Eva Luna

During the first couple chapters a part that really stuck out to me was the section on page 22 talking about Consuelo's stories. Eva describes "In the privacy of the room we shared, however, she transformed. When she talked about the past, or told her stories, the room filled with light; the walls dissolved to reveal incredible landscapes, palaces crowded with unimaginable objects faraway countries that she invented or borrowed from the professors library." This specific quote made me think of the New York Times article. The article talks about how certain sentences that use much detail and descriptive words trigger the brain rather than an average sentence with everyday common words. When Eva talked about how her mom expressed these stories to her through such engaging structure it made me as the reader that much more interested. I can see through Eva's point of view why her mother's stories have such a strong impact on her. She remembers so much about them because the way her mother added in the great details could not possibly be forgotten.