The Bird Flew Away

“I promise I will be back before the sun has set on the horizon. Lie down and rest, when you awaken I shall be home.”

“If I were to keep my word on not saying anything about you, you shall keep yours?”

She uncovered, sitting up and rubbing her eyes, letting out a loud roar as she yawned. "Who is it, then?" She asked. "Why is it so important to wake me so early?"

“Even when you hate me, I still love you, and I will be loyal to you until the day I die. I would do anything for you and pay any price out of loyalty and love; you must realize that by now.”

“I hoped to surprise you with breakfast in bed,” Thomas said as he walked toward the Captain’s Quarters. “Especially since we missed supper last night,” he grinned, raising his eyebrows twice before leaning to kiss her cheek.

"I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land."

“I do not think you have ever mentioned it, but your father was a good man. The people of Luneos admired him.”

“There were rumors during his stay here of cruelty to his slaves and servants. In 1882, his eldest son went to the authorities. The police arrived at the plantation a few hours later to arrest Monsieur Dumas and take him to jail. The child claimed it was his father’s beatings that led to his mother’s death. The boy had several bruises on his body to prove his

“You should have known that you could not hide from me. You married me and you must be with me forever, as you have been cursed to never die.” I see something cross his eyes as recognition sets in.

Raven said, “Oh, you funny man you.” She then looked at the beautiful bouquet blossomed in the bright sun.

She quickly stood up to answer. “I came in to awaken you, my Lord, but it seems you are already awake.”

Everyone has his own perceptions on wealth and happiness; material riches may bring joy to some people, but Giovanni finds happiness in her family. Moreover, Giovanni’s tone in this piece is critical toward her “biographers to be.”

It is discussed for Raúl and Berto, Minerva and Manolo, herself, Maria Terese and Leandro. Because of her young age she is focused on what she wants more than what she needs, like most young adults; I can attest to this. We leap first and look later more often than not, but sometimes we make the better choice and think. With Raúl and Berto she’s doing this exact thing, deciding which one she wants to marry without look ahead to the future. Luckily, the right decision is made and she picks neither of her two… cousins.

"Thank you for marrying my son. I worried he might not find the one for him... but then he finally sa you were right there the entire time," Delia says squeezing her tightly.

As Gabriel reflects on Gretta’s sorrow for this lost young man, he comes to accept that he has never experienced that depth of feeling and love for another person—not even for the wife that he had so desired just a short time before. He no longer looks at her through “admiring and happy eyes;” he now sees only her age and bitterly acknowledges that “her face is no longer the face for which [the boy] braved death” (2199). The reality of Gretta’s past has revealed the shallowness of his feelings and the hollowness in his life, and Gabriel’s picture of Gretta is forever changed.