The Power Of Words In Belisa Crepusculario's 'The Colonel'

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For Belisa Crepusculario are the words her trade. Words are her power that keeps her alive under the oppression and poverty of her land. “The Colonel” is the famous tyrann, feared for his horrible actions in the civil - war. However, the Colonel wants a change and needs the right words to be able to campaign for president. Belisa Crepusculario is violently brought in to help the Colonel and as he pays her for her services, she gives him two words. Two words that are only his and his to keep. The two words touches The Colonel so deeply he gets upsessed. The two words turned him into a different man. This novel is, indeed, a story about the words of power. Every time The Colonel is performing his speach, going to sleep and waking up, the

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