And Of Clay Are We Created

And Of Clay Are We Created

By: -Sebastian Hoang

-Tuan Nguyen

-Salvador Guerrero

-Juan Perez

-Dean Zheng

Summary

Isabel Allende

"And all of Clay Are We Created" is a short story by Isabel Allende. It is based on several newscasts of a volcanic eruption that took place in Colombia. Azucena is a thirteen-year-old girl victim of the story. She is discovered burried in mud up to her torso. Reporter Rolf Carle is one of many covering the disaster. While he is trying to report the events and rescue efforts, he can not help but caught up in then himself. When rescuers throw a rope to Azucena, she is unable to grasp it or tie it around herself. Rolf goes into the mud to help try to rescue this girl affected by the disaster. Rolf also fights with his past and memories throughout the story.

Favorite Part Of the Story

Recommendation

-We would recommend this story because it ralates to obsacles that we encouter in life and how this make us who we are in the future. This story teaches us that is humble and kind but also one that cannot accept his reality causing him to focus on the reality of others. At a particular point of time, life reflects this fact to s like it did the Rolf's life

-Our favorite part of the story is when the people fins Azucena and Rolf gets in the mud to help her. They use the rope and tire. They ask people for the pump. Rolf tells her the story of his past, After all of this, Azucena dies. This is our favorite part of the story because this includes the rising action and the climax of the story, This part would lead to the change of Rolf Carle.

Symbolism

Narrator

Narrator:

• minor
• static
• flat

-Rolf's wife

-make us see the story on her point of view

-shows us the emotions of Rolf Carle

-The clay - morality.

-The pump - humanity's lack of compassion

4. Who is the narrator of the story? Tell anything you know about the narrator.

5. What is the theme of this story? What does it mean to you in life?

Azucena:

• protagonist
• major
• round

Dynamic:

• trapped in mud
• made Rolf reflect and face the past
• setting and action revolve around her throughout the story

Nature

3. What does the clay/mud symbolize?

-Antagonist

-contributes to Azucena's death

-prevents Rolf from saving Azucena

2. What is Rolf's job?

Conclusion

Theme

- The theme is that memories can be very painful and can haunt you for a lifetime if not encountered

-Rolf faced his problems and Azucena faced the fact that she was going to die. Then the narrator says " I felt how in that instant both were saved from dispair, how they were freed from the clay, how they rose above the vulture and helicopters, how together the flew above the vast swamp of corruption and lament."

-Nature cannot be overruled by human nature or its technology or knowledge.

• Warning of geologists ignored

Climax

1. What happens to cause the avalanche of clay that trap the little girl?

-Rolf Carle has a flashback and remember his family. He startes to have a feeling of being trapped in mud up to his head because it was time to face his past and he could not flee it anymore.

-It takes time and patience to heal; in this case, emotionally but physically also.

Literary devices/Techniques

- Point of view: Told in first person

- Irony: Expensive equipment on scene versus a simple pump

-Diction: Fills piece with sorrow using descriptions and imagery

Sypnosis

Introduction: Volcano melted the ice slopes causing a flood. A young girl, Azucena, is trapped on the ruins of her homeThe reporter Rolf Carle is called to the scene and he gets there before any else with his advatage of a helicopter.

Journal Entry

Characterization

Conflict

Implications

Rolf Carle

• Protagonist
• Major
• Round

Dynamic:

• Stayed with Azucena from the beginning to the end
• Helped her eat, stayed entertained
• Tried his best to keep Azucena alive.

- Pushing emotions away displays another person of yourself in the exterior

-Sometimes, events need to be exposed in order to be discovered by the public.

-Man versus Nature: because of the volcanic erruption, the whole town was destroyed

-Man versus Self: Rolf Carle faced his childhood and the problems occured to his family

-Man versus Society: they are trying to get the pump and help from anyone and some people just give them empty promises.

- Have you ever randomly talked to a stranger about your life and told them things that you've hardly told anyone because you know they won't be able to tell anyone? This story will show us something about this problem...