The Mexican Revolution was undoubtably instrumental in the inception of the Mexican muralist movement. During a time with extensive political turmoil everyone wanted to be heard, and to influence others. Murals were a way that art, being one of the rawest forms of expression, was able to influence others. These murals were more often than political and meant to influence people. The murals that "Los Tres Grandes" painted were also most often depicting the lower class people, therefore they were easily relatable.
In the novel The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela we get a look into what life was like during the Mexican Revolution; what it was like to be the "common man". We also see correlation between the violence depicted in the novel and works such as El Pueblo y Sus Falsos Líderes, and Hispano-America.