UNIT 5 FICTION And of Clay Are We

UNIT 5 - FICTION And of Clay Are We Created MS 30135 Seong. Bin WOO

Isabel Allende • • • Born in Lima, Peru (1942) Chilean American Writer Magic Realism <The House of the Spirits> <Paula>

Author’s perspective • Is a unique blend of feelings, values, and beliefs that a writer brings to a subject; the way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described. • “And of Clay Are We Created” contains echoes of Isabel Allende’s own life experiences as a former journalist and an exile from her native country. • ex) Isabel Allende’s journalistic experience is reflected in her descriptions of a disaster scene and her exploration of a reporter’s thoughts and feelings.

And of Clay Are We Created Chracters Narrator : Eva Luna, lover of Rolf Carlé : Austrian-born journalist : protagonist : determined Azucena : girl trapped in mud pit

And of Clay Are We Created – Conflicts Man vs Nature Man vs Himself

And of Clay Are We Created – Conflicts Man vs Nature • Rolf Carlé had the advantage of the televisionhelicopter, which flew him over the avalanche • Rolf Carlé had a growth of beard, and dark circles beneath his eyes, he looked near exhaustion�� • The spent the night talking, each in a stupor of exhaustion and hunger, and shaking with cold

And of Clay Are We Created – Conflicts Man vs Himself • He could watch events without actually participating in them�the fictive distance seemed to protect him from his own emotions. � • There in the hellhole of mud, it was impossible for Rolf to fleefrom himself and longer, and the visceral terror he had lived as a boy invaded him� • Sorrow flooded through him, intact and precise, as if it had lainalways in his mind, waiting

And of Clay Are We Created – Summary • Carlé’s kept past is revealed with the development of his character in the conflicts presented • The purpose for his career was not to expose thetruth to the world, but to look for an alternativetruth in his mind