The Weight of All Things

Chapters One and Two
The story begins in the cathedral were Nicolás and his mom were attending Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero's (a martyr who fought for the people of El Salvador) funeral. More than 80000 people gathered in and around the Metropolitan Cathedral to witness the burial, but chaos broke loose. Bombs began exploding and gun shots were flying every were. THe people there panicked and everyone ran towards the cathedral. Because of the panicked people, Nicolás and his mother had no choice but to lay low in the ground and pray not to get hit. His mother wrapped around him and prayed to his ear, people running and stomping them. She hugged Nicolás tight when suddenly she becomes limb, a bullet whent verticalyl down her skull. After the chaos ended, the police were in control, and the dead and the wounded were taken away. Nicolás mother above him, did not noticed that his mother was killed. The police grabbed her and dragged her to the cathedral. He then went out looking for her, not finding her. He flashed back when he was drowning and his mother saved him and there he mentions, "now it is my turn to rescue her." His mother got killed by the Guerrillas who opened fired on the people, and because of his innocence, does not know that her life is gone and becomes determined to find her and never let go of her.

These are the words of the Revolutionists

peace.

The Beginning

Im am still in the merge of getting my book. THe book that i will get will be The Weight Of All Things by Sandra Benitez. THe book take place in El Salvador during its civil war in the 1980's. THe protagonist of the book is a nine year old boy named Nicol de la Virgen Veras, and the book is his mental and physical struggle during this awful time. Nicol will experience a lot of deaths and hardships as the book moves along. Benitez's novel is both political and spiritual. It reflects the illuminating effects of war on the innocent. This is an extremely exciting book, and even though the main character is not real, ALL that main events that happen in the book really did happened. One of my biggest reasons for reading this book is to see and experience at least a fraction of what my mom and aunt had to experience. This book is more than just some old book. This book reflects a part of my culture and history. Im am really glad to read this book and i will want others to read it as well, to understand and comprehend the things that goes down in this world.

THese are the words of the revolutionist,

Peace.

Wat up

Im the revolutionist