Comment on the idea of poverty here and discuss in what ways, if any, it informs the decisions the characters make or how the story is told. If you...

Poverty motivates the
decisions of several of the characters. For example, Elisenda and Pelayo charge their fellow
townspeople money to see the very old man. Elisenda makes this decision because her spine has
been disfigured from sweeping her courtyard. Her body has become twisted from...