Response to Lauren's Blog 7: The Underdog's final moments.

I had some trouble with the ending too because of how open-ended it was. To me it felt like from the very beginning that Azuela thought that the revolution was inevitable. The men were always fighting, even when they didn't know what they were fighting for. Demetrio was the leader, but didn't know what he was leading toward or why. That makes me think that it was inevitable because they were just fighting to fight. The end I saw as a more positive ending for Demetrio because he never ran from the fight and fought to the death, which is an honored way to die for many people, but thinking back on it now I see it differently. The ending can also be seen as another example of how the revolution was inevitable. Demetrio didn't know what he was fighting for but died for it anyway, making war an inevitable part of his life he could never escape from.