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[1928-2012] A writer and poetess. Graduated primary school of Peru Republic in San Jose, Colegio de Senoritas in 1946 in San Jose, University of Costa Rica (Science and Literature specialization) and postgraduated studies in Autonomous University in Mexico and University of Iowa in USA. In 1970`s a Minister of Culture. Her first book "Cancion de la ternura" was issued in 1964. In 1996 obtained the prestiguous chilean prize in honour of Gabriela Mistral. Her works were translated into a few languages. And We Sold The Rain. Conflict: The conflict of this story is internal and external. Introduction (¶ 1 - ¶ 6)Rising Action (¶ 7 - ¶ 13)Climax (¶ 14 - ¶ 21)Falling Action (¶ 22- ¶ 23 line 3 )Denouement (¶ 23 line 4 to the end)Main Events:The population was complaining about the crisis in which the country had fallen due to it was deeply in debt (¶ 2).The Minister announced to the press that the country was on the verge of the bankruptcy (¶ 6 line 1-2). PLOT The story "And We Sold the Rain" is presented in omniscient point of view, since it is surrounded by the presence of the narrator in all the passages, being this the mediator, the compass who leads the story to different directions and highlight its most important characteristics. She describes from different angles the economic and political situation people were experimenting at that time. POINT OF VIEW In this short story “And We Sold the Rain”, there are five Major characters which are: The Minister, The president of the Republic, the Queen of Underdevelopment, the people and Sultan Abun dal Tol. The rest of the characters are Minor.The protagonist of this short story is the Society itself (that means all the individuals that form part of it) because it is the one suffering from a crucial economic situation which at the end leads it to sell its natural resource that is the rain. At the same time, the Society became the Antagonist because the conflict was internal and all the characters fight against themselves for having a better future.Also, the Minister of Export and the Minister of Treasure are antagonist in the story. CHARACTERS Place: Parque Central, Parque Nacional, Plaza de la Cultura, the Central avenue and Second Avenue, and the Emirate of the EmirsTime: in the middle of the 80's

Weather conditions: RainyMood: Dark, desolating & jollyBackground: The conflict in which Central American´s population was involved at that specific time. SETTING Economic situation ¶ 1 line 6 & ¶ 6 line 1Poverty ¶ 2 & ¶ 5Ignorance ¶ 7 line 12 THEME LANGUAGE AND STYLE In this story, the message is very clear because sometimes we try to put away the obstacles of our life, without solving them with patient and serenity, which means we could fall in the same hole, becoming the situation worse than before. This happened to people when they sold the rain because they experimented a huge economic crisis in which they were involved instead of looking for other solution. So it is shown that people in critical situations tend to take unthinkable solutions without paying attention to the collateral damage that these decisions could cause them in the future. MESSAGE Carmen Naranjo uses a formal language that only an educated person will understand as it is in ¶ 3 line 4 and ¶ 9 lines 4 & 6. She utilizes a denotative vocabulary because she doesn’t use her folk language. Literary figures: Simile (¶7 line 4-5, ¶ 10 line 4 and ¶ 19 lines 12-13) "It rains day and night, rain after rain, like a theater with the same movie, sheets of water", “… the one who looks like the baby hog…” & “… making people look and act like rats…”Metaphors (¶ 9 line 9 and ¶ 16 line 2) “the fat cows” Assonance (¶ 13 line 1 and ¶ 18 lines 3-4) “Sultan Abun dal Tol let her speak and made her repeat …” & "Also our talent, dignity, sovereignty, and the right to traffic in anything and everything illicit."Alliteration (¶ 23 line 1) “A few years passed; the price of oil began to plunge and plunge.” Repetitions (¶ 8 and ¶ 12) "rain"In the whole story the writer occupies complex sentences such as adjective clauses and clauses. The majority of them are long and periodic.