And of Clay Are We Created: Characters Questionaires

1. Who are the main characters in the story? What does the main character look like?
      The main characters are Rolf Carle, Azucena, and the author. The author did not decribe any main characters' feature at all.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
         The story begins with the chaotic situation in rescue of victims, after catastrophic volcanic eruption. Rolf Carle is a  television reporter. The narrator (the author), who is never named, watches pictures of the devastation on the television news, described by her lover, Rolf Carlé, the first television reporter on the scene.The narrator herself did not mention about her career in the story, but I believed that she's a writer since she is the author of this story. Azucena is one of thousands of villagers who lived on the slopes of a mountain in Latin America.

3.What are some of the chief characteristics(personalitly traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
       Rolf 's attitude towards his childhood life is  very sad and disconted.

4. What sort of conflict is the charcter facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
                 The conflict in the story was that she young innocent girl is trapped after the terrible mudslides cause by a active volcano which  destroy thousandth of lives in this small village. The attempt to save Azucena's life was unsuccessful.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is this change a large or a small one? Is it
a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
               Azucena had touched a part of Rolf that he himself has no access to, a part he had never shared with his own wife. It was Azucena who had him thinking of all the bad tragedy that had happen to him when he was around her age. He never wanted to face it, but Azucena thought him a lesson. And so he faced it.

And of Clay Are We Created: Tone Questionaires

1. What is the author's attitude towards actions or events?
         The author's attitude towards actions and events both are extremely depressed and stressed out. Because of the limited time in saving Azucena's life, the author had desperately searching for just a pump.
 
2. Is the story humorous or tragic or grightening? Does the author want you to laugh or cry, to feel happy or sad, to experience anger or fear?
         The story is truly tragic. The way the author had expressed her feelings made tears brim my eyes. I was afraid if Azucane was to die at the end of the story or not. At the same time I felt angry and could not understand why it takes so much time to deliver just a pump.

3.What is the author's attitude toward characters or the narrator? Does the author like or dislike, trust  or misrust the character or the narrator?
         Ther author's attitude towards the characters is how she understand Rolf 's pain to watch Azucena dying and Azucena's feeling of being trapped in the mudpit for days. 

And of Clay Are We Created: Symbolism Questionaires

1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
       The pump is the main symbol in the story. Its unattainability  represent people ignorance and lack of care of humanity in a crisis .

2. Are there any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings?
        There is no object in the story that have a symbolic meaning.

3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?
          The sight of a little girl obstinately clinging to life became the symbol of tragedy.

4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?
         There is no place in the story that have a symbolic meaning.

5. Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?
        The symbols, the pump and the sight of the little girl, doesn't change.