While this may be a confusing caparison at first glance, it makes more sense upon reflecting upon it. During the story, a snowstorm hits Guadalupe, New Mexico and Antonio says, "the snow was so thick that it blurred my sight... I did not want to struggle in the storm" (Anaya, 160). With this description, readers can see the emphasis on how thick the snow is for Antonio. It's common knowledge to know that the Southern portion of the United States typically doesn't get much snow. If a blizzard happens there, then Anaya must have put it in the story for a reason. That reason is because it foreshadows the blizzard of confusion that will be within Antonio's mind in the coming pages. Antonio will see his brother Andrew in a brothel making him wonder if his innocence is lost as was predicted previously in one of his dreams. He will also see the death of Narciso, and he'll wonder why a good man had to die while an evil man such as Tenorio got to live. Him questioning his innocence religion perfectly matches with the setting of a snowstorm. Easily, readers can see how this connects to fate because of the foreshadow predicting what will happen later in the
While this may be a confusing caparison at first glance, it makes more sense upon reflecting upon it. During the story, a snowstorm hits Guadalupe, New Mexico and Antonio says, "the snow was so thick that it blurred my sight... I did not want to struggle in the storm" (Anaya, 160). With this description, readers can see the emphasis on how thick the snow is for Antonio. It's common knowledge to know that the Southern portion of the United States typically doesn't get much snow. If a blizzard happens there, then Anaya must have put it in the story for a reason. That reason is because it foreshadows the blizzard of confusion that will be within Antonio's mind in the coming pages. Antonio will see his brother Andrew in a brothel making him wonder if his innocence is lost as was predicted previously in one of his dreams. He will also see the death of Narciso, and he'll wonder why a good man had to die while an evil man such as Tenorio got to live. Him questioning his innocence religion perfectly matches with the setting of a snowstorm. Easily, readers can see how this connects to fate because of the foreshadow predicting what will happen later in the