vocate to watch Miguel. Camila became very sick. Miguel had been looking over her constantly. He was very fond of her. He went to seek help to find a way to cure her. He was told that his great love to her would cure her. He was to marry her. He did marry her and she eventually became well. All did not accept the marriage. Some thought that it was disrespectful to the President. Towards the end of the story, Miguel feels that the President’s informants are watching him closely. He is later called by the President to go on a mission. He is to go to Washington and report what is being said about the President. He makes plans to go, later Camila would go to Washington after him. They would then live their lives there, away from the chaos in Guatemala. When he reaches his ship to go to Washington, he sees Major Farfan, a man that he had helped out when orders were sent out to kill him. Miguel told him to get on the good side of the President, a murderous crime that would serve him two months in jail. It would show his devotion. He was wrong to be happy at the sight of him. The Major had someone else take Miguel’s place and led Miguel to a train was he was beaten. The other man with the Major was Genaro Rodas.Camila waited patiently for a letter from Miguel, which never came. Miguel was in a prison. He had a small dark cell. The only form of a toilet was a can passed on by each prisoner. When Camila questioned every authority as to the whereabouts of her husband, she was turned away. Someone later told her that he was in Washington. Miguel learns in prison that his wife had married the President out of revenge towards him. She was told that he had left her. Miguel scratched his body to death after hearing this.While reading this book, I could not stop thinking about how corrupt this government is and how glad I am to not have to live in that constant state of fear. The President gives orders to have s...
