I was a bit confused at the start of The Country Under my Skin, I was confused in a sense that all the literature that we had read so far was had been about the execution of guerilla fighters in revolutions. When I started reading I did not find myself thinking that Belli was a true guerilla fighter, she did not fit any of the criteria that we had discussed throughout the class so far. She seemed more of an intellectual, part of the idealists who support the cause through their ideas, not through their direct involvement in the revolution. But as I continued reading I started to understand her role in the revolution, and by understanding her roles I feel like that we gained something that has not been present in any of the other literature so far. Belli is an intellectual guerilla her involvement with The Group of Twelve is evident, she is wholeheartedly devoted to the cause much like all other guerillas we have learned about. But what Belli brings to the table is the perspective of the lives of those who wish to be able to be more involved but are unable too, although she wishes to be part of the struggle in Nicaragua she finds herself in Costa Rica with her children. Even though she is far from the struggle she tries to help it out as much as possible, but aside from the revolution and the movement, we learn about her life. Throughout the class, we have discussed the need for guerillas to be willing to die for the cause at any given moment, something that Belli is willing, but something we never see is the lives of those who are unable to give their lives in the fight. Throughout the book we learn about the life that Belli lives, about the things she loves, about her family, about her feelings towards Marcos, her thoughts on the revolution and so much more. These thoughts that we have completely disowned in other cases because in most cases the guerillas we are examing are fighting in the jungle, their lives are the jungle, we never see or hear about the people they loved or miss. These emotions and thoughts that Belli has only further connects the revolution to a human element, even though we see moments of cold heart logic and statistics like other books, we find a more human element with Belli. Although Country Under my Skin in my personal opinion is not a revolutionary text like the others we have read, it still provides us with Belli’s role in the revolution and a look at the Nicaraguan revolution from the point of view of someone wishing to be more involved but being unable to.