1959 Summary and Analysis

Carolina says that her children always want dried fish but that she can't afford it. She says that she hope she'll be able to provide that for them before she dies. Carolina's relationship with the gypsy Raimundo deepens. She says that she is like a shoe that has found its mate. The feeling isn't to last and a short time later she notes that he is carefully watching a fourteen-year-old girl, and discovers that he has sexual intentions toward this girl. Carolina realizes that she could never leave Vera with this man. When he leaves for a job at a steel mill, he says that he'll bring Carolina a gift when he returns and she notes that she'll have a jail cell awaiting him. While she's spending time with Raimundo, Manuel is coming around often. He grows angry at one time, saying he...