Chapter 13: Isabel Allende's The House Of Spirits

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Chapter 13: Many political viewpoints or thoughts that an author sponsors are widely found or implied in his or her literary works. For example, in Isabel Allende’s The House of Spirits, Allende’s views upon women’s rights are heavily implied. This occurs as Clara liberates the female peasants in a way to allow them to lead a prayer and practice religion, an activity frowned upon by the land and power controlling men at the time of the story, With this, an active reader can correlate the events in the story and apply them to the author’s political viewpoints regarding women's rights. Chapter 14: A majority of texts involve the referencing of Christianity, and tend to create characters that reference Christ himself. In this, there is a list

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