And Of Clay Are We Created 1

“And of Clay Are We Created” written by Isabel Allende, is a story about Rolf Carlé, who is brought back to his tragic past, as he tries to save a little girl. They discovered the girl is thirteen-year-old Azucena. Her body covered in the clay and debris, only her head held above it all, which was caused by a tremendous avalanche that have buried entire towns and killed many people. Rolf Carlé is a reporter, he was one of the first to arrive to the scene. He is a well-known reporter by everyone, he uses the camera to hide from his emotions, but when he arrived to Azucena his mind set changed. He began to do everything he could to help rescue the little girl, but the mud had created a strong grip around her that she cannot be pulled out. They realize that some of the debris is holding her in place, but the little girl insist that it’s her siblings holding on her legs. He comes to the conclusion that she won’t be able to be pulled out unless they get a pump. He sits their next to her, talking to her to keep her calm. Telling stories of their past, Azucena had touched a part of Rolf that he himself had never talked about, a part he was trying to bury. He talked about the tragedy he had faced when he was about her age. On the last night the little girl talked about, how she had never known what love was, and Rolf insured her that he loved her more than anything, as she closes eyes for the last time. The author tries to conclude that we cannot move on as a person if our past internal conflicts are not dealt with first.
The story is told in first person view, by Carlè’s loves perspective as she watched with curiosity from the news station a couple miles away. By her going to the station Carlè’s loved one realized “I could at least get a feeling of what he lived through during those three decisive days” (Allende 60). She told the story from watching it on a screen, she operates only on the edges of the scene and is never their physically next to him, other than at