Salvador Allende

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In the magical realist novel, The House of Spirits, the author, Isabel Allende, characterizes different characters in different aspects. By using imagery, dialogue, and telling the story from different point of views, the reader gets a grasp of what is going on amongst different characters. Alba is the granddaughter of Esteban Trueba and the daughter of Blanca and Pedro Tereco, who plays a significant role in the novel. Throughout the novel, Alba goes through many changes as she tries to figure…

also born in “a windowless room,” signifying how his ensuing subsistence will be cataclysmic (1227). “His face was scarred from knife fights before he reached his teens, so it came as no surprise to decent folk that he ended up a bandit” describes Allende (1227). Certainly, Vidal’s deprivation of appropriate disciplining fosters a criminal outlook within his demeanor. There is no one to stop him from engaging in violent endeavors as neither of his parents tends to his welfare. Moreover, his…

Isabelle Anne Romero, of Filipino decent, standing 5’3 inches was born October 10th, 2001, in Fresno California. Isabelle lives with both her parents and her younger sister Natalie most of the year. However half of the year her grandparents who are from the Philippines come and stay with her family. When they are in town it’s an absolute treat to everyone because of the homemade egg rolls that they generously share with the entire community. Isabelle playing both comp and varsity volleyball,…

“Life is very mysterious and there are many things we don’t know. And there are elements of magic realism in every culture, everywhere. It’s just accepting that we don’t know everything and everything is possible” by Isabel Allende. Relevantly, magic realism was practiced in Latin America, it goes beyond reality to express impossible ideas. During the mid-1900s, an Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges, wrote the short story “The Circular Ruins”, this story illustrates the dreams of light and…

be what some people believe. However, this argument can be countered by the narrative "And of Clay are we Created", by Isabel Allende. This can be stressed out when Rolf Carle tries to save Azucena "She did not seem desperate as if an ancestral resignation allowed her to accept her fate. The reporter, on the other hand, was determined to snatch her from death" (qtd.in Allende 3). This quote proves Rolf Carle's tenacity towards saving Azucena. This suggests that he sustained persistence to go…

because I knew if he had fallen to the floor I would have continued striking him with the axe till I killed him… I've never killed anyone, and the closest I came to doing so was the day I picked up an axe and threw myself at Pedro Tercero Garcia” (Allende 207). His immediate regret is a result of him realizing that his violence is mindless and misguided, something Esteban Garcia never grasps. Garcia’s goal is strictly violence against those he sees oppressing him. While Esteban Trueba is…

“Unexpected Love”, love that is unanticipated by those in it, it catches them at the most of abrupt times of their life. This type of love is represented in “Our Secret”, and “ The Judge’s Wife” , two short stories written by the same author, Isabel Allende. The stories greatly differ from each other, but also have strong similarities. To begin with, in the story “The Judge’s Wife”, it talks about an individual, Nicolas Vidal, a rebel of his time, whom everyone stayed away from due to fear…

Symbolism in the works of literature refers to the use of objects, people, animals, and situations that have other meaning than the literal one used in the story. It creates a certain emotion or mood in the story making the reader understand it better. Symbolism is widely applied in the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker. This paper will explore symbolism in the story Everyday Use which includes the house, quilt, yard and characteristics of some characters. One of the prominent symbols in the…

The lives of the Trueba family members are tumultuous ones. The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende stretches through over seventy years of time in Chile, providing the political and socio-economic backdrop to the continually fluctuating perspectives of the characters. The first half of the novel sets-up the characters and provide juxtaposition to the second half. Beginning in roughly 1900-1910, the stagnation of life, especially for the wealthy is evident. The dominant political party…