Chapter 5
Nicolás got off the bus at Las Cañas and headed home to El Retorno from there. In his village sat a Little church constructed of adobe. On his way home, as his mother had taught him to do, Nicolás would stop and light a candle to la Virgen Milagrosa. He would do it in gratitude for her protecting him. When he reached El Retorno, he notices that there is no activity at all. It was deserted, the shops, the houses, everything. He walks around and ends up in a little restaurant where its usually packed with people. He goes in and makes a couple tortillas. As he fried them, he went around calling the owners name. there was no response anywhere. Scared, he grabbed the tortillas and ran out. He continued walking towards his house, but notices something awful to the left of the intersection. He sees every building ahead completely in ruins. Everything has collapsed into the ground and there was nothing but debris. He runs to were the repair shop once stood. In the mist of all the rubble, he saw the owner standing there. He runs up to him and asked for an explanation. Emilio, the mechanic, told Nicolás that the military bombed the place. There was Guerrillas hiding near the river. After the bombing, everyone just left, he said. Nicolás then asked if the military bombed the hills, where his house was at. Emilio explains to him that most likely the hills were all right. Nicolás explains to Emilio about his absence. Emilio responds, "Well, you are lucky, boy. You missed this newest little gift the army bestowed on us. Bomber planes did this. They launched rockets too. The army's trying out the gringos' (White people) latest gifts. Leftover planes from Vietnam." Ronald Reagan supplied the weapons that the military in El Salvador were using. The U.S. and other neighboring countries supplied them to stop the Guerrillas who fought for the people's rights and well being. The U.S. allowed for and supported the military, who ended up killing thousands of people. In the end of Emilio's and Nicolás' conversation, Emilio mentions that the Church was also damaged. Nicolás, heartbroken, runs to the church. Half of it was destroyed. He runs in in search of the the statue of the Virgencita Milagrosa. He goes through rubble, broken branches, and other obstacles to get in the room were the statue stood. In his search, he finds the statue almost in tacked. He puts it in his backpack. He now holds his mom's shoes, Cheese he bought, the tortilla he made, and the statue of the Virgin Mary, "He found that she just fit, resting securely against the little boat that was his mother's shoe."
these are the words of the revolutionist
Peace.
Nicolás got off the bus at Las Cañas and headed home to El Retorno from there. In his village sat a Little church constructed of adobe. On his way home, as his mother had taught him to do, Nicolás would stop and light a candle to la Virgen Milagrosa. He would do it in gratitude for her protecting him. When he reached El Retorno, he notices that there is no activity at all. It was deserted, the shops, the houses, everything. He walks around and ends up in a little restaurant where its usually packed with people. He goes in and makes a couple tortillas. As he fried them, he went around calling the owners name. there was no response anywhere. Scared, he grabbed the tortillas and ran out. He continued walking towards his house, but notices something awful to the left of the intersection. He sees every building ahead completely in ruins. Everything has collapsed into the ground and there was nothing but debris. He runs to were the repair shop once stood. In the mist of all the rubble, he saw the owner standing there. He runs up to him and asked for an explanation. Emilio, the mechanic, told Nicolás that the military bombed the place. There was Guerrillas hiding near the river. After the bombing, everyone just left, he said. Nicolás then asked if the military bombed the hills, where his house was at. Emilio explains to him that most likely the hills were all right. Nicolás explains to Emilio about his absence. Emilio responds, "Well, you are lucky, boy. You missed this newest little gift the army bestowed on us. Bomber planes did this. They launched rockets too. The army's trying out the gringos' (White people) latest gifts. Leftover planes from Vietnam." Ronald Reagan supplied the weapons that the military in El Salvador were using. The U.S. and other neighboring countries supplied them to stop the Guerrillas who fought for the people's rights and well being. The U.S. allowed for and supported the military, who ended up killing thousands of people. In the end of Emilio's and Nicolás' conversation, Emilio mentions that the Church was also damaged. Nicolás, heartbroken, runs to the church. Half of it was destroyed. He runs in in search of the the statue of the Virgencita Milagrosa. He goes through rubble, broken branches, and other obstacles to get in the room were the statue stood. In his search, he finds the statue almost in tacked. He puts it in his backpack. He now holds his mom's shoes, Cheese he bought, the tortilla he made, and the statue of the Virgin Mary, "He found that she just fit, resting securely against the little boat that was his mother's shoe."
these are the words of the revolutionist
Peace.
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