and of clay are we created by isabel allende pdf

On the third day, the President of the Republic comes to the town and puts on a show of helping and caring, telling Rolf that a pump will arrive soon. Simultaneously to all of this, Azucena and Rolf have gotten attention from various reporters and they are now being seen all over the world, and yet, no pump has been brought. During this time, Rolf begins to be assaulted by memories of burying the dead after World War II, his cruel father who abused him, the fear he had for his retarded sister, and his mother.

This trend continues into the second day as Rolf and the girl are besides each other. The narrator, Eva, watches everything from screens, attempting to call in favors to help but also getting nowhere. Determined to entertain and keep her living, on the first day and night, Rolf talks to Azucena about his adventures as a reporter. Recognizing that a pump would help, he calls for one but the response is disappointing a pump would not be able to be sent till the next morning. Although he begins on the sidelines, Rolf becomes invested personally in the rescue, attempting strategies himself and laying beside her for three days on a plank. It then shifts gears to Rolf Carlé, a reporter who arrives on scene before any other reporters or news people and begins to capture the fruitless rescue of Azucena. The story starts with a vivid and impactful description, though brief, of the devastation that the eruption has caused to a town. Azucena is based on a real-life girl named Omaira Sánchez, who was broadcasted around the world as she slowly died, trapped by mud. This story by Allende is actually based on the true tragedy of the eruption of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz in Columbia in 1985. As the readers will discover, the girl, thirteen years old, is named Azucena and she is trapped in a debris littered pit of mud caused by the mudslides from the avalanche triggered by a volcanic eruption.

Narrated by a woman, who can be supposed to be Eva Luna, considering it is in a book of stories about her, the story goes through the struggle to save this girl by a reporter, and Eva’s lover, named Rolf Carlé, and Eva herself from a distance. The story is kicked off with a jarring first line, “They discovered the girl’s head protruding from the mudpit, eyes wide open, calling soundlessly”, which introduces the main event in which the story is focused around.

The short story, “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende is taken from her book of short stories called The Stories of Eva Luna.

And of clay are we created by isabel allende pdf