The Atacama Desert By Andrea Amosson
Andrea Amosson is an international award-winning Chilean author. She was born in Antofagasta, Chile, and moved to Texas in 2011. When she turned six years old, her and her family moved to a town called Pedro de Valdivia where the Atacama Desert is located. She described the Atacama Desert as a harsh place to live, a good place to die, a fertile land for storytelling, and an excellent source of inspiration. She said that the Atacama Desert is six hundred miles into northern Chile and is the driest place on earth. She also stated that Chile is in the Southern Hemisphere and that it owns a piece of Antarctica. Andrea Amosson discussed how she experienced storytelling with her childhood friends, information about the two main characters in her
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She discussed that the way her and her friends entertained themselves other than playing outside was by telling each other stories. They used to climb up a hill in the town named Pedro de Valdivia, where they would try to scare other people with scary stories. Once sunset arrived, they were frightened or afraid to come down the hill because they had a feeling that they would see a devil or something that looks similar to the devil. I connected to this topic because when I was younger, I also enjoyed sharing frightening and amusing stories with my childhood friends and cousins. We would sometimes stay up at night and climb up on the roof of my house to tell each other stories. Once we got tired and sleepy, we were so afraid to come down the roof because we thought that we were going to see a monster or the devil. When we were ready, neither of us wanted to be the first or the last one to get down. We wanted to get down together at the same time, but it was impossible because the only way for all of us to get down was one by one. We knew that at the end we would be scared to go anywhere alone in the house, but that was our favorite way to keep ourselves entertained. Furthermore, when Andrea mentioned this at the event, it truly reminded me of my unforgettable childhood
She discussed that the way her and her friends entertained themselves other than playing outside was by telling each other stories. They used to climb up a hill in the town named Pedro de Valdivia, where they would try to scare other people with scary stories. Once sunset arrived, they were frightened or afraid to come down the hill because they had a feeling that they would see a devil or something that looks similar to the devil. I connected to this topic because when I was younger, I also enjoyed sharing frightening and amusing stories with my childhood friends and cousins. We would sometimes stay up at night and climb up on the roof of my house to tell each other stories. Once we got tired and sleepy, we were so afraid to come down the roof because we thought that we were going to see a monster or the devil. When we were ready, neither of us wanted to be the first or the last one to get down. We wanted to get down together at the same time, but it was impossible because the only way for all of us to get down was one by one. We knew that at the end we would be scared to go anywhere alone in the house, but that was our favorite way to keep ourselves entertained. Furthermore, when Andrea mentioned this at the event, it truly reminded me of my unforgettable childhood