Power is depicted in multiple forms, the novel The House of the Spirits, is an exemplary example of that. The main question presented for power is what is the most lasting form? Isabel Allende presents two different perspectives to demonstrate the storytelling and passing on from generation to generation. Even as the narrator's flip around, the main character Clara develops from her birth to her death. Her loving nature evolves from a magical little girl to a wiser spirit, in comparison, the opposite occurs for our second character, Esteban Trueba. The physical strength he possesses overpowers Clara's magic yet by the end Esteban fades away while the spirit of Clara continues on. For this is the reason why we read the short story, Two Words, which interpreted that physiological strength defeats physical toughness.
Additionally, the development of Clara’s power increases throughout the novel starting out as psychic powers where she can see the future . Other characters in the
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It provided the reader with the main idea that the smaller and less powerful looking woman could easily overthrow the king, who was a huge intimidating man, with only two words. The two little words didn't physically defeat him but it stuck with him and they “ were buried like two daggers in his gut “ ( page 19 of Two Words ). That kind of intellectual power can haunt a person for the rest of their life and posses someone, just like it did to the Colonel. Generally speaking, this applies to the extended tale of Clara and Esteban Trueba. The modest character, which would be Clara, emerges as a loving and kind hearted spirit that touches many other characters hearts yet our personality is a tremendous man who begins as a young and cocky soul that progressively dies down to an old crippling grandfather with deep unexplainable love for his