The Weight of All Things (2)

Chapter 3
Nicolás starts his search for his mom. He leaves the Cathedral and roams around town. He does not go far because of his hunger, and so searches for an open food place. He goes to the first open place he saw and went in. The owner sees him and and immediately begins to fry tortilla and beans for him. Here, the book mentions an issue that the war caused. The only thing really available to eat during that time was tortilla and beans. All meats and other foods were made impossible for original people to obtain because of the military and the guerrillas. The guerrillas and military robed everything that the people needed to help themselves. My great Grandfather died of depression because of this fact. He owned a farm of 200 cows and he sold meat to markets and restaurants for a living. When the war started, about a couple months in, the military went in the farm and killed all the cows. They stole all the meat to support themselves and left my great grandfather with nothing. They would threaten and attack innocent people with their automatic guns to rob them for anything that would benefit them. Back to the novel, the owner asked him a lot of questions about why he is alone and where was his mom. Nicolás answers all the questions politely till the owner found out about the shooting and asked if his mom has died. When he heard this, he immediately runs away crying, not being able to accept that his mother is dead. He returns to the cathedral and makes a plan to find his mom. He would return home, read the sent address of the letters he received from his mom and go to the place were his mom works. He convinced himself that his mom could be there, and he is set out to travel miles and miles in search of the truth.

These are the words of the revolutionist
Peace.