Another Universe
The story presents two different lives, the life of the narrator and the life of the
vendor , depending on one’s station in life, different opportunities present
themselves. The narrator follows the vendor throughout the day and the act of
buying a champorado takes on a much deeper meaning as the audience gets to
witness firsthand the struggles that individuals in this business go through as well as
the relation between the vendor and the narrator
The boy that is selling Champorado in the spring resort forms a regular conversation
with the narrator as the main concept of the story. First, the narrator refuses to buy
the chocolate porridge but she stays and listens to how the vendor deals with it.
During the day the Champorado vendor remains busy in vending his gremlins
through the puddles of the resort. The main plot can be discussed to come to the
revelation of a difficult life of the boy when the narrator comes across the slipper of
the vendor that has been torn.
The narrator appears as a rather tender and sensitive person, who considers himself
and others as well. He also relates with the Champorado vendor, he sees minor
things such as the slipper of a boy who was with the vendor and the pot that was
black due to the soot and the Champorado Vendor means that despite of the various
problems that the vendor reports to have, he continues to conduct his business as
usual. Symbolizing hardships he wears a pair of ugly slippers on his swollen feet and
his blackened pot continues to suggest that he does not stop working.
The main idea which lies at the foundation of the story is the conflict of sympathy and
socio-economic differentiation. The narrator and the vendor represent two parallel
universes: the one which was of little hardship and the other was of great difficulty. If
the vendor suffers real suffering, the narrator ruminates on the burden and privilege
of context and agency.
The story of "Another Universe" is also full of symbolism and imagery, which richens
the emotional content Of course, the most noticeable symbol is that slipper broken
