IR # 10 (Prompt 3, Chapter 10)

The final chapter of the book depicts the filming of the infamous Moneda Palace. Miguel and one of the crews are finally allowed to film inside Pinochet's office, and in doing so; they actually manage to see Pinochet himself. After this final shoot, Frankie and Miguel spend a few more days in Chile while the five crews drop their footage off in Madrid. Towards the end of those days, Frankie is under great suspicion and they leave the next morning. This chapter is ironic because they rush onto the plane to see officers checking passports. The flight attendant explains that someone is on the plane with an illegal passport, and once they hear this news, Miguel and Frankie sit back and cheers for having done the same thing.

Over the course of the journey, Miguel Littin changed a lot. When he departed for Chile in the first chapter, he was very apprehensive and he was very scared of the troubles to come. As the trip progressed, he became more comfortable with being clandestine, and therefore he let his disguise down a little. Later in the novel, he reveals to more and more people who he really is. I think that two months was too long of a time to stay in Chile because it made him want to break his new Uruguayan identity. Having the people and places surround him that had once been a part of him was too much for him to forget. By the end of the chapter, he is very relaxed and finds entertainment in the other passenger trying to do what they had done. Surprisingly, Miguel was never caught and I think the situations he encountered really helped him because he was able to show his intelligence and utilize it quickly to basically "out-smart" the police. I was happy at the end to know that Miguel left all his suits and disguises in Chile so that he could revert back to who he really is. It was important that he returned to his old self and not let the new identity overtake him. It was very interesting to see Miguel's transformation and he is an inspiration to the world even today.