{"id":28,"date":"2022-03-22T03:17:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jaisleenthindblogs\/?p=28"},"modified":"2022-03-22T03:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:17:28","slug":"week-11-amulet-by-roberto-bolano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jaisleenthindblogs\/2022\/03\/22\/week-11-amulet-by-roberto-bolano\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11: Amulet by Roberto Bolano"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the narrator Auxilio Lacuture began Amulet<\/em> by describing that she was telling a horror story I thought it would be a story of a homicide or a murder mystery. But I was wrong, the horror Auxilio faced was much more painful than a murder mystery.<\/p>\n

Auxilio seems like a drifter, she has no concrete home and travels around Mexico. She works odd jobs and stays with friends where she makes sure not to overstay her welcome. The university, UNAM in Mexico is where the climax of the novel takes place. Auxilio is in the bathroom of the university where the riot police came and began killing and brutally capturing students and staff. She stays in the bathroom for 10 days to avoid the police who would take her away if they saw her. This is pure horror, Auxilio was not lying when said in the beginning that she was telling a story of horror. The trauma Auxilio suffered from this egregious incident allows her to never forget it because throughout the novel she goes back to mentioning the traumatic event.<\/p>\n

One thing I really enjoyed about Amulet was the suspense and mystery that continue throughout the novel. For instance when Auxilio goes with Arturo and Ernesto to visit the King of the rent boys. The interaction is quiet yet intense. And when she passed her knife I for sure thought someone was going to get stabbed. The suspense continues in the novels when she goes to Lilian Serpas’s apartment and meets her son Coffeen. The interaction between Auxilio and Coffeen was also pretty mysterious. Coffeen tells her the greek story of Orestes, and at first, she seemed kind of confused especially when he closed his eyes while telling the narrative. There was a point when she did not know if she should stay or leave. I found all this to be interesting because it added to the mystery of Auxilio’s life.<\/p>\n

Overall, Amulet<\/em> was very entertaining and the horror that Auxillio faced was egregious. However, I believe her ability to overcome and survive the police raid on the university contributed to making her stronger and a better poet. My question for this week relates to the plot of the novel. What happened to the sick boy Auxilio and her friends rescued from the King of the rent boys? I wasn’t sure what the contribution of the sick boy from the hotel room adds to the novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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