eminine color of childbearing, as is seen through the many generations of green haired women. Green is a color of hope, strength and longevity, where Clara and Rosa’s hair help represent them as a very natural and bold feminine aspect of the book. Rosas blossom between green leaves and the symbolic name of Rosa sets the organic tone of femininity found within her sibling, Clara, also because she posses supernatural powers of the clairvoyant. “I would like to have been born a man, so I could leave too . . . And I would not have liked to be a women.” (45, Ch 2) These two phrases are said by Ferula and her brother, Esteban Trueba, in a bicker about the care for their mother. Ferula is stuck in a position as a maternal figure, to care for the dying mother while Esteban’s masculinity allows him to enter the world carefree and to start a new life for himself. Free of the chains of Ferula’s obligation, her brother has the nerve to confess to her that he understands that women are not given equal opportunity while disregarding her dilemma for selfish purposes. His shallow point of view and strict desire for personal gain characterize Esteban as a careless exploiter of the male favored society and set a trend of irresponsibility that reoccurs in his disrespect for other lower class workers as well. “This is a different country. Here the Conservative Party wins clearly and openly, and we don’t need a general to keep things orderly and calm, not like the neighboring dictatorships . . .” (70, Ch 2) It is very ironic that Esteban is so oblivious to the opposing party and its power so early in the novel. He has a false sense of security knowing that his political side will always win the nation’s elections and furthermore, that no dictator would take charge of the country and destroy order. This characterization aids in explaining his shallowness near the end of the book when unable to admit hi...
