Summary Of The House Of The Spirits - 1651 Words

Tamara Garza Harris ENGL 102 June 23, 2017 The House of the Spirits, a Women’s World January 8, 1981, Allende begin writing a goodbye letter to her 99-year-old grandfather who was dying, she narrates in her biography, Paula, â€Å"I wanted to tell him not to worry, that nothing would be lost of the treasury of anecdotes he had told me through the years of our comradeship; I had forgotten nothing† (Levine). Once she started she could not stop, it quickly turned into her family story titled, The House of the Spirits. This book was a way to connect to her family she left behind so many years ago. Even though the country in which this book is written is never named, it is assumed this takes place in Allende’s native country, Chile. In this novel,†¦show more content†¦8-9). At a youthful age Clara begins place her thoughts, premonitions, and writings, into a diary. Clara married Esteban Trueba, a man who was harsh, quick to react. During the patriarchal society, women were a man’s possession. They had few rights and were exploited and sometimes rejected by men (Metzger). Clara doesn’t put up with disrespect from any man and when her husband, Esteban, hits her during a fight, Clara never speak a word to him again (Allende 223). With this act of cruelty on his part it allowed Clara to escape to her own world of solitude, a spiritual world where Esteban cannot follow her. This world is without rules, without structure, no subordinate to men, no patriarchy, no boundaries (Metzger). These is a gift Clara can give to her daughter, Blanca. Clara’s only daughter, Blanca, was not born with the gifts of visions as her mother was but was down to earth, sensual, and passionate (Rossman 55). Living on an estate in Tres Marias, is where she meets the person that would ignite her strength of passion, Pedro Tercero. Pedro was a peasantâ⠂¬â„¢s son who lived on the Trueba’s estate. 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