Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary

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the result of traditional tail, it is intertwined with common feelings and
situations to which all can identify with that all are affected by the
story.
In the beginning the situation is introduced to the reader by a
narrator recounting the story from a childhood experience. It is known
quite quickly in the story that the home in which the story takes place is
very empty of feelings as is expressed by the narrator say “it was not
happy” instead of “it was sad” because that is exactly what I mean to say”
(Donoso315).
This absence of feeling is the foundation for the story. The
control of the central character Aunt Mathilda is the stealer of these “
feelings”. She throughout the story is shown as a cold proper person. She
is described by the narrator as an ugly woman and knowing that she would
never marry took to taking care of her brothers. These three brothers are
the focus of her attentions leaving the narrator with feelings of reject
due to the fact that his mother died ...

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