of the casting couch, she dropped Magaldiand began her ascent to stardom. For years she wandered the streets, auditioned,and did whatsoever she had to do, no matter how distasteful. Eva gained modelingwork and small parts in radio plays, frequenting nightclubs, and began to findbetter work.     After several jobs in theatres, she was interviewed by the magazineSintonia. After Eva star ted an affair with the magazines owner, he began togive her good exposure. This conduct to jobs in the film industry. Though she madeseveral, she had no talent to be seen in any of her films.4     Evas body was what sold her to the masses. She could have any man thatshe wanted, and soon set her sights on Colonel Juan Peron, who had politicalruthlessness, a passion for junior women (especially good-looking actresses),and was a 48-year-old widower.5     On January 15, 1944, San Juan Argentina was hit by a terrible earthquake.A gala benefit show was held to support the backing effort, where Eva andColonel Peron first met. They were seen leaving the gala together.