Question

"fear seemed never to touch him, although he had confessed to me that he was not a courageous man, far from it. i believe that the lens of the camera had a strange effect on him; it was as if it transported him to a different time from which he could watch events without actually participating in them. when i knew him better, i came to realize that this fictive distance seemed to protect him from his own emotions."

Answer 1

Azucena’s face was beamed to millions of screens around the world. .... and National Television began receiving sharper pictures and clearer sound; the distance seemed suddenly compressed, and I had the horrible sensation that Azucena and Rolf were by my side, seperated from me by impenetrable glass. I was able to follow events hour by hour; I knew everything my love did to wrest the girl from her prison and help her endure her suffering...’’ (pg.91)

‘‘This story really occurred. In 1985, we saw her on every television screen in the world, the face of Omaira Sánchez, one of the thousands of victims of Colo