I don't think this was brought up by anyone in class or in blogs, which kind of surprises me, so I'll go ahead and make a brief post about it. Going back to two sections ago, the story made mention that Trujillo was assassinated the same night that Beli was beaten to pieces.
The same night that La Inca summoned up a prayer to end all prayers, a prayer so stunning in scope that it broke lesser beings who lent their spirits to it. The prayer that may or may not have been the sole reason that Beli survived the vicious beatings.
Yunior doesn't outright make the connection, which is unusual because he usually points out connections in his narration, but it seems that La Inca's prayer was so powerful that it not only saved the life of a girl who should have died, it turned the fukú back on Trujillo, stripped his life of its charm and ended it in a most violent fashion.
That's a really, really good idea. A very exciting idea. I don't know what else to say but - wow. I really like that. It would be interesting to speculate about why Yunior doesn't point out this particular connection. Maybe he thinks it's too good to be true, the way that he does with the possibility that Abelard was arrested and tortured because he protected Jacquelyn.
ReplyDeleteVery cool Bennett! Maybe this is more about the power that the divine (La Inca's praying) has over the evil supernatural (Trulijo). Evil someone with supposed superhuman powers cannot overcome the divine
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ReplyDeleteSo that would bring back in Abelard's supposed conspiracy theory that Trujillo was an evil, supernatural being - a theory that Yunior also discounted...
ReplyDeleteWhich is maybe why Yunior doesn't make the connection between these events!!
ReplyDeleteA terrific reading/observation!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I did not make that connection but it would certainly follow with the power that La Inca seems to have and her connection with God and magic.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good idea. Trump evil by praying, I like it. Whatever the circumstances, Trujillo needed to die.
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