Possible
questions:
1. In what ways were Maria del Carmen and
Evangelina alike? (2060)
2.
What evidences are there in the story to show that Soto family was poor? (2062)
3. In
what ways were Maria del Carmen and Evangelina different?
4.
Describe Carmen.
5. How
was the lost doll found?
6.
What evidence is there in the story to show that Carmen and Evangelina were
alike? (2069)
Carmen
was the only child of Roberto and Rosa Soto. She was beautiful, bright and
loving child. However she was sick from the day of her birth. When she was
four, she fell sick seriously and died. A few days after the funeral ceremony,
Rosa gave away Carmen’s playthings and clothes to a priest of another village
so that she couldn’t see them time and again. She thought that she wouldn’t
have another child as she was told at the time of Carmen’s birth. When Roberto
knew about it, he became very unhappy because he was hopeful that they would
have another child. He asked about her the little dolly which Carmen always
carried with her. Rosa said that she didn’t give it away. Then they searched
everywhere in the house as well asked the villagers too but they couldn’t find
it.
However
they soon forgot about the lost doll because Rosa became pregnant. On the first
anniversary of the death of Carmen, Rosa gave birth to another child. Roberto
and Rosa became very happy. She was named Evangelina, which meant “good news”.
When Evangelina grew she looked very much similar to her sister Carmen. But she
was healthy girl. When she was about four, she told her mother that she had
been sick a long time ago. She also told her aunt that she had a little,
beautiful doll with blue eyes and red dress. She had buried it under a tree in
the yard. She requested her mother to dig up the doll. When Rosa dug up the
ground, she found the lost doll. She looked surprised, shocked and sick because
it was difficult for her to believe. Evangelina also said that when she was
sick, the nice man came and helped her to bury that doll under the tree.
The story accounts the supernatural
significance regarding its particular focus on the concept of reincarnation.
When Evangelina was born and grown up, she looked very much similar to that of
Carmen’s actions, characters, behaviors and other many things were very much
similar. The priest said that God healed Carmen and sent her back in the form
of healthy Evangelina. Though Rosa did not believe that her newly born child as
the reincarnation of Carmen but she could not reject the mysterious fact
towards the end of the story. When Evangelina reported everything about past
and about her doll, Rosa could say nothing anymore.
