Mmm, how ‘bout that House of the Spirits book? If I read Rosa the Beautiful and The Three Marias separately I guarantee you I would think I was reading two different novels. I applaud Isabel Allende, the author, for that. Nothing like a good twist to get your mind thinking.
INCEPTION!
Ahem.
I quite enjoy the fanciful mermaid and future-telling characters, Rosa and Clara del Valle Trueba. Especially exciting is the immediate elimination of a just drawn to character and small innocent age of a powerfully capable character. An obvious make-believe that is fun to engage – Peter Pan is an excellent example of this. Likewise, the uncle portrays quite the invigorating life. To die as he did on the boat seemed a little boring but perhaps that ultimate death is something Allende describes as unavoidable.
If everyone shares the same physical fate in the end do they share the same fates from their beginning? Esteban Trueba’s rant about the peasants on his farm intrigues the reader otherwise. “It would be lovely if we were all created equal, but the fact is we're not." Arguing that those working on the estate cannot and will not amount to anything past their current status is a harsh opinion; even after he rose to a more respectable authority himself. Does everyone have the same problem solving abilities, economic status, social life, or health as his/her neighbor? No. Are we still different? Yes and what a good thing. I would be rather bored with this world if otherwise. In the end (irony) everyone has autonomy. A soul. This is equal footing.
You are unique, just like everybody else.
Makes sense, eh?
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