Isabel Allende's And Of Clay Are We Created
Often we come across the saying, "People who hide their feelings usually care the most." In Isabel Allende's And Of Clay Are We Created, the author writes about the main character, Rolf Carlé who shows a sense of determination with his selfless concern for the well being of others, but also has a hidden dark past that he doesn't often express. This short story is based upon a volcano eruption in Colombia where more than 23,000 people were killed, during this time, the vast majority of the media was focused on a thirteen year old girl trapped in the mud. Through this account, the author introduces the reader to Rolf Carlé who shows his complexity by being determined and afflicted while also representing larger themes of the short story such
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This allows the character to represent as someone who often deals with inner pain while putting on a front as a shell to hide what he truly feels. "He understood then that all his exploits as a reporter, the feats that had won him such recognition and fame, were merely an attempt to keep his most ancient fears at bay, a stratagem for taking refuge behind a lens to test whether reality was more tolerable from that perspective." (Allende 5) The author used Rolf's inner thoughts to exhibit how he covers up what he feels and hides behind the idea of reality rather than pure perspective. While having time to himself, Rolf begins to reflect on his past, "That night, imperceptibly, the unyielding floodgates that had contained Rolf Carlé's past for so many years began to open, and the torrent of all that had lain hidden in the deepest and most secret layers of memory poured out, leveling before it the obstacles that had blocked his consciousness for so long." (Allende 4) Through Rolf's inner thoughts the readers begin to illustrate the main characters feeling of despair which shows how he leaves his emotions locked up rather than facing them, and after awhile begins to let his emotions build up until he hits rock bottom. This allows us, as readers to understand
This allows the character to represent as someone who often deals with inner pain while putting on a front as a shell to hide what he truly feels. "He understood then that all his exploits as a reporter, the feats that had won him such recognition and fame, were merely an attempt to keep his most ancient fears at bay, a stratagem for taking refuge behind a lens to test whether reality was more tolerable from that perspective." (Allende 5) The author used Rolf's inner thoughts to exhibit how he covers up what he feels and hides behind the idea of reality rather than pure perspective. While having time to himself, Rolf begins to reflect on his past, "That night, imperceptibly, the unyielding floodgates that had contained Rolf Carlé's past for so many years began to open, and the torrent of all that had lain hidden in the deepest and most secret layers of memory poured out, leveling before it the obstacles that had blocked his consciousness for so long." (Allende 4) Through Rolf's inner thoughts the readers begin to illustrate the main characters feeling of despair which shows how he leaves his emotions locked up rather than facing them, and after awhile begins to let his emotions build up until he hits rock bottom. This allows us, as readers to understand