Esteban Trueba Personality

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During the mid 1900’s, several families in Chile were impoverished with respect to the one-sided economy. Despite this deficit that many faced during this time period, it was still very well possible to strike riches. In The House of the Spirits, Allende exploits the shift in Esteban Trueba’s character a from poor and humble personality to a wealthier and more demanding and barbaric human being. Allende conveys the change in Esteban Trueba’s personality through characterization. When Esteban is building up his estate, he vows to complete daily tasks to resist any change in himself. However, as time goes on, he becomes more and more like an animal. Through “the first months, “bathing and changing his clothes for dinner” were a top priority
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