In both Aura and My Cloud, the common theme is distortion, distortion between what is reality and what is their reality. In Aura, towards the end Fuentes describes an interaction with Felipe and Consuelo and says, “…you’ll embrace her again when the clouds cover the moon, when you’re both hidden again, when the memory of youth, of youth re-embodied, rules the darkness.” (Fuentes 852) Consuelo and Felipe use their memories and distort them into present time reality to make themselves happy and to bring them to a place where life seems a bit satisfying. In my My Cloud, the author describes both images as their cloud however, both images are clearly different. Similar to Consuelo and Felipe, the author of My Cloud has distorted the actual image of the cloud into what he considers is his reality.
Aura and My Cloud
April 16, 2016 Written by s.leatham | 1 Comment
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Ion Nistreanu // Apr 16th 2016 at 11:53 am
I agree with where you’re going with the theme of distortion. I would add that on top of using their memories to distort reality they try to hide from the passage of time. When the moonlight shines through the whole and shows how time has taken a toll on her, Consuelo tries to hide from it. Constantly keeping the house dark, withholding any light from revealing the truth that their youth is gone. By constantly being in darkness and not letting the truth be seen, they allow for their youthful minds to relieve once again.
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