{"id":34,"date":"2022-03-22T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202blogposts\/?p=34"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:24:27","slug":"amulet-by-roberto-bolano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202blogposts\/2022\/03\/22\/amulet-by-roberto-bolano\/","title":{"rendered":"Amulet By Roberto Bolano"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally purchased a book rather than reading the text online. Somehow it made reading it more enjoyable. I feel as if reading the story from paper rather than online can help with understanding the story more. It started off with a strong tone, \u201cthis is going to be a horror story\u201d. Already it hooked me into reading. Initially, it started off somewhat of a calm story. The speaker of the novel was living her life with Don Pedro and Pedrito Garfias while also travelling and visiting the university. One section that stood out was the vase in their home while she was cleaning. It made me wonder what value it had to cause that extent of emotions. A grim part of the novel that stood out was the suicide of Lopez. I didn’t quite understand this part. From pages 18 to 19, it went through the instances right before his death but I was rather confused on why it led him to take his own life. What was more concerning was the thrill or exhilaration the speaker felt when hearing the news. I do understand how death or a sudden and unexpected death can be taken as a sort of reality check.<\/span><\/p>\n

While she was stuck in that bathroom, writing down on toilet paper was one way to help her get through her situation but I did not understand her reasoning behind ripping them up and flushing them. I understand she was worried they would find her writing and punish her for it but does it go deeper than that?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although her circumstances while being in the washroom were horrifying, when she went into thought of her memories. It was almost as if I forgot her situation while she talked about her memories. Along with this, It somewhat changed the whole mood of the novel. With what I had felt initially, being fear and anxiety, it was replaced with a more soothing tone. I was happy to see her escape that bathroom but the novel did not end with me feeling happy. It was more of an eerie ending that left me feeling lost. The novel ended but I do not think her story ended there, as if it was incomplete.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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