Literature is changing
The circulation of the Corrido through its’ many singers and different versions indicates that literature is ever changing, at least in this context. I never really thought of literature being this way. It seems that whatever is written in a book is ‘set in stone’ and must be left untouched because it is wrong to undo what has already been written. The Corrido also has a social aspect to it. The purpose of it was to tell news of what was happening to Gregorio Cortez, and that was the reason why it was always changing versions because each person embellished it a little more before passing it along to someone else. This allows for a different interpretation each time someone reads or hears the Corrido sung. This is extremely different from traditional literature because you basically know what you are going to get when you open up a book. With the Corrido, it is different everytime.