El Momento De La Guerte Analysis

“…el rostro blanco de Elena.”, “Su palidez ya no es tan macilenta como en el momento de la muerte”, “Sencillamente ha perdido todos los colores.”
…And his son, whose life slowly fades away before his eyes: “El niño esta enfermo. Casi no se mueve”, “sus ojos desbordando las orbitas hasta parecer enormes y sus mejillas hundidas buscando la calavera. Esta muy delgada.”
The tortuous moments that the poet is forced to endure would undoubtedly render relatable to many of those who were affected by the obliteration of Guernica and Belchite. Initially, for those who escaped, simply running away from the explosions and gunfire may have seemed a sensible and hopeful plan. In the book, a similar idea is demonstrated by the unexpected birth of the poet’s
child (though it resulted in the death of his wife), which symbolised a flicker of hope, perhaps suggesting there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. It is also a reminder that in order to find any happiness in such a world, sacrifices have to be made. However, much like the poet, for these people, the road to escape would eventually prove to be hostile, perhaps even fatal. Moreover, the agonizing and slow death of the poet and his son further brutalises the harsh conditions of Spain in the civil war. The fact that the escaping family is met with the same fate as those bombed in Guernica and Belchite perhaps suggests that the consequences of war are inescapable and any attempts to run away from them will not only result death, but a slow and painful one.