One Heck Of A Story

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What really sticks with me after reading The House of the Spirits is the fact that everything that they went through- all of the pain and torment- Alba and Esteban Trueba sit down and write the history of their family. It really serves as a way to put things in perspective. To me, it seems to carry the message that no matter how hard things get, whatever it is you're going through is going to make a great story someday. It brings an image to mind of a war hero, for example. After all the things they went through, they are still alive and kicking. What they went through was horrible, but it makes a great story and serves as a way to celebrate the fact that they are alive in the first place. The House of the Spirits reminds me of that, almost as if Alba and Esteban are the war heroes telling their story.

Edit: Commented on Moriah Nelson's and Osten Belew's posts

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Zane Duke said…
I agree. It takes a lot of bravery and a lot of help (from the spirits) to do something like that especially after enduring as much as Alba and Esteban had gone through together. I would definitely say that Alba is a true champion of a woman. She is a tough cookie, and so is Esteban, unsurprisingly. I knew that this type of conclusion was going to happen at the end of the work, but I really thought that it would happen sooner than it did. Which Allende did a very good job of making sure I was on the edge of my seat until the very, very end. I appreciate her work for that reason.
March 30, 2020 at 10:24 PM
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