And there was Silence in The House of the Spirits--------Osten

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Wow, Just Wow. I finally understand this book. In a very weird way, it somehow manages to teach that violence is never the answer and that everything happens for a reason. Near the end, Alba kept trying to communicate with her grandmother and other spirits to help her die in the concentration camp. this part was very much like silence. How even in the darkest parts of humanity everything is going according to plan. It was because she was told that she needed to survive that she realized that it's not others that need to change but that she needed to stop the hatred that had run through the family for generations. Just like in silence, it was never Rodrigues' mission to die. It was his mission to love and thus bring an end to the hatred. While this did cause him to go through terrible torture it was the only way to stop the hatred and give the villagers some sort of hope. The house of the spirits also showed how this is an ongoing problem and hatred will last for countless generations until someone decides to stop.

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lwhite said…
That's a really good observation, I hadn't connected that.
March 30, 2020 at 10:44 AM
Logan Turner said…
After reading this, I think I finally understand it. Your connection to Silence just made it click together in my mind and I think that connection is why we read The House of the Spirits in the first place. It certainly is an interesting observation that I wouldn't have made myself.
March 30, 2020 at 8:05 PM
Spencer Wood said…
I agree about hatred continuing unless it is culled early. Alba had to realize that she could not store hatred for her family because she would then be storing hatred for herself. and in the end who is to say that she won't be hated by generations to come. unless she stops it now.
March 30, 2020 at 8:09 PM
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