Sunday, June 1, 2008

Shadow of the Wind p.100-125

After consulting with Torres, Sempere discovers that there is a posibility that Carax's father might still be alive, so he journeys to the Fortuny Hat Shop. There he discovers that the place was abandoned after Mr Fortuny (Julian Carax's father) died of loneliness, and then runs into the caretaker of the facility. Dona Aurora, the caretaker, tells Sempere that Carax lived a detached relationship with his father, whom frequently beat her mother on suspicion that Carax wasn't his real son. Later, Daniel tomb raids Mr. Fortuny's apartment and discover that someone had recently scavenged around the house because of the soot covered footprints that covered the house. When he finally reached Carax's room, it was surprisingly locked, even though none of the other rooms in the apartment were locked, and on the front of the door he saw that the soot footsteps maneuvered through the locked bearing to the room. As Dona constantly told Sempere to depart from the catacombs of the house, he found the key-entered the room and hid some of the relics into his jacket.

Did the soot covered footprints belong to Coulbert? Who do you think Penelope is? Was this all a set up?

2 comments:

Manuel said...

I didnt think of that before, it is possible that the burned up guy is on the other side of the door.

Erika Carrasco said...

The same thing went thorugh my mind! I think that the footpronts belong to Coulbert. I think Penelope was someone important in Carax's life, and had a strong impact on him. I don't think that this was all set up, but what I do think is that Coulbert has another identity. In other words, that maybe one of the other characters is "Coulbert."
Oooh..this sectionm sent chills down my spine..