Las cruces sobre el agua: una reflexión de las condiciones sociales de esta clase obrera en el Ecuador, desde la perspectiva literaria

Abstract

Abstract: This academic essay is a reflection of the social conditions of the working class in Ecuador, exposed in the literary work Las cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos Lara, carried out to demonstrate that in this novel the situation of the less favored social classes in Ecuador at the beginning of the 20th century is made visible, taking into consideration the political and social events that took place during the first years and the mark represented by the massacre of November 15, 1922 in the city of Guayaquil. The main reason for the development of this degree work is to highlight the vulnerability of the Ecuadorian worker of this first stage in front of the political and economic power of the upper social class, comparing the facts described in the work with the real historical events and the reflection on the current situation of the country.