The part of this chapter that moved me was when he was talking about all the hotels they have stayed at during the journey thus far. He emphasizes that they must stay in five-star hotels because they would be questioned in lower ones because of their dress and status. The problem with staying in five-star hotels is that the police guard them all the time. Miguel explains how they were blessed with good luck in two almost fatal situations. The one specific situation that moved me was when they stayed at the Hotel Carrera. Both Miguel and another couple checked in and stayed in neighboring rooms, but the couple had different intentions during their stays. While Miguel was trying to acclimate himself to life back in Chile, the other couple was setting up a tripod on which they mounted a delayed firing Bazooka that they aimed at Pinochet's office. Miguel checked out the next morning, and that day, the couple set the gun off, but the tripod gave out from the force of the gun and collapsed, causing Miguel's room to be blown up instead. As Miguel depicted this horrific incident, I was really taken back. The whole idea of Littin being in that room previously shocked me and he was very very fortunate.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
IR #4 (Prompt 5, Chapter 4)
Miguel Littin's decision to go clandestine in Chile was very dangerous, and to me was ay too risky, not only to him, but to the crew accompanying him. In this chapter, Miguel says how they could only stay at a specific hotel for three days and that they could never go back. He then talks about how in 1973, the year of the coup d’état, he was at the film studio when they were told to flee, and he was luckily able to escape. Against his better judgment however, he went back to see the studio after the Moneda Palace was bombed and it was there that he was exiled. The movie below is the attack on the Palace on September 11, 1973. In the movie there are also interviews with officers that defended Allende and exiles.
The part of this chapter that moved me was when he was talking about all the hotels they have stayed at during the journey thus far. He emphasizes that they must stay in five-star hotels because they would be questioned in lower ones because of their dress and status. The problem with staying in five-star hotels is that the police guard them all the time. Miguel explains how they were blessed with good luck in two almost fatal situations. The one specific situation that moved me was when they stayed at the Hotel Carrera. Both Miguel and another couple checked in and stayed in neighboring rooms, but the couple had different intentions during their stays. While Miguel was trying to acclimate himself to life back in Chile, the other couple was setting up a tripod on which they mounted a delayed firing Bazooka that they aimed at Pinochet's office. Miguel checked out the next morning, and that day, the couple set the gun off, but the tripod gave out from the force of the gun and collapsed, causing Miguel's room to be blown up instead. As Miguel depicted this horrific incident, I was really taken back. The whole idea of Littin being in that room previously shocked me and he was very very fortunate.
The part of this chapter that moved me was when he was talking about all the hotels they have stayed at during the journey thus far. He emphasizes that they must stay in five-star hotels because they would be questioned in lower ones because of their dress and status. The problem with staying in five-star hotels is that the police guard them all the time. Miguel explains how they were blessed with good luck in two almost fatal situations. The one specific situation that moved me was when they stayed at the Hotel Carrera. Both Miguel and another couple checked in and stayed in neighboring rooms, but the couple had different intentions during their stays. While Miguel was trying to acclimate himself to life back in Chile, the other couple was setting up a tripod on which they mounted a delayed firing Bazooka that they aimed at Pinochet's office. Miguel checked out the next morning, and that day, the couple set the gun off, but the tripod gave out from the force of the gun and collapsed, causing Miguel's room to be blown up instead. As Miguel depicted this horrific incident, I was really taken back. The whole idea of Littin being in that room previously shocked me and he was very very fortunate.
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