Reading the Emperor I could see so many things alike as the Soccer War. Both of the authors talk as first person. The Emperor is really short, but it is really descriptive as The Soccer War. This author shoes most of all materialism. “Wine and caviar were flowing in from Europe especially for the occasion. At a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars, Miram Makeba was brought from Hollywood to serenade the leaders with Zulu songs after the feast” I have read two book is Spanish that I can asimilate. They are Papa Goriot and Madame BovarY. What is shown here is that materialisim and the high class are the most important as it is shown in the two books I have read. They talk about luxuries and money and important people and what is seen behind that as shown in The Emperor. The difference between The Emperor and The Soccer War, is that the Soccer War talks more about serious problems and serious wars, while the other one talks about society and an important party.
Apart from luxuries and rich people there is also shown a part of poverty and people starving while these other people waste usefully. “The dishwashers working in the building threw leftovers to them. I watched the crowd devour the scraps, bones, and fish heads with laborious concentration.” They ate as animals and it is amazing how it shows the other part of the country in which some are rich but do not care about the porr starving out there.
Kapusinski is interesting because he does not write only about one thing. In my opinion he wrtoe The Emperor after living so much war and misery to show the world what other people are living out there while the rest of the world is inginuine and people are in misery.
