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As he examines how this was done in Chile, Silva fleshes out a great deal of the latter half of Allende's novel about the right-wing coup initially embraced by Esteban, but then used against his near and dear as absolute control falls in the hands of those whom he harmed earlier in his life.
Final Evaluation
According to Silva in Prevost and Vanden, the history of Chile is a history of the abuse of power and the importance of social conditions, gender, race, and political economy. but, like all the chapters of the book, he includes a Reference List at the end of his essay for readers for further, personal study of the literature of the period of this nation. Even historians acknowledge that simply studying the facts of political oppression is not enough -- one must understand how individuals cope with such cold, hard facts on a personal level, as well as to understand them...
They are also quite specific and particular to a period of Latin America, where a dictatorial regime attempted to erase the past. The novel exists as a testimony of the author's memory for what she lost, and also for the specifics of the losses suffered in a political region of the world, as a result of a revolution produced by inner class and caste tensions and economic turmoil.
Works Cited
Allende, Isabelle. Paula. 1996.
Allende, Isabella. The House of the Spirits. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
Harry, Vanden and Gary Prevost. Politics of Latin America, the Power Game. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Works Cited
Allende, Isabelle. Paula. 1996.
Allende, Isabella. The House of the Spirits. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
Harry, Vanden and Gary Prevost. Politics of Latin America, the Power Game. Oxford University Press, 2002.
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