At this point, I am still reading through short stories in The Burning Plain and Other Stories and trying to locate two that I want to compare. Also, I am in the process of completing the one-page biography on Juan Rulfo. I have found various credible sites and am trying to unite all the information together. After Monday night, I should have had a chance to finish reading through the stories in the collection and choose two that I want to use.

Presently, I am still in the process of browsing The Burning Plain and Other Stories in search of two stories to use. All the stories seem to be filled with emotion, fantasy, and an aura of mystery. Additionally, I have found various pieces of biographical material on Rulfo through the Gale Group. I plan to have my stories chosen and proceed working on the biographical essay by Monday.

I have decided to research the 20th century Mexican writer Juan Rulfo and two of his short stories (which I haven't chosen yet.) I chose Rulfo as my subject due to the intricate creativity he instills in his writing and his highly influential impact on the genre of Latin American literature. In fact, Rulfo is credited with having invented the concept of magical realism and has been considered to be one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, Latin American authors of the past century. Currently I have checked out a compilation of his short stories, The Burning Plain and Other Stories, from the library and am in the process of selecting stories from there to compare.

I used Google to locate a biography on Juan Rulfo (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rulfo.htm). In this site, the author does not provide his/her name nor any sources. After reading the document, I concluded that its intended audience would probably be either college students or graduates. Additionally, the information seems to be fairly objectively presented with seldom opinion or bias. Because the information presented is historical content, it can almost never be outdated. After using the links, I found that the linked sites both worked and were relevant. I think I will probably not use this site for my research because of its lack of scholarly credibility: it lists no author, has spelling and grammar mistakes, and is rather poorly written. There are probably more credible places to get the same information.

Today I utilized the library resource tools to search for possible authors and their short stories or poems. I came across one particularly prominent writer, Juan Rulfo, who we have not studied extensively, besides our reading of his short story Luvina. According to my research, he is considered to be one of premier Spanish-speaking writers of the 20th century and was one of the first to significantly implement the use of magical realism in his writing. After searching his name in the library catalog, I discovered that the upper school library holds one of his most famous compilations of short stories: The Burning Plain. At this point, I think I will read two stories from this collection and compare them for my project.