"And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"

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The book "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him" by Tomas Rivera, is full of strange and haunting images. The writer shows how these images are found throughout the book, and contribute to the reader's understanding and the book's impact. However, at the very end of the novel there are images that have a particularly powerful significance in terms of the overall meaning of the book. This paper explores some of those images and their possible interpretations.

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"When the last scene begins, the boy is under a house, playing hooky from school. As he lies there in the dark, many fragments of thoughts and recollections float through his mind. In a sense, he goes back over the whole book, showing the reader many of the scenes from a slightly different perspective. This is a clear signal from the author that what we are seeing in this scene has significance beyond just for this chapter."

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