Here Patria attempts to see her enemies, (like Pena and even Trujillo) as real humans, with both good and bad sides. In Pena's case it seems to help her feel power over him. Why does she do this? What do you think of this?
“Maybe because I was watching him so closely a funny thing started to happen. The devil I was so used to seeing disappeared, and for a moment, like his tilting prism, I saw an overgrown fat boy, ashamed at himself for kicking the cat and pulling the wings of butterflies.” (217) I think that the reason that Patria tries to see Peña and Trujillo as actual people is because she wants to remember that they are human. No matter what they have done and all the pain and suffering they inflicted, they are human. If she can believe that they are human, then she can begin to forgive them for all their evil deeds just, just like any good Christian. Also once she accepts that they are human, then it’s easier to believe that they can be taken down.
“Maybe because I was watching him so closely a funny thing started to happen. The devil I was so used to seeing disappeared, and for a moment, like his tilting prism, I saw an overgrown fat boy, ashamed at himself for kicking the cat and pulling the wings of butterflies.” (217)
ReplyDeleteI think that the reason that Patria tries to see Peña and Trujillo as actual people is because she wants to remember that they are human. No matter what they have done and all the pain and suffering they inflicted, they are human. If she can believe that they are human, then she can begin to forgive them for all their evil deeds just, just like any good Christian. Also once she accepts that they are human, then it’s easier to believe that they can be taken down.