Sandra Benitez’s, The Weight Of All Things, is a novel that is set in El Salvador during the civil war in the 1980’s. In the novel, the reader seems to see how Nicolas’ journey is going and how he is facing them. This is what Nicolas is going through as a nine-year-old. Nicolas struggles to find safety, matures to his mother’s death, and being wise or careful on making decisions. He matures by the death of his mother, and his fearfulness during his journey and challenges in the book, and also how he is wise by making decisions. Nicolas matures of the death of his mother by thinking that she is gone and is never returing for him or Tata to visit. He knows this because when they went to the cathedral, the guards took his mother away from him. He knows this because every time he thinks of her is the moment he was in the cathedral with her. When, he tells Tata that his mother is gone that means he totally tells the truth. He tries not to hold all the guilt he has held for most of his journey. Furthermore, he is scare because of losing his
Sandra Benitez’s, The Weight Of All Things, is a novel that is set in El Salvador during the civil war in the 1980’s. In the novel, the reader seems to see how Nicolas’ journey is going and how he is facing them. This is what Nicolas is going through as a nine-year-old. Nicolas struggles to find safety, matures to his mother’s death, and being wise or careful on making decisions. He matures by the death of his mother, and his fearfulness during his journey and challenges in the book, and also how he is wise by making decisions. Nicolas matures of the death of his mother by thinking that she is gone and is never returing for him or Tata to visit. He knows this because when they went to the cathedral, the guards took his mother away from him. He knows this because every time he thinks of her is the moment he was in the cathedral with her. When, he tells Tata that his mother is gone that means he totally tells the truth. He tries not to hold all the guilt he has held for most of his journey. Furthermore, he is scare because of losing his