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Perhaps the most prominent aspect represented in the novel is society. There is a very obvious line drawn between each of the classes. They generally seem to share the same political views: upper class are conservative, middle class are liberal, and lower class are socialist and communist. The lower class eventually becomes tired of being supressed and fights back in the form of rebellions. "Miguel talked about revolution. He said that the violence of the system needed to be answered with the violence of revolution." (319) Rape is a recurring and rather violent theme that shows the inequality among the sexes. An example of this injustice is "Esteban did not remove his clothes. He attacked her savagely, thrusting himself into her without preamble, with unnecessary brutality. He realized too late, from the blood spattered on her dress, that the young girl was a virgin, but neither Pancha's humble origin nor the pressing demands of his desire allowed him to reconsider." (57) These things contribute to the Chiléan society's discontentment and hence to its instability.

[Someone remind me how to format quotes? How many words for single/double-spacing and where do we cite the page number? And are we supposed to put the author's last name too? i.e. (Allende, 57)]