Journal 5:
Elaborate on the functions of Ferula, Nana, the Count, and Esteban Garcia, using a compare and contrast format.
The characters Ferula, Nana, the Count, and Esteban Garcia, in the novel The House of the Spirits all have similar functions throughout the novel but they express them in different ways. Ferula and Nana are more alike because they have motherly skills and they like to care for others, while the Count and Esteban Garcia are distinctly more similar than the other because of the male chauvinist attitudes and the need to always have what they want.
Ferula was Esteban Trueba's sister, she had spent her life caring for their sick mother. Then after her mother died she became very sick and bitter towards a lot of things because she is used to caring for someone else. After Esteban finds out about their mother passed away her took Ferula into Clara and his home. There she took over most of the maternal duties, cooking, cleaning, and giving advice. Over......
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